8-letter words containing s, a, n, r
- sharleen — a female given name.
- sharping — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- shearing — Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb) scissors of large size (usually used with pair of). any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- shearman — a person whose occupation it is to trim or shear cloth
- sheraton — Thomas, 1751–1806, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer.
- sheridan — Philip Henry, 1831–88, Union general in the Civil War.
- sherwani — a long coat closed up to the neck, worn by men in India
- shireman — a sheriff
- shoreman — a person who lives on the shore
- shrapnel — Military. a hollow projectile containing bullets or the like and a bursting charge, designed to explode before reaching the target, and to set free a shower of missiles. such projectiles collectively.
- siberian — Russian Sibirʾ. an extensive region in the Russian Federation in N Asia, extending from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific.
- signoria — the government of an Italian city-state
- silurian — of or relating to the Silures or their country.
- sinclair — Harry Ford, 1876–1956, U.S. oil businessman: a major figure in the Teapot Dome scandal.
- singular — extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional: a singular success.
- sirenian — an aquatic, herbivorous mammal of the order Sirenia, including the manatee and dugong.
- skiatron — a cathode-ray tube used in radar
- skincare — use of toiletries on the skin
- slattern — a slovenly, untidy woman or girl.
- smarting — to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
- smyrnean — of or relating to Smyrna, Turkey.
- snailery — a place where snails are bred
- snarf up — to eat quickly and voraciously; scarf (often followed by down or up).
- snarkily — in an irritable or snarky manner
- snarl up — To snarl something up means to cause problems which prevent it continuing or making progress.
- snatcher — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- sneakers — a high or low shoe, usually of fabric such as canvas, with a rubber or synthetic sole.
- snot rag — a handkerchief
- snot-rag — a handkerchief.
- sobranje — the national assembly of Bulgaria, consisting of a single chamber of elected deputies.
- soekarno — Achmed [ahk-med] /ˈɑk mɛd/ (Show IPA), 1901–1970, Indonesian statesman: president of the Republic of Indonesia 1945–67.
- solander — a case for maps, plates, etc., made to resemble a book and having the front cover and fore edge hinged.
- sonarman — a petty officer who operates and maintains sonar.
- sonogram — the visual image produced by reflected sound waves in a diagnostic ultrasound examination.
- sonorant — a voiced sound that is less sonorous than a vowel but more sonorous than a stop or fricative and that may occur as either a sonant or a consonant, as (l, r, m, n, y, w).
- sortance — suitableness
- spadroon — a type of sword
- spandrel — Architecture. an area between the extradoses of two adjoining arches, or between the extrados of an arch and a perpendicular through the extrados at the springing line.
- spangler — a person who spangles
- spaniard — a native or inhabitant of Spain.
- spanrail — a rail connecting two legs of furniture; stretcher.
- spanworm — measuringworm.
- sparling — the European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus.
- sparring — a motion of sparring.
- spartina — a ricegrass which grows in salt marshes
- speargun — a device for shooting spears underwater
- spearing — a sprout or shoot of a plant, as a blade of grass or an acrospire of grain.
- spearman — a person who is armed with or uses a spear.
- spingarn — Joel Elias, 1875–1939, U.S. literary critic, publisher, and editor.
- sprained — (of a joint) having been injured by a sudden twisting or wrenching of its ligaments