8-letter words containing n, o, i, s, l
- mullions — a vertical member, as of stone or wood, between the lights of a window, the panels in wainscoting, or the like.
- neapolis — a port in E Greece, in Macedonia East and Thrace region on the Bay of Kaválla an important Macedonian fortress of the Byzantine empire; ceded to Greece by Turkey after the Balkan War (1912–13). Pop: 58 576 (1991)
- 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).
- nitrosyl — nitroso.
- nobelist — a person who is awarded a Nobel prize.
- noiseful — characterized by loud noise; noisy
- nominals — Plural form of nominal.
- nonsolid — any substance that is not in a solid state, ie a liquid or a gas
- nostrils — either of the two external openings of the nose.
- novelish — (esp of a name or a person) characteristic of a novel; having qualities like those of a character or scene in a novel; fanciful; romantic
- novelism — an innovative idea or concept; innovation; novelty
- novelist — a person who writes novels.
- nubilous — cloudy or foggy.
- oil sand — a sand or sandstone containing oil or tarry residue in the pore spaces.
- oiliness — smeared or covered with oil; greasy: an oily road surface.
- oilsands — Plural form of oilsand.
- oilskins — A waterproof garment, made from oilskin, used especially at sea.
- oilstone — a block of fine-grained stone, usually oiled, for putting the final edge on certain cutting tools by abrasion.
- onliners — Plural form of onliner.
- onliness — (obsolete) The state of being alone.
- ordinals — Plural form of ordinal.
- orinasal — pronounced with the voice issuing through the mouth and the nose simultaneously, as in the nasalized vowels of French.
- outlines — Plural form of outline.
- pasolini — Pier Paolo, 1922–75, Italian film director and poet.
- pignolis — pine nut (def 1).
- plotinus — a.d. 205?–270? Roman philosopher, born in Egypt.
- polanski — Roman. born 1933, Polish film director with a taste for the macabre, as in Repulsion (1965) and Rosemary's Baby (1968): later films include Tess (1980), Death and the Maiden (1995), and The Pianist (2002)
- polonism — a Polish characteristic or sense of identity
- polonius — the sententious father of Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
- posingly — in a posing manner
- psilocin — a psilocybin metabolite with strong hallucinogenic potency, produced after ingestion of the mushroom Psilocybe mexicana.
- rosalind — a female given name.
- saint-lô — a department in NW France. 2476 sq. mi. (6413 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Lô.
- salmonid — belonging or pertaining to the family Salmonidae, including the salmons, trouts, chars, and whitefishes.
- salonika — Also, Salonica [suh-lon-i-kuh, sal-uh-nee-kuh] /səˈlɒn ɪ kə, ˌsæl əˈni kə/ (Show IPA), Saloniki [Greek sah-law-nee-kee] /Greek ˌsɑ lɔˈni ki/ (Show IPA). Official name Thessalonike. Ancient Therma. a seaport in south-central Macedonia, in NE Greece, on the Gulf of Salonika.
- salopian — a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- salpicon — a mixture of chopped fish, meat, or vegetables in a sauce, used as fillings for croquettes, pastries, etc
- sassolin — a boric acid found in the saline deposits of the hot springs near Sasso in Tuscany
- scaldino — an Italian earthen brazier
- scallion — any onion that does not form a large bulb; green onion.
- scolding — a person who is constantly scolding, often with loud and abusive speech.
- scowling — to draw down or contract the brows in a sullen, displeased, or angry manner.
- scullion — a kitchen servant who does menial work.
- sea lion — any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- sea-lion — any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- seilenos — Silenus.
- semillon — a variety of white grape used in winemaking, especially in France in the Sauternes district of Bordeaux.
- seminole — a member of any of several groupings of North American Indians comprising emigrants from the Creek Confederacy territories to Florida or their descendants in Florida and Oklahoma, especially the culturally conservative present-day Florida Indians.
- semolina — a granular, milled product of durum wheat, consisting almost entirely of endosperm particles, used chiefly in the making of pasta.