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8-letter words containing s, a, n, r

  • pyranose — any monosaccharide having a pyran ring structure.
  • quadrans — a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the fourth part of an as.
  • raccoons — Plural form of raccoon.
  • raciness — slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
  • radiants — Plural form of radiant.
  • radisson — Pierre Esprit [es-pree] /ɛs pri/ (Show IPA), 1636?–1710? French fur trader and explorer in Canada.
  • raftsman — a person who manages or is employed on a raft.
  • ragstone — a hard sandstone or limestone, esp when used for building
  • railings — a fence, balustrade, or barrier that consists of rails supported by posts
  • rainbows — the Rainbow Guides, the youngest group of girls (aged 5-7 years) in The Guide Association
  • rainwash — material eroded or swept away by rain.
  • raisonne — carefully thought out, logical
  • rampsman — a mugger; violent robber
  • rankings — the official list of the best players in a particular sport
  • rankless — a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.
  • rankness — growing with excessive luxuriance; vigorous and tall of growth: tall rank weeds.
  • ransomed — the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
  • ransomer — the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
  • raptness — deeply engrossed or absorbed: a rapt listener.
  • rashness — acting or tending to act too hastily or without due consideration.
  • raspings — harsh; grating: a rasping voice.
  • rasputin — Grigori Efimovich [gri-gawr-ee i-fee-muh-vich;; Russian gryi-gaw-ryee yi-fyee-muh-vyich] /grɪˈgɔr i ɪˈfi mə vɪtʃ;; Russian gryɪˈgɔ ryi yɪˈfyi mə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1871–1916, Siberian peasant monk who was very influential at the court of Czar Nicholas II and Czarina Alexandra.
  • ratisbon — Regensburg.
  • ratsbane — rat poison.
  • ravenous — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
  • rawlings — Marjorie Kinnan [ki-nan] /kɪˈnæn/ (Show IPA), 1896–1953, U.S. novelist and journalist.
  • readingsRufus Daniel Isaacs, 1st Marquis of, 1860–1935, Lord Chief Justice of England 1913–21; viceroy of India 1921–26.
  • realness — true; not merely ostensible, nominal, or apparent: the real reason for an act.
  • reascend — to ascend again
  • reascent — a further ascent
  • reasoned — based on reason: a carefully reasoned decision.
  • reassign — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
  • recusant — refusing to submit, comply, etc.
  • redlands — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • redshank — an Old World sandpiper, Tringa totanus, having red legs and feet.
  • refasten — to fasten again
  • refrains — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
  • reinsman — a person who rides or drives horses, especially a skillful one, as a jockey or harness driver.
  • remnants — a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like.
  • reseason — 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.
  • resinata — a type of white wine from Greece
  • resinate — to treat with resin, as by impregnation.
  • resonant — resounding or echoing, as sounds: the resonant thundering of cannons being fired.
  • resonate — to resound.
  • 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.
  • restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
  • rhamnose — deoxymannose; a deoxy hexose sugar, C 6 H 1 2 O 5 , that is an important component of the polysaccharides of plant cell walls.
  • ringhals — a highly venomous snake, Hemachatus haemachatus, of southern Africa, related to the cobras, having one to three light-colored bands across its throat and characterized by its ability to accurately spit its venom up to 7 feet (2.1 meter) away.
  • ringsail — ringtail (def 3).
  • rinkhals — ringhals.
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