8-letter words containing a, u, s, o, n
- enamours — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enamour.
- favonius — the ancient Roman personification of the west wind.
- furanose — (chemistry) any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a five-membered ring (the tetrahydrofuran skeleton).
- fusional — the act or process of fusing; the state of being fused.
- glucosan — any of a number of polysaccharides that yield glucose upon hydrolysis.
- guanacos — Plural form of guanaco.
- gunboats — a small, armed warship of light draft, used in ports where the water is shallow.
- gustnado — A strong whirlwind at the leading edge of a storm front or squall line.
- handouts — Plural form of handout.
- hangouts — Plural form of hangout.
- honduras — a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa.
- houseman — a male servant who performs general duties in a home, hotel, etc.
- infamous — having an extremely bad reputation: an infamous city.
- insuloma — a benign tumor of the insulin-secreting cells of the pancreas that may produce signs of hypoglycemia.
- isoquant — (economics) A line of equal or constant economic production on a graph, chart or map.
- journals — Plural form of journal.
- lacunose — full of or having lacunae.
- laminous — laminate; laminose.
- louganis — Gregory ("Greg") born 1960, U.S. diver.
- manhours — Plural form of manhour.
- manitous — Plural form of manitou.
- melanous — having a dark, swarthy complexion and dark-colored hair.
- nacreous — of or relating to nacre.
- narquois — mocking, malicious, or snide
- nauseous — affected with nausea; nauseated: to feel nauseous.
- neuromas — Plural form of neuroma.
- neurosal — of or relating to neurosis; afflicted by a neurosis
- nonsugar — a substance that is not a sugar
- opuntias — Plural form of opuntia.
- osculant — united by certain common characteristics.
- osmundas — Plural form of osmunda.
- osnaburg — a heavy, coarse cotton in a plain weave, for grain sacks and sportswear and also finished into cretonne.
- ouessant — French name of Ushant.
- outlands — Exurbia: the country beyond the city.
- outranks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outrank.
- outspans — Plural form of outspan.
- outstand — to be prominent.
- patinous — patinated.
- ravenous — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- rosamund — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “horse” and “protection.”.
- seahound — a dogfish
- seamount — a submarine mountain rising several hundred fathoms above the floor of the sea but having its summit well below the surface of the water.
- sihanouk — Prince Norodom [nawr-uh-dom,, -duh m] /ˈnɔr əˌdɒm,, -dəm/ (Show IPA), 1922–2004, Cambodian statesman: premier 1952–60; chief of state 1960–70 and 1975–76.
- soundman — a sound recorder in a television crew
- squadron — a portion of a naval fleet or a detachment of warships; a subdivision of a fleet.
- squarson — a clergyman who is also main local landowner
- standout — something or someone, as a person, performance, etc., remarkably superior to others: Evans was a standout in the mixed doubles.
- stannous — containing tin, especially in the bivalent state.
- staunton — a city in N Virginia.
- subnodal — below the level of a node