8-letter words containing s, e, n, o, r, a
- oversman — an overseer
- paterson — a city in NE New Jersey.
- patrones — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- 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.
- proseman — a writer of prose
- psoralen — a toxic substance, C 1 1 H 6 O 3 , found in certain plants, including parsnips, used to increase the response to ultraviolet light in the treatment of severe cases of acne and psoriasis.
- pyranose — any monosaccharide having a pyran ring structure.
- ragstone — a hard sandstone or limestone, esp when used for building
- raisonne — carefully thought out, logical
- ransomed — the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- ransomer — the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- ravenous — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- reasoned — based on reason: a carefully reasoned decision.
- reseason — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- resonant — resounding or echoing, as sounds: the resonant thundering of cannons being fired.
- resonate — to resound.
- responsa — the branch of rabbinical literature comprised of authoritative replies in letter form made by noted rabbis or Jewish scholars to questions sent to them concerning Jewish law.
- rhamnose — deoxymannose; a deoxy hexose sugar, C 6 H 1 2 O 5 , that is an important component of the polysaccharides of plant cell walls.
- roseanna — a female given name.
- rosinate — a salt or acid occurring in resin
- san remo — a seaport in NW Italy, on the Riviera: resort.
- saprogen — a plant or animal that can produce decay.
- sargeson — Frank. 1903–82, New Zealand short-story writer and novelist. His work includes the short-story collection That Summer and Other Stories (1946) and the novel I Saw in my Dream (1949)
- sarpedon — a Lycian prince, son of Zeus, killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.
- scenario — an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- sea-born — born in or of the sea, as naiads.
- seaborne — transported by ship over the sea.
- seafront — an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- selangor — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 3160 sq. mi. (8184 sq. km). Capital: Shah Alam.
- senorita — a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- sensoria — a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- sheraton — Thomas, 1751–1806, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer.
- shoreman — a person who lives on the shore
- 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.
- sortance — suitableness
- stonerag — a type of lichen, Parmela saxatilis, which produces a brown dye
- storeman — a man employed to look after a storeroom
- unreason — inability or unwillingness to think or act rationally, reasonably, or sensibly; irrationality.
- war nose — the explosive forward section of a projectile, as of a torpedo or shell; warhead.