8-letter words containing n, o, s, e, d
- mordents — Plural form of mordent.
- mudstone — a clayey rock with the texture and composition of shale but little or no lamination.
- necrosed — Simple past tense and past participle of necrose.
- nobodies — Plural form of nobody.
- nodulose — (biology) having nodules.
- non-sked — a nonscheduled airline or plane: He got his training with the nonskeds.
- nondense — nowhere-dense.
- noseband — that part of a bridle or halter that passes over the animal's nose.
- nosedive — a plunge of an aircraft with the forward part pointing downward.
- notepads — Plural form of notepad.
- oddments — an odd article, bit, remnant, or the like.
- odonates — Plural form of odonate.
- odyssean — (italics) an epic poem attributed to Homer, describing Odysseus's adventures in his ten-year attempt to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
- onesided — Biased, only showing one side or point of view on an argument.
- oostende — a seaport in NW Belgium.
- openside — (rugby), the space on the side of the pitch with the larger distance between the breakdown/set piece and the touchline; compare blindside.
- operands — Plural form of operand.
- outspend — to outdo in spending; spend more than: They seemed determined to outspend their neighbors.
- poseidon — the ancient Greek god of the sea, with the power to cause earthquakes, identified by the Romans with Neptune.
- prodnose — an inquisitive person
- ransomed — the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- re-sound — to sound or cause to sound again
- reasoned — based on reason: a carefully reasoned decision.
- red snow — snow that has acquired a red color either from airborne particles of red dust or from a type of alga that contains a red pigment.
- redstone — a U.S. surface-to-surface ballistic missile powered by a single rocket engine.
- resinoid — resinlike.
- reynolds — a male given name, form of Reginald.
- rounders — a person or thing that rounds something.
- s-a node — sinoatrial node
- sandshoe — a light tennis shoe; sneaker.
- sarpedon — a Lycian prince, son of Zeus, killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.
- seahound — a dogfish
- seasoned — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- secodont — (of animals) having teeth with sharp cutting edges
- seconded — next after the first; being the ordinal number for two.
- secondee — a person who is seconded
- seconder — next after the first; being the ordinal number for two.
- secondly — in the second place; second.
- sedation — the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- sedition — incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
- send for — to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.
- send off — a demonstration of good wishes for a person setting out on a trip, career, or other venture: They gave him a rousing send-off at the pier.
- send out — to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.
- send-off — a demonstration of good wishes for a person setting out on a trip, career, or other venture: They gave him a rousing send-off at the pier.
- set down — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- sidebone — ossification of the cartilages in the lateral portion of the foot of a horse, resulting in lameness.
- sidelong — directed to one side: a sidelong glance.
- sidenote — a note written in the margin of a page
- siphoned — a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- smidgeon — a very small amount: a smidgen of jam for your toast.