8-letter words containing a, s, c, n
- octagons — Plural form of octagon.
- opencast — (chiefly, British) Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed.
- organics — Plural form of organic.
- oscitant — yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- osculant — united by certain common characteristics.
- ossianic — of, relating to, or characteristic of Ossian, the poetry attributed to him, or the rhythmic prose published by James Macpherson in 1762–63, purporting to be a translation from the Scottish Gaelic.
- ostracon — (in ancient Greece) a potsherd, especially one used as a ballot on which the name of a person voted to be ostracized was inscribed.
- pancreas — a gland, situated near the stomach, that secretes a digestive fluid into the intestine through one or more ducts and also secretes the hormone insulin.
- panicles — a compound raceme.
- panstick — a cosmetic in stick form
- pastance — an activity that passes time; recreation
- pet scan — an image obtained by positron emission tomography, using a PET scanner.
- placings — The placings in a competition are the relative positions of the competitors at the end or at a particular stage of the competition.
- priscian — flourished a.d. c500, Latin grammarian.
- quantics — Plural form of quantic.
- raccoons — Plural form of raccoon.
- raciness — slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- reascend — to ascend again
- reascent — a further ascent
- recusant — refusing to submit, comply, etc.
- romansch — a group of Rhaetian dialects spoken in the Swiss canton of Graubünden; an official language of Switzerland since 1938
- salience — the state or condition of being salient.
- saliency — salience.
- salpicon — a mixture of chopped fish, meat, or vegetables in a sauce, used as fillings for croquettes, pastries, etc
- sancerre — a dry white wine from the Loire valley region of France.
- sanctify — to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
- sanction — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sanctity — holiness, saintliness, or godliness.
- sandarac — a coniferous tree, Tetraclinis articulata (Callitrus quadrivalvis), native to northwestern Africa, yielding a resin and a fragrant, hard, dark-colored wood much used in building.
- sandwich — a town in E Kent, in SE England: one of the Cinque Ports.
- sanscrit — Sanskrit
- santalic — of sandalwood
- sapience — having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- sapiency — having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- sarcenet — a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- sarcinae — any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- sardonic — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
- sarpanch — the head of a panchayat
- saturnic — having or affected with lead-poisoning
- saucepan — a metal container of moderate depth, usually having a long handle and sometimes a cover, for stewing, boiling, etc.
- scabland — rough, barren, volcanic topography with thin soils and little vegetation.
- scalding — to burn or affect painfully with or as if with hot liquid or steam.
- scaldino — an Italian earthen brazier
- scalenus — any of three muscles on each side of the neck, the action of which raises the first and second ribs in respiration and assists in bending the neck to one side.
- scalepan — scale2 (def 2).
- scallion — any onion that does not form a large bulb; green onion.
- scalping — the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- scalpins — small stones used to improve drainage
- scamming — a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- scammony — a twining, Asian convolvulus, Convolvulus scammonia.