8-letter words containing s, e, n, a
- obstante — notwithstanding.
- odonates — Plural form of odonate.
- odyssean — (italics) an epic poem attributed to Homer, describing Odysseus's adventures in his ten-year attempt to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
- one-star — of or being a brigadier general, as indicated by one star on an insignia.
- onstream — Being produced.
- open sea — the main body of a sea or ocean, especially the part that is outside territorial waters and not enclosed, or partially enclosed, by land.
- opencast — (chiefly, British) Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed.
- operands — Plural form of operand.
- operants — Plural form of operant.
- organise — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- ossetian — Also, Ossetic. of, relating to, or characteristic of Ossetia, a region in Caucasia, or the Ossets, the people living there.
- ouessant — French name of Ushant.
- ovalness — The quality of being oval.
- oversman — an overseer
- paeanism — the show of a paean
- painless — without pain; causing little or no pain: painless dentistry; a painless cure.
- pancreas — a gland, situated near the stomach, that secretes a digestive fluid into the intestine through one or more ducts and also secretes the hormone insulin.
- paneless — (of a building or window) without panes of glass
- panelist — a member of a small group of persons gathered for formal public discussion, judging, playing a radio or television game, etc.
- pangless — causing no pain
- panicles — a compound raceme.
- panpipes — a primitive wind instrument consisting of a series of hollow pipes of graduated length, the tones being produced by blowing across the upper ends.
- parishen — a parishioner
- parmesan — of or from Parma, in northern Italy.
- partners — a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- pasadena — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- pastance — an activity that passes time; recreation
- paste-on — that can be pasted or stuck on: canning jars with paste-on labels.
- pastness — the state or fact of being past.
- paterson — a city in NE New Jersey.
- patients — a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- patrones — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patterns — a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- pearlins — clothes trimmed with pearlin
- peasants — a member of a class of persons, as in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, who are small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank.
- peasanty — having qualities ascribed to traditional country life or people; simple or unsophisticated
- penalise — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
- pentosan — any of a class of polysaccharides that occur in plants, humus, etc., and form pentoses upon hydrolysis.
- persians — of or relating to ancient and recent Persia (now Iran), its people, or their language.
- personae — a collection of poems (1926) by Ezra Pound.
- personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- pertains — to have reference or relation; relate: documents pertaining to the lawsuit.
- pet scan — an image obtained by positron emission tomography, using a PET scanner.
- phase in — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- phase-in — an act or instance of phasing in; gradual introduction or implementation.
- pheasant — any of numerous large, usually long-tailed, Old World gallinaceous birds of the family Phasianidae, widely introduced.
- pin seal — leather made of the skin of young seals.
- pinaster — a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- piranesi — Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), or Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1720–78, Italian architect and engraver.
- planless — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.