8-letter words containing s, a, n, r
- sardonic — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
- sardonyx — a chalcedony that is used for cameos and has sard and chalcedony of another color, usually white, arranged in straight parallel bands.
- sargeson — Frank. 1903–82, New Zealand short-story writer and novelist. His work includes the short-story collection That Summer and Other Stories (1946) and the novel I Saw in my Dream (1949)
- sarpanch — the head of a panchayat
- sarpedon — a Lycian prince, son of Zeus, killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.
- sarrasin — buckwheat
- sarrazin — buckwheat (defs 1–3).
- sarsenet — a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- saturant — something that causes saturation.
- saturnic — having or affected with lead-poisoning
- saunders — Dame Cicely. 1918–2005, British philanthropist: founded St Christopher's Hospice in 1967 for the care of the terminally ill, upon which the modern hospice movement is modelled. Her books include Living with Dying (1983)
- sauterne — a semisweet white wine of California, commonly sold as a jug wine.
- savoring — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- sayonara — a Japanese farewell
- scarfing — a long, broad strip of wool, silk, lace, or other material worn about the neck, shoulders, or head, for ornament or protection against cold, drafts, etc.; muffler.
- scarfpin — tiepin.
- scarring — a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- scenario — an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- scrannel — thin or slight.
- scranton — William Warren, 1917–2011, U.S. politician.
- scraping — an act or instance of scraping.
- scriabin — Aleksandr Nikolaevich [al-ig-zan-der nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1872–1915, Russian composer and pianist.
- sea-born — born in or of the sea, as naiads.
- seaborne — transported by ship over the sea.
- seafront — an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- searness — the state of being withered or dry
- seatrain — a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- segreant — (of a griffin) rampant.
- selangor — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 3160 sq. mi. (8184 sq. km). Capital: Shah Alam.
- semarang — a seaport on N Java, in S Indonesia.
- seminary — a special school providing education in theology, religious history, etc., primarily to prepare students for the priesthood, ministry, or rabbinate.
- senarius — a Latin verse of six feet, especially an iambic trimeter.
- senorita — a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- sensoria — a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- seraphin — a silver coin which formed the principal currency of Goa in the 16th century
- seremban — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 2580 sq. mi. (6682 sq. km). Capital: Seremban.
- serenade — a complimentary performance of vocal or instrumental music in the open air at night, as by a lover under the window of his lady.
- serenata — a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
- serenate — a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
- sergeant — Ancient Eboracum. a city in North Yorkshire, in NE England, on the Ouse: the capital of Roman Britain; cathedral.
- serjeant — a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.
- serranid — any of numerous percoid fishes of the family Serranidae, living chiefly in warm seas, including the sea basses and groupers.
- sexenary — senary.
- shagreen — an untanned leather with a granular surface, prepared from the hide of a horse, shark, seal, etc.
- shagroon — a nineteenth-century Australian settler in Canterbury
- shankara — a.d. 789?–821? Hindu Vedantist philosopher and teacher.
- shardana — a member of an ancient people of the eastern Mediterranean who served as mercenaries in the Egyptian army and may have settled in Sardinia and Sicily.
- share in — receive part of
- shareman — a member of a fishing-boat crew who shares profits with the boat's owner in lieu of wages
- sharking — a person who preys greedily on others, as by cheating or usury.