8-letter words containing e, n, r, o
- serotiny — the quality or condition of being serotine
- sheraton — Thomas, 1751–1806, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer.
- shnorrer — a person who habitually borrows or lives at the expense of others with no intention of repaying; sponger; moocher; beggar.
- shoehorn — a shaped piece of horn, metal, or the like, inserted in the heel of a shoe to make it slip on more easily.
- shoreman — a person who lives on the shore
- signoret — Simone (simɔ̃), original name Simone Kaminker. 1921–85, French stage and film actress, whose films include La Ronde (1950), Casque d'Or (1952), Room at the Top (1958), and Ship of Fools (1965): married the actor and singer Yves Montand (1921–91)
- sironize — to treat (a woollen fabric) chemically to prevent it wrinkling after being washed
- skyborne — airborne.
- slovenry — slovenliness
- snobbery — snobbish character, conduct, trait, or act.
- snobbier — condescending, patronizing, or socially exclusive; snobbish.
- snottery — snot or filth
- sobering — not intoxicated or drunk.
- sobranje — the national assembly of Bulgaria, consisting of a single chamber of elected deputies.
- soekarno — Achmed [ahk-med] /ˈɑk mɛd/ (Show IPA), 1901–1970, Indonesian statesman: president of the Republic of Indonesia 1945–67.
- softener — Chemistry. any admixture to a substance for promoting or increasing its softness, smoothness, or plasticity. water softener.
- solander — a case for maps, plates, etc., made to resemble a book and having the front cover and fore edge hinged.
- songster — a person who sings; a singer.
- sorbonne — the seat of the faculties of arts and letters of the University of Paris.
- soreness — physically painful or sensitive, as a wound, hurt, or diseased part: a sore arm.
- sorensen — Soren Peter Lauritz [sœ-ruh n pey-tar lou-rits] /ˈsœ rən ˈpeɪ tær ˈlaʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1868–1939, Danish chemist: developed pH scale.
- soricine — of or resembling the shrews.
- sorrento — a seaport in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: resort; cathedral; ancient ruins.
- sortance — suitableness
- sortment — an assortment or classification
- sourdine — mute (def 10).
- sourness — having an acid taste, resembling that of vinegar, lemon juice, etc.; tart.
- southern — lying toward, situated in, or directed toward the south.
- souvenir — a usually small and relatively inexpensive article given, kept, or purchased as a reminder of a place visited, an occasion, etc.; memento.
- splendor — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
- spoonier — foolishly or sentimentally amorous.
- spurgeon — Charles Haddon [had-n] /ˈhæd n/ (Show IPA), 1834–92, English Baptist preacher.
- stentour — a tax assessor or person who determines the amount of tax that is owed
- sternson — a knee in a timber-framed vessel, reinforcing the angle between the keelson and the sternpost.
- stonerag — a type of lichen, Parmela saxatilis, which produces a brown dye
- storeman — a man employed to look after a storeroom
- stronger — having, showing, or able to exert great bodily or muscular power; physically vigorous or robust: a strong boy.
- sturgeon — any of various large fishes of the family Acipenseridae, inhabiting fresh and salt North Temperate waters, valued for their flesh and as a source of caviar and isinglass: A. brevirostrum, of the Atlantic coast, is endangered.
- suborned — to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- summoner — to call upon to do something specified.
- syndrome — Pathology, Psychiatry. a group of symptoms that together are characteristic of a specific disorder, disease, or the like.
- taileron — an aileron located on the tailplane of an aircraft
- teardown — a taking apart; disassembly.
- teletron — a system for showing enlarged televisual images in sports stadiums
- tenebrio — a type of small mealworm
- tenorist — a person who sings tenor.
- tenorite — a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- tenoroon — a woodwind instrument which is a cross between a tenor bassoon and an oboe
- ternopol — a city in W Ukraine: formerly in Poland.
- tetragon — a polygon having four angles or sides; a quadrangle or quadrilateral.