8-letter words containing e, r, n, s
- sargeson — Frank. 1903–82, New Zealand short-story writer and novelist. His work includes the short-story collection That Summer and Other Stories (1946) and the novel I Saw in my Dream (1949)
- sarpedon — a Lycian prince, son of Zeus, killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.
- sarsenet — a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- saunders — Dame Cicely. 1918–2005, British philanthropist: founded St Christopher's Hospice in 1967 for the care of the terminally ill, upon which the modern hospice movement is modelled. Her books include Living with Dying (1983)
- sauterne — a semisweet white wine of California, commonly sold as a jug wine.
- scenario — an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- schooner — Nautical. any of various types of sailing vessel having a foremast and mainmast, with or without other masts, and having fore-and-aft sails on all lower masts. See also ketch, topsail schooner, yawl1 (def 2).
- schwerin — a state in NE Germany. 8842 sq. mi. (22,900 sq. km). Capital: Schwerin.
- scienter — a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt: The court found that the company had the requisite scienter for securities fraud.
- sciurine — of or relating to the squirrels and allied rodents of the family Sciuridae.
- scrannel — thin or slight.
- screened — a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- screw-in — fitting in by being twisted
- screw-on — attached, connected, or closed by screwing onto another part of a container or receptacle.
- scrounge — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
- sea-born — born in or of the sea, as naiads.
- seaborne — transported by ship over the sea.
- seafront — an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- searness — the state of being withered or dry
- seatrain — a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- seconder — next after the first; being the ordinal number for two.
- secretin — a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- sederunt — a prolonged discussion or session for discussion.
- segreant — (of a griffin) rampant.
- seigneur — a lord, especially a feudal lord.
- seignior — a lord, especially a feudal lord; ruler.
- selangor — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 3160 sq. mi. (8184 sq. km). Capital: Shah Alam.
- semarang — a seaport on N Java, in S Indonesia.
- seminary — a special school providing education in theology, religious history, etc., primarily to prepare students for the priesthood, ministry, or rabbinate.
- senarius — a Latin verse of six feet, especially an iambic trimeter.
- send for — to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.
- sengreen — the houseleek, Sempervivum tectorum
- senorita — a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- sensoria — a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- sentries — a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- seraphin — a silver coin which formed the principal currency of Goa in the 16th century
- seremban — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 2580 sq. mi. (6682 sq. km). Capital: Seremban.
- serenade — a complimentary performance of vocal or instrumental music in the open air at night, as by a lover under the window of his lady.
- serenata — a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
- serenate — a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
- serendip — Arabic name of Sri Lanka.
- serenely — calm, peaceful, or tranquil; unruffled: a serene landscape; serene old age.
- serenity — the state or quality of being serene, calm, or tranquil; sereneness.
- sergeant — Ancient Eboracum. a city in North Yorkshire, in NE England, on the Ouse: the capital of Roman Britain; cathedral.
- serjeant — a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.
- sermonic — of, relating to, or resembling a sermon.
- serotine — late in occurring, developing, or flowering.
- serotiny — the quality or condition of being serotine
- serranid — any of numerous percoid fishes of the family Serranidae, living chiefly in warm seas, including the sea basses and groupers.
- servient — subordinate; subservient; subject to another