8-letter words containing s, e, n, u, a
- furanose — (chemistry) any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a five-membered ring (the tetrahydrofuran skeleton).
- furnaces — Plural form of furnace.
- gauntest — Superlative form of gaunt.
- granules — Plural form of granule.
- guianese — of or relating to the region of Guiana, its inhabitants, or their language.
- gunwales — Plural form of gunwale.
- guyanese — an independent republic on the NE coast of South America: a former British protectorate; gained independence 1966; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 82,978 sq. mi. (214,913 sq. km). Capital: Georgetown.
- haunches — the hip.
- houseman — a male servant who performs general duties in a home, hotel, etc.
- humanise — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- insulate — to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound: to insulate an electric wire with a rubber sheath; to insulate a coat with down.
- issuance — the act of issuing.
- jaunters — Plural form of jaunter.
- lacunose — full of or having lacunae.
- launches — Plural form of launch.
- launders — Plural form of launder.
- lausanne — a canton in W Switzerland. 1239 sq. mi. (3210 sq. km). Capital: Lausanne.
- linnaeus — Carolus [kar-uh-luh s] /ˈkær ə ləs/ (Show IPA), (Carl von Linné) 1707–78, Swedish botanist.
- lunacies — Plural form of lunacy.
- mansuete — gentle or tame
- 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.
- 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.
- mensural — pertaining to measure.
- mundanes — Plural form of mundane.
- mutagens — Plural form of mutagen.
- nacreous — of or relating to nacre.
- nauseant — producing nausea.
- nauseate — to affect with nausea; sicken.
- nauseous — affected with nausea; nauseated: to feel nauseous.
- nautches — Plural form of nautch.
- neuromas — Plural form of neuroma.
- neurosal — of or relating to neurosis; afflicted by a neurosis
- neustria — the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- neutrals — Plural form of neutral.
- nuclease — any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of nucleic acids.
- nuisance — an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice, etc.: a monthly meeting that was more nuisance than pleasure.
- numerals — Plural form of numeral.
- nut case — a deranged person; lunatic.
- nutmeats — the kernel of a nut, usually edible.
- ouessant — French name of Ushant.
- purslane — a low, trailing plant, Portulaca oleracea, having yellow flowers, used as a salad plant and potherb. Compare purslane family.
- quantise — Alternative spelling of quantize.
- questant — a person who quests
- ravenous — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- recusant — refusing to submit, comply, etc.
- saguenay — a river in SE Canada, in Quebec, flowing SE from Lake St. John to the St. Lawrence. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- sanguine — cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations.
- saucepan — a metal container of moderate depth, usually having a long handle and sometimes a cover, for stewing, boiling, etc.
- saunders — Dame Cicely. 1918–2005, British philanthropist: founded St Christopher's Hospice in 1967 for the care of the terminally ill, upon which the modern hospice movement is modelled. Her books include Living with Dying (1983)