8-letter words containing a, u, s, o
- solarium — a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
- solatium — something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
- soralium — (in a lichen) a group of soredia.
- soulmate — a person with whom one has a strong affinity, shared values and tastes, and often a romantic bond: I married my soul mate; you don't get much luckier than that.
- soundman — a sound recorder in a television crew
- soupmeat — beef used for making soup stock.
- sour gas — Sour gas is natural gas with a high sulfur content.
- sourball — a round piece of hard candy with a tart or acid fruit flavoring.
- soutache — a narrow braid, commonly of mohair, silk, or rayon, used for trimming.
- southpaw — a person who is left-handed.
- souvlaki — a dish similar to shish kebab made with lamb.
- spacious — containing much space, as a house, room, or vehicle; amply large.
- spaz out — an awkward or clumsy person.
- speakout — a firm or brave statement of one's beliefs
- sporular — a spore, especially a small one.
- spousage — marriage
- squadron — a portion of a naval fleet or a detachment of warships; a subdivision of a fleet.
- squaloid — of, relating to, or like a shark, or specifically the dogfish (Squalidae) family of sharks
- squamous — covered with or formed of squamae or scales.
- squarson — a clergyman who is also main local landowner
- stakeout — the surveillance of a location by the police, as in anticipation of a crime or the arrival of a wanted person.
- stamboul — Istanbul
- 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.
- stay out — to spend some time in a place, in a situation, with a person or group, etc.: He stayed in the army for ten years.
- stratous — of or relating to stratus
- sub rosa — confidentially; secretly; privately.
- subabbot — an abbot who is subordinate to another abbot
- subaudio — (of a sound) low frequency
- subcosta — a longitudinal vein in the anterior portion of the wing of an insect.
- subgoals — the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- subimago — the first winged stage of the mayfly, with dull opaque wings, known to anglers as a dun, before it metamorphoses into the shiny gauzy imago or spinner
- subnodal — below the level of a node
- subotica — a city in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, in N Serbia.
- subovate — almost egg-shaped
- subpoena — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- subpolar — subantarctic.
- subsolar — situated beneath the sun or between the earth and the sun.
- subtaxon — a supplementary piece of identifying information in a plant's or animal's scientific name
- subtopia — suburban development that encroaches on rural areas yet appears to offer the attractions of country life to suburban dwellers
- subtotal — the sum or total of a part of a group or column of figures, as in an accounting statement.
- subvocal — mentally formulated as words, especially without vocalization.
- subzonal — located under a zona, esp under the zona of an ovum
- sudation — sweating; sweat
- sudatory — pertaining to or causing sweating.
- supposal — the act of supposing.
- surfboat — a strong, buoyant rowboat with high ends, adapted for beaching and passing through surf.
- surroyal — the terminal section of a stag's horns, above the section known as the 'royal'
- sutorial — relating to sewing or cobbling