8-letter words containing e, r, n, s
- snobbery — snobbish character, conduct, trait, or act.
- snobbier — condescending, patronizing, or socially exclusive; snobbish.
- snottery — snot or filth
- snuffers — an instrument resembling a pair of scissors for trimming the wick or extinguishing the flame of a candle
- snuggery — a snug place or position.
- 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.
- spandrel — Architecture. an area between the extradoses of two adjoining arches, or between the extrados of an arch and a perpendicular through the extrados at the springing line.
- spangler — a person who spangles
- speargun — a device for shooting spears underwater
- spearing — a sprout or shoot of a plant, as a blade of grass or an acrospire of grain.
- spearman — a person who is armed with or uses a spear.
- spectrin — a rodlike structural protein of the red blood cell membrane.
- spengler — Oswald [oz-wawld;; German aws-vahlt] /ˈɒz wɔld;; German ˈɔs vɑlt/ (Show IPA), 1880–1936, German philosopher.
- spermine — a polyamine, H 2 N(CH 2) 3 NH(CH 2) 4 NH(CH 2) 3 NH 2 , formed from spermidine and occurring in all cells, especially prevalent in semen, sputum, pancreatic tissue, and certain yeasts.
- spindler — a person who spindles
- spinnery — a spinning mill.
- spinster — Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
- splendor — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
- splinter — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- spoonier — foolishly or sentimentally amorous.
- sprained — (of a joint) having been injured by a sudden twisting or wrenching of its ligaments
- sprangle — to struggle or sprawl with limbs spread out wide
- springed — a snare for catching small game.
- springer — a person or thing that springs.
- sprinkle — to scatter (a liquid, powder, etc.) in drops or particles: She sprinkled powder on the baby.
- sprinted — to race or move at full speed, especially for a short distance, as in running, rowing, etc.
- sprinter — to race or move at full speed, especially for a short distance, as in running, rowing, etc.
- spruance — Raymond Ames [eymz] /eɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1886–1969, U.S. admiral.
- spryness — active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
- spunware — objects formed by spinning.
- spurgeon — Charles Haddon [had-n] /ˈhæd n/ (Show IPA), 1834–92, English Baptist preacher.
- squander — to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away).
- squireen — the landowner of a small estate; a squire of a small domain.
- sry gene — a sex-determining gene on the Y chromosome in mammals that determines maleness and is essential for development of the testes.