8-letter words containing r, o, s, a, n
- clarkson — Thomas. 1760–1846, British campaigner for the abolition of slavery
- congrats — congratulations
- consular — Consular means involving or relating to a consul or the work of a consul.
- contrast — A contrast is a great difference between two or more things which is clear when you compare them.
- corantos — Plural form of coranto.
- corbinas — Plural form of corbina.
- corpsman — a medical orderly or stretcher-bearer
- corsican — of or relating to Corsica or its inhabitants
- crampons — Plural form of crampon.
- crankous — fretful; cranky
- crannogs — Plural form of crannog.
- cranston — city in R.I.: suburb of Providence: pop. 79,000
- crosland — Anthony. 1918–77, British Labour politician and socialist theorist, author of The Future of Socialism (1957)
- crossman — Richard (Howard Stafford). 1907–74, British Labour politician. His diaries, published posthumously as the Crossman Papers (1975), revealed details of cabinet discussions
- dinosaur — any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals.
- disadorn — To deprive of ornaments.
- donators — to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause: to donate used clothes to the Salvation Army.
- draconis — a late 7th-century b.c. Athenian statesman noted for the severity of his code of laws.
- dragoons — Plural form of dragoon.
- enamours — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enamour.
- estragon — Tarragon.
- farinose — yielding farina.
- farnesol — a colorless, unsaturated, liquid alcohol, C 15 H 26 O, having a slight floral odor, extracted from the flowers of the acacia, cassia oil, or the like: used in perfumery.
- formants — Plural form of formant.
- formosan — of or relating the languages spoken by the indigenous Taiwanese peoples
- forsaken — past participle of forsake.
- forstand — (transitive) To stand against; oppose; withstand.
- fractons — Plural form of fracton.
- frontals — Plural form of frontal.
- furanose — (chemistry) any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a five-membered ring (the tetrahydrofuran skeleton).
- gadroons — Plural form of gadroon.
- garrison — William Lloyd, 1805–79, U.S. leader in the abolition movement.
- granados — Enrique [en-ree-ke] /ɛnˈri kɛ/ (Show IPA), 1867–1916, Spanish pianist and composer.
- grandson — a son of one's son or daughter.
- grantors — Plural form of grantor.
- groaners — Plural form of groaner.
- hardnose — a person who is tough and uncompromising
- harpoons — Plural form of harpoon.
- harrison — Benjamin, 1726?–91, American political leader (father of William Henry Harrison).
- honduras — a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa.
- horseman — a person who is skilled in riding a horse.
- inboards — Plural form of inboard.
- intrados — the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- janitors — Plural form of janitor.
- jordaens — Jacob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1593–1678, Flemish painter.
- journals — Plural form of journal.
- ladrones — a group of 15 small islands in the Pacific, E of the Philippines: divided into Guam, a possession of the U.S., and the North Marianas, formally under U.S. trusteeship. 453 sq. mi. (1127 sq. km).
- lorestan — Luristan.
- losartan — An angiotensin receptor antagonist that shows antihypertensive activity.
- macarons — Plural form of macaron.