8-letter words containing n, a, s, r
- crossman — Richard (Howard Stafford). 1907–74, British Labour politician. His diaries, published posthumously as the Crossman Papers (1975), revealed details of cabinet discussions
- currants — Plural form of currant.
- curtains — death or ruin; the end
- danglers — to hang loosely, especially with a jerking or swaying motion: The rope dangled in the breeze.
- dardanus — the son of Zeus and Electra who founded the royal house of Troy
- darkmans — night-time
- darkness — the state or quality of being dark: The room was in total darkness.
- darlings — Plural form of darling.
- darndest — Alternative spelling of darnedest.
- darshana — any of the six principal systems of philosophy.
- dearness — beloved or loved: a dear friend.
- denarius — a silver coin of ancient Rome, often called a penny in translation
- denpasar — seaport in S Bali, Indonesia: pop. 261,000
- deranges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of derange.
- desander — A desander is a device at the surface which removes very small particles from the drilling mud.
- detrains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detrain.
- dinosaur — any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals.
- disadorn — To deprive of ornaments.
- disrange — (obsolete) To disarrange.
- distrain — to constrain by seizing and holding goods, etc., in pledge for rent, damages, etc., or in order to obtain satisfaction of a claim.
- diurnals — Plural form of diurnal.
- 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.
- drabness — dull; cheerless; lacking in spirit, brightness, etc.
- draconis — a late 7th-century b.c. Athenian statesman noted for the severity of his code of laws.
- dragnets — Plural form of dragnet.
- dragoons — Plural form of dragoon.
- dragsman — a person who drives a carriage or drag
- drainers — Plural form of drainer.
- draisine — an early form of bicycle designed in Germany, nick-named the hobby horse or dandy horse
- drawings — Plural form of drawing.
- dunnarts — Plural form of dunnart.
- earnests — Plural form of earnest.
- earnings — money earned; wages; profits.
- earrings — Plural form of earring.
- enablers — Plural form of enabler.
- enamours — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enamour.
- encarpus — a decoration of fruit or flowers on a frieze
- encastre — (of a beam) fixed at the ends
- encrease — Obsolete spelling of increase.
- engrafts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of engraft.
- engrails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of engrail.
- engrasps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of engrasp.
- engraves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of engrave.
- enhearse — to put into a hearse, to bury
- enlarges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enlarge.
- enravish — to enchant
- enslaver — One that enslaves.
- ensnared — Simple past tense and past participle of ensnare.
- ensnares — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ensnare.
- ensnarls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ensnarl.