8-letter words containing o, a, n, s
- boatsman — boatman.
- bonavist — hyacinth bean.
- bondages — slavery or involuntary servitude; serfdom.
- bondsman — a person bound by bond to act as surety for another
- bone ash — the residue obtained when bones are burned in air, consisting mainly of calcium phosphate. It is used as a fertilizer and in the manufacture of bone china
- bostangi — a Turkish imperial guard
- botanist — A botanist is a scientist who studies plants.
- botswana — a republic in southern Africa: established as the British protectorate of Bechuanaland in 1885 as a defence against the Boers; became an independent state within the Commonwealth in 1966; consists mostly of a plateau averaging 1000 m (3300 ft), with the extensive Okavango swamps in the northwest and the Kalahari Desert in the southwest. Languages: English and Tswana. Religion: animist majority. Currency: pula. Capital: Gaborone. Pop: 2 127 825 (2013 est). Area: about 570 000 sq km (220 000 sq miles)
- bowyangs — a pair of strings or straps secured round each trouser leg below the knee, worn esp by sheep-shearers and other labourers
- caissons — Plural form of caisson.
- caldrons — Plural form of caldron (Alternative spelling of cauldrons).
- calzones — Plural form of calzone.
- campions — Plural form of campion.
- camstone — a limestone used for whitening stone doorsteps and hearths
- cannolis — Plural form of cannoli.
- canoeist — A canoeist is someone who is skilled at racing and performing tests of skill in a canoe.
- canoness — a woman belonging to any one of several religious orders and living under a rule but not under a vow
- canonise — Ecclesiastical. to place in the canon of saints.
- canonist — a specialist in canon law
- canopies — Plural form of canopy.
- canorous — tuneful; melodious
- cantoris — (in antiphonal music) to be sung by the cantorial side of a choir
- canzonas — Plural form of canzona.
- canzones — Plural form of canzone.
- capstone — one of a set of slabs on the top of a wall, building, etc
- captions — Plural form of caption.
- carlsson — Ingvar [ing-vahr] /ˈɪŋ vɑr/ (Show IPA), born 1934, Swedish political leader: prime minister 1986–91, 1994–96.
- carneous — fleshy
- carryons — Plural form of carryon.
- cartoons — Plural form of cartoon.
- casanova — Giovanni Jacopo (dʒoˈvanni ˈjaːkopo). 1725–98, Italian adventurer noted for his Mémoires, a vivid account of his sexual adventures and of contemporary society
- casaubon — Isaac (izaak). 1559–1614, French Protestant theologian and classical scholar
- castagno — Andrea del [ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), (Andrea di Bartolo di Bargilla) c1423–57, Florentine painter.
- castiron — Alternative spelling of cast iron.
- cautions — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- cavesson — a kind of hard noseband, used (esp formerly) in breaking a horse in
- centavos — Plural form of centavo.
- chansons — Plural form of chanson.
- chausson — Ernest [er-nest] /ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1855–99, French composer.
- chicanos — of or relating to Mexican-Americans or their culture.
- chitosan — a polysaccharide produced from chitin
- ciswoman — (LGBT) A cisgender woman, a woman who is biologically female.
- clangors — Plural form of clangor.
- clarions — Plural form of clarion.
- clarkson — Thomas. 1760–1846, British campaigner for the abolition of slavery
- coamings — Plural form of coaming, especially all sides of a single coach roof, hatch, or cockpit.
- coasting — the land next to the sea; seashore: the rocky coast of Maine.
- coatings — Plural form of coating.
- cocksman — A man who is sexually talented.
- cognates — Plural form of cognate.