7-letter words containing n, a, s, o
- anxious — If you are anxious to do something or anxious that something should happen, you very much want to do it or very much want it to happen.
- apnoeas — Plural form of apnoea.
- archons — Plural form of archon Chief magistrates of ancient Athens.
- arenose — sandy
- arenous — sandy
- arseno- — having arsenic as a constituent
- asansol — city in E India, in the state of West Bengal: pop. 262,000
- ashdown — Paddy, Baron. real name Jeremy John Durham Ashdown. born 1941, British politician; leader of the Liberal Democrats (formerly the Social and Liberal Democrats) (1988–99); UN high representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina (2002–06)
- asinico — an idiot or a fool
- askelon — Ashqelon
- asonant — Not sounding or sounded.
- astound — If something astounds you, you are very surprised by it.
- atoners — Plural form of atoner.
- atonies — Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- audions — an early type of triode.
- avernos — a crater lake in S Italy, near Naples and the Tyrrhenian Sea, thought by ancients to be the entrance to the underworld.
- baboons — Plural form of baboon.
- bagnios — Plural form of bagnio.
- ballons — Plural form of ballon.
- bandogs — Plural form of bandog.
- banjoes — Plural form of banjo.
- baoshan — a town in W Yunnan province, in S China, on the Burma Road.
- baryons — Plural form of baryon.
- bassano — Jacopo [yah-kaw-paw] /ˈyɑ kɔ pɔ/ (Show IPA), (Giacomo da Ponte) 1510–92, Italian painter.
- bassoon — A bassoon is a large musical instrument of the woodwind family that is shaped like a tube and played by blowing into a curved metal pipe.
- bastion — If a system or organization is described as a bastion of a particular way of life, it is seen as being important and effective in defending that way of life. Bastion can be used both when you think that this way of life should be ended and when you think it should be defended.
- bateson — William, 1861–1926, English biologist and geneticist.
- bausond — (of animals) dappled with white spots on a black or bay background; esp having a white patch on the face
- beacons — a city in SE New York.
- bonasus — a name for the wisent or European bison (Bison bonasus)
- bonsela — a present or gratuity
- bosnian — of or relating to Bosnia or its inhabitants
- bossman — a leader or boss.
- branson — Sir Richard. born 1950, British entrepreneur. In 1969 he founded the Virgin record company, adding other interests later, including Virgin Atlantic Airways (1984), Virgin Radio (1993), and the Virgin Rail Group (1996): made the fastest crossing of the Atlantic by boat (1986) and the first of the Pacific by hot-air balloon (1991)
- brogans — a heavy, sturdy shoe, especially an ankle-high work shoe.
- caisson — a watertight chamber open at the bottom and containing air under pressure, used to carry out construction work under water
- camoens — Luis Vaz de (lwiʃ vɑʃ ˈdəː). 1524–80, Portuguese epic poet; author of The Lusiads (1572)
- cannons — Plural form of cannon.
- canolas — Plural form of canola.
- canopus — the brightest star in the constellation Carina and the second brightest star in the sky. Visual magnitude: -0.7; spectral type: F0II; distance: 313 light years
- canossa — a ruined castle in N Italy, in Emilia near Reggio nell'Emilia: scene of the penance done by the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV before Pope Gregory VII
- cantons — Plural form of canton.
- cantors — Plural form of cantor.
- canyons — Plural form of canyon.
- carbons — Short for carbon copies.
- carlson — Chester1906-68; U.S. inventor; developed xerography
- carnose — fleshy
- carnous — carnose.
- caroons — Plural form of caroon.
- cartons — Plural form of carton.