6-letter words containing s, o, n
- onions — a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- onpass — (transitive) To pass along or hand over.
- onrush — a strong forward rush, flow, etc.
- onsets — Plural form of onset.
- onside — (of a player, especially in soccer or hockey) occupying a position on the field where playing the ball or puck is allowed; not offside.
- onsite — accomplished or located at the site of a particular activity or concern: on-site medical treatment for accident victims.
- onslow — George, 1784–1853, French composer.
- onuses — Plural form of onus.
- onyxis — an ingrowing of a fingernail or toenail.
- opines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of opine.
- orangs — Plural form of orang.
- orants — a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orense — a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- organs — Also called pipe organ. a musical instrument consisting of one or more sets of pipes sounded by means of compressed air, played by means of one or more keyboards, and capable of producing a wide range of musical effects.
- orison — a prayer.
- orsini — an Italian aristocratic family that was prominent in Rome from the 12th to the 18th century
- osborn — Henry Fairfield [fair-feeld] /ˈfɛərˌfild/ (Show IPA), 1857–1935, U.S. paleontologist and author.
- oscine — of, belonging to, or pertaining to the suborder Oscines, of the order Passeriformes, comprising the songbirds that have highly developed vocal organs.
- osmund — a superior quality of iron, formerly used for fishhooks, arrowheads, etc.
- osorno — a city in S Chile.
- ossean — (zoology) A fish with a bony skeleton.
- ossein — the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- ossian — a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
- ostend — a seaport in NW Belgium.
- ostent — Appearance; air; mien.
- osteon — (anatomy) Any of the central canals, and surrounding bony layers, found in compact bone.
- ounces — Plural form of ounce.
- outsin — to sin more than
- ownest — of, relating to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive): He spent only his own money.
- ozones — a form of oxygen, O 3 , with a peculiar odor suggesting that of weak chlorine, produced when an electric spark or ultraviolet light is passed through air or oxygen. It is found in the atmosphere in minute quantities, especially after a thunderstorm, is a powerful oxidizing agent, and is thus biologically corrosive. In the upper atmosphere, it absorbs ultraviolet rays, thereby preventing them from reaching the surface of the earth. It is used for bleaching, sterilizing water, etc.
- parson — a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- pilons — something extra; lagniappe.
- piniós — river in Thessaly, E Greece, flowing eastward to the Gulf of Salonika: 125 mi (201 km)
- pisano — Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- piston — Walter, 1894–1976, U.S. composer.
- planos — a town in N Texas.
- points — the two electrical contacts that make or break the current flow in the distributor of an internal-combustion engine
- poison — a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- pontus — an ancient country in NE Asia Minor, bordering on the Black Sea: later a Roman province.
- pornos — Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively): arrested for selling porn; a porn star; porn films.
- porson — Richard. 1759–1808, English classical scholar, noted for his editions of Aeschylus and Euripides
- posing — to assume a particular attitude or stance, especially with the hope of impressing others: He likes to pose as an authority on literature.
- posnet — a small pot with a handle and three feet
- prison — a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- prones — a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- psyton — (humour) /si:'ton/ (From TMRC) The elementary particle carrying the sinister force. The probability of a process losing is proportional to the number of psytons falling on it. Psytons are generated by observers, which is why demos are more likely to fail when lots of people are watching. This term appears to have been largely superseded by bogon; see also quantum bogodynamics.
- quoins — an external solid angle of a wall or the like.
- racons — Plural form of racon.
- ramson — a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.