8-letter words containing n, o, s, p
- sundrops — any of various plants of the genus Oenothera, of the evening primrose family, having flowers that bloom during the day.
- sunporch — a room with large windows and often a glass roof, built around one of the main entrances to a building
- sunproof — impervious to sunlight or damage by the rays of the sun.
- sunspots — one of the relatively dark patches that appear periodically on the surface of the sun and affect terrestrial magnetism and certain other terrestrial phenomena.
- swaption — A swaption is an over-the-counter option on a swap.
- swinepox — a variety of chicken pox.
- swooping — to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, especially down upon prey.
- symphony — Music. an elaborate instrumental composition in three or more movements, similar in form to a sonata but written for an orchestra and usually of far grander proportions and more varied elements. an instrumental passage occurring in a vocal composition, or between vocal movements in a composition. an instrumental piece, often in several movements, forming the overture to an opera or the like.
- syncopal — Grammar. the contraction of a word by omitting one or more sounds from the middle, as in the reduction of never to ne'er.
- syncopic — Grammar. the contraction of a word by omitting one or more sounds from the middle, as in the reduction of never to ne'er.
- synopses — a brief or condensed statement giving a general view of some subject.
- synopsis — a brief or condensed statement giving a general view of some subject.
- synoptic — pertaining to or constituting a synopsis; affording or taking a general view of the principal parts of a subject.
- synthpop — popular music played with synthesizers and having light upbeat melodies and lyrics.
- syphoned — 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.
- teaspoon — a small spoon generally used to stir tea, coffee, etc.
- ten-spot — a playing card the face of which bears ten pips.
- thompson — Benjamin, Count Rumford, 1753–1814, English physicist and diplomat, born in the U.S.
- tompkins — Daniel D. 1774–1825, U.S. politician and jurist: vice president of the U.S. 1817–25.
- topstone — a stone forming the top of something
- township — a unit of local government, usually a subdivision of a county, found in most midwestern and northeastern states of the U.S. and in most Canadian provinces.
- townskip — a mischievous and roguish child who frequents city streets
- unbishop — to remove (someone) from the position of bishop
- unperson — a public figure, especially in a totalitarian country, who, for political or ideological reasons, is not recognized or mentioned in government publications or records or in the news media.
- unpoised — not poised; unbalanced
- unpoison — to extract poison from
- unpolish — to remove polish from, to make imperfect
- unposted — not sent by post
- unprison — to release from prison.
- unsoaped — unwashed; not rubbed with soap
- unspoilt — a simple past tense and past participle of spoil.
- unspoken — implied or understood without being spoken or uttered.
- wineshop — a shop where wine is sold.