6-letter words containing o, n, s, a
- nosean — a mineral with formula Na8Al6Si6O24(SO4), found in igneous rock as isometric crystals
- nossal — Sir Gustav (Victor Joseph). born 1931, Australian biologist, born in Austria; knighted (1977) for his work on immunology
- nostra — Plural form of nostrum.
- oceans — Plural form of ocean.
- octans — (of a fever) occurring every eighth day.
- onpass — (transitive) To pass along or hand over.
- orangs — Plural form of orang.
- orants — a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- organs — Also called pipe organ. a musical instrument consisting of one or more sets of pipes sounded by means of compressed air, played by means of one or more keyboards, and capable of producing a wide range of musical effects.
- ossean — (zoology) A fish with a bony skeleton.
- ossian — a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
- parson — a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- pisano — Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- planos — a town in N Texas.
- racons — Plural form of racon.
- ramson — a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- ransom — John Crowe [kroh] /kroʊ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1974, U.S. poet, critic, and teacher.
- reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- romans — a native, inhabitant, or citizen of ancient or modern Rome.
- rosina — a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- sagoin — a South American monkey
- saigon — a former country in SE Asia that comprised Vietnam S of about 17° N latitude; a separate state 1954–75; now part of reunified Vietnam. Capital: Saigon.
- salmon — a marine and freshwater food fish, Salmo salar, of the family Salmonidae, having pink flesh, inhabiting waters off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America near the mouths of large rivers, which it enters to spawn.
- saloon — a place for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks.
- samoan — pertaining to Samoa or its Polynesian people.
- samson — a judge of Israel famous for his great strength. Judges 13–16.
- sancho — an African stringed instrument
- sandor — György [jawr-jee] /ˈdʒɔr dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1911–2005, U.S. pianist, born in Hungary.
- sandro — a male given name.
- sanpro — sanitary-protection products, collectively
- sansom — a male given name, form of Samson.
- santol — a fruit from Southeast Asia
- santon — a French figurine depicting Christ's birth
- santos — a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.
- sargon — died 705 b.c, king of Assyria 722–705.
- sarong — a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- sarton — May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- saseno — an island off the W coast of Albania, at the entrance to Valona Bay: belongs to Albania. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- savona — a city in N Italy on the Mediterranean.
- saxony — a state in E central Germany. 6561 sq. mi. (16,990 sq. km). Capital: Dresden.
- scanno — /skan'oh/ An error in a document caused by a scanner glitch, analogous to a typo or thinko.
- scazon — a metre in poetry in which the spondee or trochee replaces the final iambus; a choliamb
- season — 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.
- senora — a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- shango — a W African religious cult surviving in some parts of the Caribbean
- sharon — Ariel, 1928–2014, Israeli military and political leader; prime minister 2001–06.
- shoran — a system for aircraft navigation in which two signals sent from an aircraft are received and answered by two fixed transponders, the round-trip times of the signals enabling the navigator to determine the aircraft's position.
- siabon — a hybrid animal bred from a gibbon and a siamang.
- sialon — a very strong, corrosion-resistant ceramic used in the chemical industry
- siouan — an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.