8-letter words containing o, a, n, s
- subnodal — below the level of a node
- subpoena — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- subtaxon — a supplementary piece of identifying information in a plant's or animal's scientific name
- subzonal — located under a zona, esp under the zona of an ovum
- sudation — sweating; sweat
- swaption — A swaption is an over-the-counter option on a swap.
- swordman — swordsman.
- 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.
- synovial — a lubricating fluid resembling the white of an egg, secreted by certain membranes, as those of the joints.
- teaspoon — a small spoon generally used to stir tea, coffee, etc.
- thanatos — an ancient Greek personification of death.
- thousand — a cardinal number, 10 times 100.
- titanous — containing trivalent titanium.
- toasting — the act of raising a toast
- tonalist — a person who works with or uses tonality, especially one who uses traditional tonality rather than atonality in composing music.
- tongshan — former name of Xuzhou.
- tonsilar — of or relating to the tonsils
- torshavn — the capital of the Faeroe Islands, on the S tip of Streymoy Island.
- town gas — coal gas manufactured for domestic and industrial use
- townsman — a native or inhabitant of a town.
- tsingtao — Older Spelling. a seaport in E Shandong province, in E China.
- unfamous — having a widespread reputation, usually of a favorable nature; renowned; celebrated: a famous writer. Synonyms: famed, notable, illustrious. Antonyms: unknown, obscure.
- unreason — inability or unwillingness to think or act rationally, reasonably, or sensibly; irrationality.
- unsavory — not savory; tasteless or insipid: an unsavory meal.
- unseason — to fail to season
- unshadow — to remove a shadow from
- unsoaked — not soaked
- unsoaped — unwashed; not rubbed with soap
- unsocial — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- vanadous — containing divalent or trivalent vanadium.
- visional — of or relating to visions.
- volscian — of or relating to the Volsci or to their language.
- wainscot — wood, especially oak and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls.
- waitrons — Plural form of waitron.
- war nose — the explosive forward section of a projectile, as of a torpedo or shell; warhead.
- warisons — Plural form of warison.
- washdown — the act or process of washing down, as in cleaning something completely.
- watsonia — any of various iridaceous plants of the genus Watsonia, native to southern Africa, having sword-shaped leaves and spikes of white or reddish flowers.
- whatnots — Plural form of whatnot.
- womanise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of womanize.
- womanish — womanlike or feminine.
- womanism — believing in and respecting the abilities and talents of women; acknowledging women's contributions to society.
- womanist — believing in and respecting the abilities and talents of women; acknowledging women's contributions to society.
- woodsman — Also, woodman. a person accustomed to life in the woods and skilled in the arts of the woods, as hunting or trapping.
- xanthous — yellow.
- yangshao — of or designating a Neolithic culture of N China c5000–3000 b.c., characterized by dwellings with sunken floors, domestication of the pig, and a fine handmade pottery painted mainly in geometric designs of spirals and circles.
- yawnsome — dull and boring; tiresome