8-letter words containing p, a, s, o, n
- paterson — a city in NE New Jersey.
- patinous — patinated.
- patrones — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- pawnshop — the shop of a pawnbroker, especially one where unredeemed items are displayed and sold.
- pentosan — any of a class of polysaccharides that occur in plants, humus, etc., and form pentoses upon hydrolysis.
- personae — a collection of poems (1926) by Ezra Pound.
- personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- planosol — a type of intrazonal soil of humid or subhumid uplands having a strongly leached upper layer overlying a clay hardpan
- plastron — a piece of plate armor for the upper part of the torso in front.
- pleonasm — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- pleonast — someone who uses more words than necessary
- polanski — Roman. born 1933, Polish film director with a taste for the macabre, as in Repulsion (1965) and Rosemary's Baby (1968): later films include Tess (1980), Death and the Maiden (1995), and The Pianist (2002)
- postanal — of, pertaining to, involving, or near the anus.
- postnati — those born after a particular event, esp in Scotland after the union with England or in the US after the Declaration of Independence
- prazosin — a white crystalline substance, C 1 9 H 2 1 N 5 O 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- proseman — a writer of prose
- psoralen — a toxic substance, C 1 1 H 6 O 3 , found in certain plants, including parsnips, used to increase the response to ultraviolet light in the treatment of severe cases of acne and psoriasis.
- pyranose — any monosaccharide having a pyran ring structure.
- responsa — the branch of rabbinical literature comprised of authoritative replies in letter form made by noted rabbis or Jewish scholars to questions sent to them concerning Jewish law.
- salopian — a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- salpicon — a mixture of chopped fish, meat, or vegetables in a sauce, used as fillings for croquettes, pastries, etc
- sandsoap — a gritty general-purpose soap
- saponify — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
- saponite — a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- saprogen — a plant or animal that can produce decay.
- sarpedon — a Lycian prince, son of Zeus, killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.
- satinpod — either of two European plants belonging to the genus Lunaria, of the mustard family, L. annua or L. rediviva, cultivated for their shiny flowers and large, round, flat, satiny pods.
- 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.
- snow pea — a variety of the common pea, Pisum sativum macrocarpon, having thin, flat, edible pods that are used in cookery.
- snowpack — the accumulation of winter snowfall, especially in mountain or upland regions.
- soapland — a Japanese bathhouse and brothel
- spa town — a town where water comes out of the ground and people come to drink it or lie in it because they think it will improve their health
- spadroon — a type of sword
- spanworm — measuringworm.
- spondaic — of or relating to a spondee.
- spray-on — applied by means of an aerosol spray
- stamp on — tread heavily on
- stanhope — James, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman: prime minister 1717–18.
- stopbank — an embankment to prevent flooding
- 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.
- swaption — A swaption is an over-the-counter option on a swap.
- 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.
- teaspoon — a small spoon generally used to stir tea, coffee, etc.
- unsoaped — unwashed; not rubbed with soap