8-letter words containing s, e, r, n
- asterion — (anatomy) The point on the side of the skull corresponding to the posterior end of the parietomastoid suture.
- asternal — not connected or joined to the sternum
- astringe — to contract or become contracted
- asynergy — defective coordination between parts, as muscles or limbs, that normally act in unison.
- avengers — to take vengeance or exact satisfaction for: to avenge a grave insult.
- avernus' — a crater lake in S Italy, near Naples and the Tyrrhenian Sea, thought by ancients to be the entrance to the underworld.
- aversion — If you have an aversion to someone or something, you dislike them very much.
- baconers — Plural form of baconer.
- bandores — Plural form of bandore.
- bandster — a person who goes behind a reaper and binds sheaves of wheat
- bangster — a ruffian; thug
- banisher — someone who or something which banishes
- banister — A banister is a rail supported by posts and fixed along the side of a staircase. The plural banisters can be used to refer to one of these rails.
- bankster — a banker or investor whose financial practices have been exposed as illegal
- bareness — without covering or clothing; naked; nude: bare legs.
- barnsley — an industrial town in N England, in Barnsley unitary authority, South Yorkshire. Pop: 71 599 (2001)
- baroness — A baroness is a woman who is a member of the lowest rank of the nobility, or who is the wife of a baron.
- baronets — Plural form of baronet.
- baronies — Plural form of barony.
- baseborn — born of humble parents
- bearings — a sense of one's relative position or situation; orientation (esp in the phrases lose, get, or take one's bearings)
- bearskin — A bearskin is a tall fur hat that is worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions.
- berenson — Bernard. 1865–1959, US art historian, born in Lithuania: an authority on art of the Italian Renaissance
- bernanos — Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1888–1948, French novelist and Roman Catholic pamphleteer, best known for The Diary of a Country Priest (1936)
- bescreen — to conceal or overshadow
- besprent — sprinkled over
- binaries — binary file
- blinders — Blinders are two pieces of leather that are placed at the side of a horse's eyes so that it can only see straight ahead.
- blinkers — If you describe someone as wearing blinkers, you think that they have a narrow point of view and are not taking other people's opinions into account.
- branches — a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
- brandeis — ˈLouis Demˌbitz (ˈdɛmˌbɪts ) ; demˈbitsˌ) 1856-1941; U.S. jurist: associate justice, Supreme Court (1916-39)
- brandise — a trivet
- brisance — the shattering effect or power of an explosion or explosive
- brisbane — a port in E Australia, the capital of Queensland: founded in 1824 as a penal settlement; vast agricultural hinterland. Pop: 2 189 878 (2013)
- burleson — a city in N Texas.
- burnoose — a long cloak with a hood, worn by Arabs and Moors
- burnside — land along the side of a burn
- burstone — any of various siliceous rocks used for millstones.
- cairenes — (sometimes lowercase) of or relating to Cairo, Egypt.
- canarese — of or relating to Kanara, a part of the Maharashtra province in W India.
- canaries — Plural form of canary.
- canaster — coarsely broken dried tobacco leaves
- canister — A canister is a strong metal container. It is used to hold gases or chemical substances.
- canvaser — Alt form canvasser.
- caprines — Plural form of caprine.
- capstern — Misspelling of capstan.
- carbenes — Plural form of carbene.
- carbines — Plural form of carbine.
- cardenas — Lázaro (ˈlaθaro). 1895–1970, Mexican statesman and general; president of Mexico (1934–40)
- carneous — fleshy