6-letter words containing e, n, o
- rosten — Norman, 1914–1995, U.S. poet and playwright.
- rotten — decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- rounce — the handle that is turned to move paper and plates on a printing press
- rowena — a female given name.
- saseno — an island off the W coast of Albania, at the entrance to Valona Bay: belongs to Albania. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- sconce — the head or skull.
- season — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- second — next after the first; being the ordinal number for two.
- seddon — Richard John, 1845–1906, New Zealand statesman, born in England: prime minister 1893–1906.
- sefton — a unitary authority in NW England, in Merseyside. Pop: 281 600 (2003 est). Area: 150 sq km (58 sq miles)
- senhor — a Portuguese term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- senior — older or elder (designating the older of two men bearing the same name, as a father whose son is named after him, often written as Sr. or sr. following the name): I'd like to speak with the senior Mr. Hansen, please. I'm privileged to introduce Mr. Edward Andrew Hansen, Sr. Compare junior (def 1).
- senora — a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- sensor — a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- senufo — a member of a group of indigenous people of Ivory Coast, Mali, and Burkina Faso, known for their music and art.
- sermon — a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- seston — any particulate matter suspended in bodies of water, esp plankton or other organic matter
- set on — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- sexton — Anne (Harvey) 1928–74, U.S. poet.
- silone — Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- simeon — a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- simone — (language) A simulation language by A. Hoare et al. based on Pascal.
- sinope — a natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- sloane — Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- sloven — a person who is habitually negligent of neatness or cleanliness in dress, appearance, etc.
- snoose — finely powdered tobacco; snuff.
- snooze — to sleep; slumber; doze; nap.
- snowed — Meteorology. a precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air. Compare ice crystals, snow grains, snow pellets.
- sodden — soaked with liquid or moisture; saturated.
- soften — to make soft or softer.
- soigne — carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed.
- solemn — grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood: solemn remarks.
- solent — The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- sonder — a yacht category
- soneri — an Indian cloth of gold
- sonnet — Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- sonsie — strong and healthy; robust.
- sooner — a native or inhabitant of Oklahoma (the Sooner State, ) (used as a nickname).
- sorner — a person who sorns
- sowens — porridge made from oat bran or husks that have been soaked in water, slightly fermented, and then boiled.
- spoken — a past participle of speak.
- sponge — any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies.
- steno- — indicating narrowness or contraction
- sterno — inflammable hydrocarbon jelly in a small can, used for cooking
- stheno — one of the three Gorgons
- stolen — past participle of steal.
- stone- — very; completely
- stoned — made of or pertaining to stone.
- stonen — of or comprising stone
- stoner — Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.