8-letter words containing s, e, n, t
- nuthouse — a mental hospital; insane asylum.
- nutmeats — the kernel of a nut, usually edible.
- nutsedge — An invasive sedge with small edible nutlike tubers.
- nutshell — the shell of a nut.
- nymphets — a young nymph.
- obeisant — a movement of the body expressing deep respect or deferential courtesy, as before a superior; a bow, curtsy, or other similar gesture.
- obstante — notwithstanding.
- oddments — an odd article, bit, remnant, or the like.
- odonates — Plural form of odonate.
- oestrone — a weak oestrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary and having the same medical uses as oestradiol. Formula: C18H22O2
- oftenest — (dated) Superlative form of often.
- oilstone — a block of fine-grained stone, usually oiled, for putting the final edge on certain cutting tools by abrasion.
- one-shot — a magazine, brochure, or the like that is published only one time, with no subsequent issues intended, usually containing articles and photographs devoted to one topical subject.
- one-spot — the upward face of a die bearing one pip or a domino one half of which bears one pip.
- one-star — of or being a brigadier general, as indicated by one star on an insignia.
- one-step — a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
- one-stop — that can be accomplished in one stop: a store offering one-stop shopping.
- oneriest — Superlative form of onery.
- onsetter — a person who attacks
- onstream — Being produced.
- oostende — a seaport in NW Belgium.
- open set — a set which is not a closed set
- opencast — (chiefly, British) Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed.
- openstep — (operating system) An object-oriented application programming interface (API) derived from NEXTSTEP and proposed as an open standard by NeXT in 1994. OpenStep is the specification of the object kits of NEXTSTEP. OPENSTEP/Mach was an implementation of this specification. The original, OPENSTEP version 4.0, and really was NEXTSTEP 4. Rhapsody was the codename for Apple's Mac OS X Server, which is really NEXTSTEP 5 (it calls itself "kernel 5.3" at boot time). OpenStep was designed to be implemented independently of the computer's operating system, hardware, and user interface. The API for Rhapsody will be a superset of OpenStep's. When the OpenStep API is implemented for a specific platform and made into a product, it is written in uppercase, e.g. OPENSTEP Developer 4.2 for Mach, or OPENSTEP Enterprise for Windows NT and Windows 95. Versions of OPENSTEP exist for Windows 95/NT, Solaris, HP/UX, and Mach.
- operants — Plural form of operant.
- ornithes — birds considered collectively
- ossetian — Also, Ossetic. of, relating to, or characteristic of Ossetia, a region in Caucasia, or the Ossets, the people living there.
- osteogen — (physiology) The soft tissue, or substance, which, in developing bone, ultimately undergoes ossification.
- ouessant — French name of Ushant.
- outlines — Plural form of outline.
- outshine — to surpass in shining; shine more brightly than.
- outshone — to surpass in shining; shine more brightly than.
- outsnore — to outdo in snoring
- outspend — to outdo in spending; spend more than: They seemed determined to outspend their neighbors.
- outspent — worn-out; exhausted.
- panelist — a member of a small group of persons gathered for formal public discussion, judging, playing a radio or television game, etc.
- partners — a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- 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.
- 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
- penstock — a pipe conducting water from a head gate to a waterwheel.
- pentheus — the grandson of Cadmus and his successor as king of Thebes, who resisted the introduction of the cult of Dionysus. In revenge the god drove him mad and he was torn to pieces by a group of bacchantes, one of whom was his mother
- pentosan — any of a class of polysaccharides that occur in plants, humus, etc., and form pentoses upon hydrolysis.
- peronist — a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.