8-letter words containing n, a, d, s
- mundanes — Plural form of mundane.
- muscadin — a person with monarchical sympathies during the French Revolution, especially from 1794 to 1796.
- naderism — the philosophy and beliefs of consumerism and environmentalism preached by Ralph Nader
- nearside — (British) the left side of a road vehicle when facing in the same direction as the vehicle.
- nerdgasm — a feeling of intense excitement felt by someone considered to be a nerd, esp. when caused by something relating to his or her leisure interests such as a new piece of technology, computer game, science fiction film, etc.
- newlands — John Alexander. 1838–98, British chemist: classified the elements in order of their atomic weight, noticing similarities in every eighth and thus discovering his law of octaves
- newslady — A newswoman.
- niggards — Plural form of niggard.
- nomadism — a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- nonacids — Plural form of nonacid.
- noseband — that part of a bridle or halter that passes over the animal's nose.
- notepads — Plural form of notepad.
- novi sad — an autonomous province within Serbia. 8303 sq. mi. (21,506 sq. km). Capital: Novi Sad.
- nowadays — at the present day; in these times: Few people do their laundry by hand nowadays.
- nut dash — a dash equal in length to the width of an en quad; en dash.
- obsidian — a volcanic glass similar in composition to granite, usually dark but transparent in thin pieces, and having a good conchoidal fracture.
- odonates — Plural form of odonate.
- odorants — Plural form of odorant.
- odyssean — (italics) an epic poem attributed to Homer, describing Odysseus's adventures in his ten-year attempt to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
- oil sand — a sand or sandstone containing oil or tarry residue in the pore spaces.
- oilsands — Plural form of oilsand.
- operands — Plural form of operand.
- oppidans — Plural form of oppidan.
- ordinals — Plural form of ordinal.
- osmundas — Plural form of osmunda.
- outlands — Exurbia: the country beyond the city.
- outstand — to be prominent.
- pandanus — any plant of the genus Pandanus, having sword-shaped leaves arranged in a spiral, comprising the screw pines.
- pandarus — a Trojan who attempted to assassinate Menelaus, thereby violating a truce between the Greeks and the Trojans and prolonging the Trojan War: in Chaucerian and other medieval accounts, he is the procurer of Cressida for Troilus.
- pandavas — (in the Mahabharata) the family of Arjuna, at war with their cousins, the Kauravas.
- pasadena — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- passband — the range of frequencies that pass with a minimum of attenuation through an electronic filter.
- paysandu — a city in W Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- pisidian — the extinct language of Pisidia, not known to be related to any other language, written in a script derived from the Greek alphabet.
- qadianis — a modern sect, divided into an older group (Qadianis) and a newer group (Lahore party)
- quadrans — a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the fourth part of an as.
- radiants — Plural form of radiant.
- radisson — Pierre Esprit [es-pree] /ɛs pri/ (Show IPA), 1636?–1710? French fur trader and explorer in Canada.
- ransomed — the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- readings — Rufus Daniel Isaacs, 1st Marquis of, 1860–1935, Lord Chief Justice of England 1913–21; viceroy of India 1921–26.
- reascend — to ascend again
- reasoned — based on reason: a carefully reasoned decision.
- redlands — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- redshank — an Old World sandpiper, Tringa totanus, having red legs and feet.
- rosalind — a female given name.
- rosamond — a feminine name: dim. Roz
- rosamund — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “horse” and “protection.”.
- s-a node — sinoatrial node
- saarland — a state in W Germany, in the Saar River valley. 991 sq. mi. (2569 sq. km). Capital: Saarbrücken.
- saddling — a seat for a rider on the back of a horse or other animal.