8-letter words containing s, e, n, a
- spanghew — to throw into the air
- spangled — Something that is spangled is covered with small shiny objects.
- spangler — a person who spangles
- spanglet — a little spangle
- spanless — impossible to span
- spanspek — a sweet rough-skinned melon; a cantaloupe: family Cucurbitaceae
- spansule — a modified-release capsule of a drug
- spavined — suffering from or affected with spavin.
- speaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
- 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.
- spelaean — of, relating to, or inhabiting a cave or caves.
- spellman — Francis Joseph, Cardinal, 1889–1967, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman: archbishop of New York 1939–67.
- spendall — a spendthrift
- spetsnaz — a Soviet intelligence force
- spillane — Mickey (Frank Morrison) 1918–2006, U.S. detective novelist.
- sprained — (of a joint) having been injured by a sudden twisting or wrenching of its ligaments
- sprangle — to struggle or sprawl with limbs spread out wide
- spruance — Raymond Ames [eymz] /eɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1886–1969, U.S. admiral.
- spumante — Italian. any sparkling wine.
- spunware — objects formed by spinning.
- spyplane — a military aeroplane used to spy on an enemy
- squalene — an oil, C 3 0 H 5 0 , intermediate in the synthesis of cholesterol, obtained for use in manufacturing pharmaceuticals.
- squander — to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away).
- st.-jean — Lac [lak] /lak/ (Show IPA) a lake in S central Quebec, Canada, NNW of Quebec City, drained by the Saguenay River. 387 sq. mi. (1003 sq. km).
- stagnate — to cease to run or flow, as water, air, etc.
- stancher — staunch2 .
- stanhope — James, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman: prime minister 1717–18.
- stannate — a salt of a stannic acid.
- stannite — a mineral, iron-black to steel-gray in color, with a metallic luster, copper iron tin sulfide, Cu 2 FeSnS 4 : an ore of tin.
- stave in — to break or crush inward
- steading — the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute: The nephew of the queen came in her stead.
- stealing — Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- steaming — water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- steapsin — the lipase present in pancreatic juice.
- stearine — Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 1 8 H 3 5 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- steelman — a person engaged in the steelmaking business.
- stefanie — a female given name.
- steinman — David Barnard, 1886–1960, U.S. civil engineer: specialist in bridge design and construction.
- steinway — Henry Engelhard [eng-guh l-hahrd,, -hahrt] /ˈɛŋ gəlˌhɑrd,, -ˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), (Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg) 1797–1871, U.S. piano manufacturer, born in Germany.
- stendhal — (Marie Henri Beyle) 1783–1842, French novelist and critic.
- stenmark — Ingemar ("Silent Swede") born 1956, Swedish Alpine skier.
- stephane — an ancient Greek headdress or crown often depicted in the statuary of various deities
- sternage — the stern or rear of a ship
- sternway — Nautical. the movement of a vessel backward, or stern foremost.
- stonecat — a yellowish-brown, freshwater catfish, Noturus flavus, of the Mississippi River valley and Great Lakes, having poisonous pectoral spines.
- stoneham — a town in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
- stoneman — a stonecutter or stoneworker.
- stonerag — a type of lichen, Parmela saxatilis, which produces a brown dye