8-letter words containing c, o, n, s, u
- nucleons — Plural form of nucleon.
- opinicus — a heraldic monster having the head, neck, and wings of an eagle, the body of a lion, and the tail of a bear.
- osculant — united by certain common characteristics.
- outscorn — to defy with scorn
- rhonchus — a wheezing or snoring sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by an accumulation of mucus or other material.
- ructions — disturbance
- scornful — full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous: He smiled in a scornful way.
- scouring — to range over, as in a search: They scoured the countryside for the lost child.
- scouting — a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- scrounge — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
- scroungy — given to or characterized by scrounging.
- scullion — a kitchen servant who does menial work.
- souchong — a variety of black tea grown in India and Sri Lanka.
- sourcing — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- stuck on — simple past tense and past participle of stick2 .
- subsonic — noting or pertaining to a speed less than that of sound in air at the same height above sea level.
- subtonic — the seventh tone of a scale, being the next below the upper tonic.
- sulfonic — sulfo.
- sunblock — a substance that provides a high degree of protection against sunburn, often preventing most tanning as well as burning, as by obstructing the penetration of ultraviolet rays.
- sunchoke — Jerusalem artichoke (def 2).
- sunporch — a room with large windows and often a glass roof, built around one of the main entrances to a building
- syconium — a multiple fruit developed from a hollow fleshy receptacle containing numerous flowers, as in the fig.
- unchosen — a past participle of choose.
- unclosed — not closed: an unclosed door.
- uncostly — costing much; expensive; high in price: a costly emerald bracelet; costly medical care.
- unctuous — characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, especially in an affected manner; excessively smooth, suave, or smug.
- unsocial — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- unsocket — to remove from a socket
- viscount — a nobleman next below an earl or count and next above a baron.