8-letter words containing s, a, t, n
- castagno — Andrea del [ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), (Andrea di Bartolo di Bargilla) c1423–57, Florentine painter.
- castanet — either of a pair of concave pieces of wood held in the palm of the hand and clicked together, usually to accompany dancing.
- castings — Plural form of casting.
- castiron — Alternative spelling of cast iron.
- castling — the act of moving the king two squares laterally on the first rank and placing the nearest rook on the square passed over by the king, either towards the king's side or the queen's side
- cat scan — CT scan
- caterans — Plural form of cateran.
- cautions — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- centaurs — Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- centavos — Plural form of centavo.
- chanters — Plural form of chanter.
- chanteys — Plural form of chantey.
- chastens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chasten.
- chasting — Present participle of chast.
- chiantis — Plural form of chianti.
- chitosan — a polysaccharide produced from chitin
- cineaste — an enthusiast for films
- cisterna — a sac or partially closed space containing body fluid, esp lymph or cerebrospinal fluid
- cistvaen — a pre-Christian stone coffin or burial chamber
- cleanest — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- coasting — the land next to the sea; seashore: the rocky coast of Maine.
- coatings — Plural form of coating.
- cognates — Plural form of cognate.
- cognatus — (legal) A person connected through cognation.
- congrats — congratulations
- constant — You use constant to describe something that happens all the time or is always there.
- constate — to affirm
- consulta — an official meeting or consultation
- contacts — the act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people.
- contains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contain.
- contessa — an Italian countess
- contrast — A contrast is a great difference between two or more things which is clear when you compare them.
- coolants — Plural form of coolant.
- corantos — Plural form of coranto.
- cosecant — (of an angle) a trigonometric function that in a right-angled triangle is the ratio of the length of the hypotenuse to that of the opposite side; the reciprocal of sine
- cranston — city in R.I.: suburb of Providence: pop. 79,000
- cumstain — Lb vulgar A stain from ejaculate.
- currants — Plural form of currant.
- curtains — death or ruin; the end
- cyanates — Plural form of cyanate.
- daftness — senseless, stupid, or foolish.
- dagestan — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: annexed from Persia in 1813; rich mineral resources. Capital: Makhachkala. Pop: 2 584 200 (2002). Area: 50 278 sq km (19 416 sq miles)
- dainties — of delicate beauty; exquisite: a dainty lace handkerchief.
- damndest — the damned, those condemned to suffer eternal punishment.
- darndest — Alternative spelling of darnedest.
- descants — Plural form of descant.
- detrains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detrain.
- deviants — Plural form of deviant.
- dianthus — any Eurasian caryophyllaceous plant of the widely cultivated genus Dianthus, such as the carnation, pink, and sweet william
- dingbats — Slang. an eccentric, silly, or empty-headed person.