8-letter words containing n, a, s, o
- donators — to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause: to donate used clothes to the Salvation Army.
- doomsman — Archaic. a judge.
- downcast — directed downward, as the eyes.
- downwash — a deflection of air downward relative to an airfoil that causes the deflection.
- draconis — a late 7th-century b.c. Athenian statesman noted for the severity of his code of laws.
- dragoons — Plural form of dragoon.
- dyspnoea — Alternative spelling of dyspnea.
- dystonia — abnormal tone of any tissue.
- elations — Plural form of elation.
- enamours — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enamour.
- enations — Plural form of enation.
- endostea — Plural form of endosteum.
- epanodos — a return to main theme after a digression
- eschaton — The final event in the divine plan; the end of the world.
- esthonia — Estonia
- estonian — of Estonia
- estragon — Tarragon.
- evanston — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan north of Chicago: Northwestern University (1851). Pop: 74 360 (2003 est)
- evasions — Plural form of evasion.
- factions — Plural form of faction.
- fantoosh — pretentious; ostentatious
- farinose — yielding farina.
- farnesol — a colorless, unsaturated, liquid alcohol, C 15 H 26 O, having a slight floral odor, extracted from the flowers of the acacia, cassia oil, or the like: used in perfumery.
- fashions — Plural form of fashion.
- fashiony — of or relating to fashion; fashionable; trendy
- fast one — a shrewd action, especially when unscrupulous or dishonest; an unfair trick, deceitful practice, dishonest dealing, etc.: He pulled a fast one on me by paying me with a worthless check.
- favonius — the ancient Roman personification of the west wind.
- flash on — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- foilsman — a person who fences with a foil.
- fondants — Plural form of fondant.
- formants — Plural form of formant.
- formosan — of or relating the languages spoken by the indigenous Taiwanese peoples
- forsaken — past participle of forsake.
- forstand — (transitive) To stand against; oppose; withstand.
- fractons — Plural form of fracton.
- frontals — Plural form of frontal.
- furanose — (chemistry) any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a five-membered ring (the tetrahydrofuran skeleton).
- fusional — the act or process of fusing; the state of being fused.
- gabonese — of or relating to Gabon or its inhabitants.
- gadroons — Plural form of gadroon.
- galleons — Plural form of galleon.
- galloons — Plural form of galloon.
- gambeson — a quilted garment worn under mail.
- garrison — William Lloyd, 1805–79, U.S. leader in the abolition movement.
- gas oven — a domestic oven heated by gas
- gascogne — Gascony
- gasogene — gazogene.
- gasolene — gasoline.
- gasoline — a volatile, flammable liquid mixture of hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, and used as fuel for internal-combustion engines, as a solvent, etc.
- gastonia — a city in S North Carolina, W of Charlotte.