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.
- readings — Rufus 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.