8-letter words containing n, o, c, s
- nicholas — (Thomas Parentucelli) 1397?–1455, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1447–55.
- nicolson — Sir Harold George, 1886–1968, English diplomat, biographer, and journalist (husband of Victoria Mary Sackville-West).
- no-stick — nonstick: a no-stick skillet.
- noctuids — Plural form of noctuid.
- noctules — Plural form of noctule.
- nocturns — Plural form of nocturn.
- nonacids — Plural form of nonacid.
- nonbasic — of, relating to, or forming a base; fundamental: a basic principle; the basic ingredient.
- nonclass — Not a class, or not belonging to a class.
- nonesuch — a person or thing without equal; paragon.
- nonmusic — any sound that does not constitute music; unpleasant noise
- nonstick — having or providing a finish designed to prevent food from sticking during cooking or baking: a nonstick saucepan; a nonstick cooking spray.
- nonstock — (business) Not issuing capital stock.
- nosecone — Alternative spelling of nose cone.
- notecase — billfold.
- nucleons — Plural form of nucleon.
- ocarinas — Plural form of ocarina.
- occasion — a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.
- octagons — Plural form of octagon.
- offences — Plural form of offence.
- omicrons — Plural form of omicron.
- oniscoid — of or similar to woodlice
- onscreen — As seen on a screen (as of television, film, or computer) rather than in real life.
- opencast — (chiefly, British) Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed.
- opinicus — a heraldic monster having the head, neck, and wings of an eagle, the body of a lion, and the tail of a bear.
- organics — Plural form of organic.
- oscinine — of or relating to the Oscines
- oscitant — yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- osculant — united by certain common characteristics.
- ossianic — of, relating to, or characteristic of Ossian, the poetry attributed to him, or the rhythmic prose published by James Macpherson in 1762–63, purporting to be a translation from the Scottish Gaelic.
- ostracon — (in ancient Greece) a potsherd, especially one used as a ballot on which the name of a person voted to be ostracized was inscribed.
- outscorn — to defy with scorn
- penstock — a pipe conducting water from a head gate to a waterwheel.
- postsync — postsynchronization
- psilocin — a psilocybin metabolite with strong hallucinogenic potency, produced after ingestion of the mushroom Psilocybe mexicana.
- psionics — the study of the practical use of psychic powers
- pycnosis — the reduction in size and increase in staining of a cell or its nucleus, usually a feature of cell degeneration
- raccoons — Plural form of raccoon.
- recensor — someone who produces a recension or recensions
- recision — an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.
- resorcin — a white, needlelike, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 6 O 2 , a benzene derivative originally obtained from certain resins, now usually synthesized: used chiefly in making dyes, as a reagent, in tanning, in the synthesis of certain resins, and in medicine in treating certain skin conditions; meta-dihydroxybenzene.
- rhonchus — a wheezing or snoring sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by an accumulation of mucus or other material.
- romansch — a group of Rhaetian dialects spoken in the Swiss canton of Graubünden; an official language of Switzerland since 1938
- ructions — disturbance
- salpicon — a mixture of chopped fish, meat, or vegetables in a sauce, used as fillings for croquettes, pastries, etc
- sanction — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sardonic — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
- scaldino — an Italian earthen brazier
- scallion — any onion that does not form a large bulb; green onion.
- scammony — a twining, Asian convolvulus, Convolvulus scammonia.