8-letter words containing n, a, s, o
- anapolis — a city in central Brazil.
- ancestor — Your ancestors are the people from whom you are descended.
- anconeus — (anatomy) A muscle of the elbow and forearm.
- anctious — Obsolete form of anxious.
- anderson — a river in N Canada, in the Northwest Territories, rising in lakes north of Great Bear Lake and flowing west and north to the Beaufort Sea. Length: about 580 km (360 miles)
- andirons — Plural form of andiron.
- androids — Plural form of android.
- anemious — (of a plant) Growing in exposed windy places.
- anemones — Plural form of anemone.
- anemosis — spacing between the annual rings in wood that is caused by strong winds bending the tree trunk
- anginose — (dated) Relating to angina; anginous.
- anginous — of, noting, or pertaining to angina, especially angina pectoris.
- angiomas — Plural form of angioma.
- angolese — a member of any of the tribes residing in Angola.
- angstrom — a unit of length equal to 10–10 metre, used principally to express the wavelengths of electromagnetic radiations. It is equivalent to 0.1 nanometre
- angulose — having angles
- angulous — angular or having angles
- angus og — the god of love and beauty
- ankylose — (of bones in a joint, etc) to fuse or stiffen by ankylosis
- annattos — Plural form of annatto.
- anniston — a city in E Alabama.
- annulose — (of earthworms, crustaceans, and similar animals) having a body formed of a series of rings; segmented
- anodynes — Plural form of anodyne.
- anoopsia — a form of squint in which the eye turns upwards
- anoscope — proctoscope.
- anourous — anurous.
- antiboss — acting against a boss or bosses
- anticous — (in plants) facing the axis of the flower
- antinous — the chief suitor of Penelope, killed by Odysseus upon his return from Troy.
- antismog — acting to reduce smog, aimed at preventing smog
- antisnob — a person opposed to snobbery
- antonius — Marcus (ˈmɑːkəs)
- antonyms — a word opposite in meaning to another. Fast is an antonym of slow. Compare synonym (def 1).
- antrorse — directed or pointing upwards or forwards
- anybodys — a person of some importance: If you're anybody, you'll receive an invitation.
- apastron — the point at which the stars of a binary system are farthest apart (opposed to periastron).
- aphonous — without voice; voiceless
- apolunes — Plural form of apolune.
- appoints — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appoint.
- apposing — Present participle of appose.
- araneose — arachnoid, especially as a plant.
- araneous — resembling a spider's web
- arousing — causing sexual excitement
- ars nova — a style of music of the 14th century, characterized by great freedom and variety of rhythm and melody contrasted with the strictness of the music of the 13th century
- arsenous — of or containing trivalent arsenic
- arsonist — An arsonist is a person who deliberately sets fire to a building or vehicle.
- arsonous — relating to arson
- art song — a song written by a trained composer to convey a specific artistic idea, as in projecting the mood and meaning of a poetic text
- asconoid — pertaining to or resembling an ascon.
- ashkelon — Ashqelon