8-letter words containing o, n, i, u
- qui nhon — a seaport in SE Vietnam, on the South China Sea coast.
- quiberon — a peninsula in NW France, on the S coast of Brittany: British naval victory over the French 1759. 6 miles (10 km) long.
- quinones — Plural form of quinone.
- quintero — Álvarez Quintero.
- quoining — The stone or brick used to form a quoin of a wall or building.
- quotient — the result of division; the number of times one quantity is contained in another.
- rain out — water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rain-out — water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
- refusion — a new or further fusion
- resinous — full of or containing resin.
- rigaudon — rigadoon.
- ring out — to give forth a clear resonant sound, as a bell when struck: The doorbell rang twice.
- rio muni — the mainland province of Equatorial Guinea on the Guinea coast: formerly the mainland portion of Spanish Guinea. 10,040 sq. mi. (26,003 sq. km).
- riot gun — a gun, especially a shotgun with a short barrel, for quelling riots rather than inflicting serious injury.
- ritenuto — held back momentarily
- rosinous — rosiny
- roumania — Romania.
- round in — to haul in on (a line)
- rounding — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- roundish — somewhat round: a roundish man; roundish furniture.
- routeing — (networking) (US "routing") /roo'ting/ The process, performed by a router, of selecting the correct interface and next hop for a packet being forwarded. This is the British and international standard spelling. See also Exterior Gateway Protocol, Interior Gateway Protocol.
- routines — a customary or regular course of procedure.
- ructions — disturbance
- run into — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- run riot — a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- scouring — to range over, as in a search: They scoured the countryside for the lost child.
- scouting — a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- scullion — a kitchen servant who does menial work.
- shouting — loud cries, yells
- sign out — a token; indication.
- sign-out — an act, instance, or time of signing out.
- 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.
- sing out — to utter words or sounds in succession with musical modulations of the voice; vocalize melodically.
- sinusoid — a curve described by the equation y = a sin x, the ordinate being proportional to the sine of the abscissa.
- sit-upon — a piece of waterproof fabric or other material carried by campers, hikers, etc., and used for sitting on wet surfaces.
- snoutish — rather resembling a snout
- snowsuit — a child's one- or two-piece outer garment for cold weather, often consisting of heavily lined pants and jacket.
- solution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- sounding — emitting or producing a sound or sounds.
- sourcing — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- sourdine — mute (def 10).
- southing — a cardinal point of the compass lying directly opposite north. Abbreviation: S.
- souvenir — a usually small and relatively inexpensive article given, kept, or purchased as a reminder of a place visited, an occasion, etc.; memento.
- spin out — the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- spin-out — the spinning out of control into a rotating skid of a car or other vehicle.
- spousing — either member of a married pair in relation to the other; one's husband or wife.
- spouting — a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
- sturnoid — of or relating to starlings
- subsonic — noting or pertaining to a speed less than that of sound in air at the same height above sea level.
- subtonic — the seventh tone of a scale, being the next below the upper tonic.