8-letter words containing o, a, n, s
- seahound — a dogfish
- seamount — a submarine mountain rising several hundred fathoms above the floor of the sea but having its summit well below the surface of the water.
- seasonal — pertaining to, dependent on, or accompanying the seasons of the year or some particular season; periodical: seasonal work.
- 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.
- seawoman — a woman sailor or a woman who works on a ship or in the navy
- sedation — the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- selangor — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 3160 sq. mi. (8184 sq. km). Capital: Shah Alam.
- seminoma — a malignant tumour of the testicle
- semolina — a granular, milled product of durum wheat, consisting almost entirely of endosperm particles, used chiefly in the making of pasta.
- senorita — a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- sensoria — a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- shagroon — a nineteenth-century Australian settler in Canterbury
- shalloon — a light, twilled woolen fabric used chiefly for linings.
- shame on — shame should be felt by; this is shameful of
- shamokin — a borough in E Pennsylvania.
- shandong — a maritime province in E China. 59,189 sq. mi. (153,299 sq. km). Capital: Jinan.
- shaoxing — a city in NE Zhejiang province, in E China.
- shaoyang — a city in central Hunan province, in E China.
- sheraton — Thomas, 1751–1806, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer.
- shoaling — any large number of persons or things.
- shoreman — a person who lives on the shore
- shotokan — a popular system of karate based on the principles of Bushido and Zen
- sidonian — a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- signoria — the government of an Italian city-state
- sihanouk — Prince Norodom [nawr-uh-dom,, -duh m] /ˈnɔr əˌdɒm,, -dəm/ (Show IPA), 1922–2004, Cambodian statesman: premier 1952–60; chief of state 1960–70 and 1975–76.
- siloxane — any of the class of compounds containing the structural unit R 2 SiO, where R is an organic group or hydrogen.
- simoniac — a person who practices simony.
- sinfonia — a symphony.
- skiatron — a cathode-ray tube used in radar
- skokiaan — (in South Africa) a potent alcoholic beverage drunk by Black Africans in shebeens
- slavonia — a historic region in N Croatia.
- slavonic — Slavonian.
- slobland — an area of muddy or alluvial ground
- slot man — copyeditor (def 3).
- slovenia — a republic in SE Europe: formerly part of Yugoslavia. 7819 sq. mi. (20,250 sq. km). Capital: Ljubljana.
- snap-off — fastening or closing with a click or snap, as a device fitted with a spring catch: a snap lock.
- snapshot — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
- snot rag — a handkerchief
- snot-rag — a handkerchief.
- snow day — a day on which public schools or other institutions are closed due to heavy snow.
- snow pea — a variety of the common pea, Pisum sativum macrocarpon, having thin, flat, edible pods that are used in cookery.
- snowball — a ball of snow pressed or rolled together, as for throwing.
- snowbank — a mound of snow, as a snowdrift or snow shoveled from a road or sidewalk.
- snowfall — a fall of snow.
- snowland — an area that is covered by snow
- snowpack — the accumulation of winter snowfall, especially in mountain or upland regions.
- soapland — a Japanese bathhouse and brothel
- sobranje — the national assembly of Bulgaria, consisting of a single chamber of elected deputies.
- socinian — a follower of Faustus and Laelius Socinus who rejected a number of traditional Christian doctrines, as the Trinity, the divinity of Christ, and original sin, and who held that Christ was miraculously begotten and that salvation will be granted to those who adopt Christ's virtues.
- soekarno — Achmed [ahk-med] /ˈɑk mɛd/ (Show IPA), 1901–1970, Indonesian statesman: president of the Republic of Indonesia 1945–67.