8-letter words containing e, r, n, s
- superman — a person of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- supernal — being in or belonging to the heaven of divine beings; heavenly, celestial, or divine.
- sureness — free from doubt as to the reliability, character, action, etc., of something: to be sure of one's data.
- suriname — a republic on the NE coast of South America: formerly a territory of the Netherlands; gained independence 1975. 60,230 sq. mi. (155,995 sq. km). Capital: Paramaribo.
- surnames — the name that a person has in common with other family members, as distinguished from a Christian name or given name; family name.
- suzerain — a sovereign or a state exercising political control over a dependent state.
- swanherd — a person who tends swans.
- swannery — a place where swans are raised.
- swear in — to make a solemn declaration or affirmation by some sacred being or object, as a deity or the Bible.
- swindler — to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
- swingers — a person or thing that swings.
- sylvaner — a white grape grown in the Alsace region of France and in Switzerland, Germany, and Austria.
- syndrome — Pathology, Psychiatry. a group of symptoms that together are characteristic of a specific disorder, disease, or the like.
- synergic — the interaction of elements that when combined produce a total effect that is greater than the sum of the individual elements, contributions, etc.; synergism.
- synergid — one of two small cells that lie inside the embryo sac of a flowering plant and nourish the ovum.
- syringes — a small device consisting of a glass, metal, or hard rubber tube, narrowed at its outlet, and fitted with either a piston or a rubber bulb for drawing in a quantity of fluid or for ejecting fluid in a stream, for cleaning wounds, injecting fluids into the body, etc.
- tartness — sharp to the taste; sour or acid: Tart apples are best for pie. Synonyms: astringent, acrid, piquant. Antonyms: sweet, sugary, bland, mellow.
- tendrils — a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- tenorist — a person who sings tenor.
- teresian — a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- teresina — a state in NE Brazil. 96,860 sq. mi. (250,870 sq. km). Capital: Teresina.
- terminus — the end or extremity of anything.
- ternates — an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- test run — trial
- the runs — diarrhoea
- thornset — set with thorns
- tinselry — cheap and pretentious display.
- tongster — a tong member (a member of a Chinese secret society)
- trainers — shoes that people wear, especially for running and other sports
- transect — to cut across; dissect transversely.
- transept — any major transverse part of the body of a church, usually crossing the nave, at right angles, at the entrance to the choir.
- transfer — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- transire — a document allowing goods to pass through customs
- transkei — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa on the Indian Ocean: granted independence in 1976 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 16,910 sq. mi. (43,798 sq. km). Capital: Umtata.
- transnet — the official rail and transport service in South Africa
- transude — to pass or ooze through pores or interstices, as a fluid.
- transume — to make an official transcription of
- trapnest — a nesting box that can be entered but not exited by a hen, which is then released once its eggs have been counted
- trenches — Fortification. a long, narrow excavation in the ground, the earth from which is thrown up in front to serve as a shelter from enemy fire or attack.
- trewsman — a Highlander
- trueness — being in accordance with the actual state or conditions; conforming to reality or fact; not false: a true story.
- tsarevna — a daughter of a czar.
- turnsole — any of several plants regarded as turning with the movement of the sun.
- tyrosine — a crystalline amino acid, HOC 6 H 4 CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, abundant in ripe cheese, that acts as a precursor of norepinephrine and dopamine. Symbol: Y. Abbreviation: Tyr;
- unarisen — not having risen
- unawares — while not aware or conscious of a thing oneself; unknowingly or inadvertently.
- undersay — to state in the form of an answer
- undersea — located, carried on, or used under the surface of the sea: undersea life.
- underset — a current of water below the surface and flowing in a direction contrary to the water on the surface.
- undersky — lower sky