8-letter words containing s, e, n, a
- lysander — died 395 b.c, Spartan naval commander and statesman.
- macanese — a native or inhabitant of Macao.
- machines — Plural form of machine.
- maecenas — Gaius Cilnius [sil-nee-uh s] /ˈsɪl ni əs/ (Show IPA), c70–8 b.c, Roman statesman: friend and patron of Horace and Vergil.
- magnates — a person of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise, field of business, etc.: a railroad magnate.
- magnesia — ancient name of Manisa.
- magnetos — Plural form of magneto.
- maleness — a person bearing an X and Y chromosome pair in the cell nuclei and normally having a penis, scrotum, and testicles, and developing hair on the face at adolescence; a boy or man.
- mamelons — Plural form of mamelon.
- manacles — Plural form of manacle.
- managers — Plural form of manager.
- manasseh — the first son of Joseph. Gen. 41:51.
- manatees — Plural form of manatee.
- mandates — a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative: The president had a clear mandate to end the war.
- mandrels — Plural form of mandrel.
- maneless — the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- mangiest — Superlative form of mangy.
- manholes — Plural form of manhole.
- manifest — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- maniples — Plural form of maniple.
- manliest — having qualities traditionally ascribed to men, as strength or bravery.
- manscape — A view of a group of people.
- mansuete — gentle or tame
- manswear — (transitive, UK dialectal) To swear falsely; perjure oneself.
- mantises — Plural form of mantis.
- manyness — The quality or state of being many.
- margents — (obsolete) Plural form of margent.
- mariners — a person who directs or assists in the navigation of a ship; sailor.
- marksmen — Plural form of marksman.
- marlines — Plural form of marline.
- marsanne — a white grape grown in the N Rhône region of France and in California and Australia, used for making wine
- masonite — A type of hardboard formed using wooden chips and blasting them into long fibers with steam and then forming them into boards.
- massenet — Jules Émile Frédéric [zhyl ey-meel frey-dey-reek] /ʒül eɪˈmil freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1842–1912, French composer.
- matinees — Plural form of matinee.
- matiness — sociable; friendly: a matey chat.
- matteson — a town in NE Illinois.
- mean sun — an imaginary sun moving uniformly in the celestial equator and taking the same time to make its annual circuit as the true sun does in the ecliptic.
- meanders — Plural form of meander.
- meanings — what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
- meanness — the state or quality of being mean.
- measling — A form of delamination, or separation in a laminate material, resulting in a spotty appearance.
- megatons — Plural form of megaton.
- melanise — Alt form melanize.
- melanism — Ethnology. the condition in human beings of having a high amount of melanin granules in the skin, hair, and eyes.
- melanist — a melanistic person
- melanous — having a dark, swarthy complexion and dark-colored hair.
- menelaus — Classical Mythology. a king of Sparta, the husband of Helen and brother of Agamemnon, to whom he appealed for an army against Troy in order to recover Helen from her abductor, Paris.
- meniscal — Pertaining to, or having the form of, a meniscus.
- menorahs — Plural form of menorah.
- mens rea — a criminal intent.