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8-letter words containing m, a, n, s

  • somalian — an independent republic on the E coast of Africa, formed from the former British Somaliland and the former Italian Somaliland. 246,198 sq. mi. (637,653 sq. km). Capital: Mogadishu.
  • somniate — to dream
  • sonarman — a petty officer who operates and maintains sonar.
  • sonogram — the visual image produced by reflected sound waves in a diagnostic ultrasound examination.
  • soundman — a sound recorder in a television crew
  • spaceman — an astronaut.
  • spademan — a man who works with spade
  • spamming — (lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively): Install spam blocker software and keep your email spam filters updated to protect your accounts from unsolicited spam.
  • spanworm — measuringworm.
  • spearman — a person who is armed with or uses a spear.
  • spellman — Francis Joseph, Cardinal, 1889–1967, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman: archbishop of New York 1939–67.
  • sphagnum — any soft moss of the genus Sphagnum, occurring chiefly in bogs, used for potting and packing plants, for dressing wounds, etc.
  • spumante — Italian. any sparkling wine.
  • squawman — a White or other non-American-Indian man married to a North American Indian woman
  • staffman — staffer.
  • stallman — a person who runs a bookstall or similar stall
  • staminal — of or relating to stamina or endurance.
  • stamini- — stamen
  • stamp on — tread heavily on
  • stasimon — (in ancient Greek drama) a choral ode, especially in tragedy, divided into strophe and antistrophe: usually alternating with the epeisodion and, in the final ode, preceding the exodos.
  • steaming — water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
  • steelman — a person engaged in the steelmaking business.
  • steinman — David Barnard, 1886–1960, U.S. civil engineer: specialist in bridge design and construction.
  • stenmark — Ingemar ("Silent Swede") born 1956, Swedish Alpine skier.
  • stickman — croupier (def 1).
  • stillman — a man who is employed to operate a still
  • stockman — U.S. and Australia. a person who raises livestock.
  • stoneham — a town in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
  • stoneman — a stonecutter or stoneworker.
  • storeman — a man employed to look after a storeroom
  • strawman — a mass of straw formed to resemble a man, as for a doll or scarecrow.
  • stuntman — a man who substitutes for an actor in scenes requiring hazardous or acrobatic feats.
  • subhuman — less than or not quite human.
  • suleiman — ("the Magnificent") 1495?–1566, sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1520–66.
  • sumatran — a large island in the W part of Indonesia. 164,147 sq. mi. (425,141 sq. km).
  • sumerian — of or relating to Sumer, its people, or their language.
  • sun lamp — a lamp that generates ultraviolet rays, used as a therapeutic device, for obtaining an artificial suntan, etc.
  • superman — a person of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
  • 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.
  • swamphen — any of several large Old World gallinules varying from purple to white, all possibly belonging to the single species Porphyrio porphyrio.
  • swamping — a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.
  • sweetman — (in the Caribbean) a man kept by a woman
  • swingarm — the main part of the rear suspension on a motorcycle
  • swingman — a player who can play either of two positions, usually guard and forward.
  • swordman — swordsman.
  • sycamine — a tree mentioned in the New Testament, probably the black mulberry.
  • symantec — (company)   Software manufacturer of utility and development applications for Windows and Macintosh platforms. Products include ACT!, Norton Utilities, Norton AntiVirus, Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh, Symantec Cafe.
  • syntagma — an element that enters into a syntagmatic relationship.
  • sysadmin — a computer system administrator
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