6-letter words containing s, o, n
- ransom — John Crowe [kroh] /kroʊ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1974, U.S. poet, critic, and teacher.
- reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- reston — James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- robson — Mount, a mountain in SW Canada, in E British Columbia: highest peak in the Canadian Rockies, 12,972 feet (3954 meters).
- romans — a native, inhabitant, or citizen of ancient or modern Rome.
- rosina — a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- rosten — Norman, 1914–1995, U.S. poet and playwright.
- ruston — a city in N Louisiana.
- sagoin — a South American monkey
- saigon — a former country in SE Asia that comprised Vietnam S of about 17° N latitude; a separate state 1954–75; now part of reunified Vietnam. Capital: Saigon.
- salmon — a marine and freshwater food fish, Salmo salar, of the family Salmonidae, having pink flesh, inhabiting waters off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America near the mouths of large rivers, which it enters to spawn.
- saloon — a place for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks.
- samoan — pertaining to Samoa or its Polynesian people.
- samson — a judge of Israel famous for his great strength. Judges 13–16.
- sancho — an African stringed instrument
- sandor — György [jawr-jee] /ˈdʒɔr dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1911–2005, U.S. pianist, born in Hungary.
- sandro — a male given name.
- sanpro — sanitary-protection products, collectively
- sansom — a male given name, form of Samson.
- santol — a fruit from Southeast Asia
- santon — a French figurine depicting Christ's birth
- santos — a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.
- sargon — died 705 b.c, king of Assyria 722–705.
- sarong — a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- sarton — May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- saseno — an island off the W coast of Albania, at the entrance to Valona Bay: belongs to Albania. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- savona — a city in N Italy on the Mediterranean.
- saxony — a state in E central Germany. 6561 sq. mi. (16,990 sq. km). Capital: Dresden.
- scanno — /skan'oh/ An error in a document caused by a scanner glitch, analogous to a typo or thinko.
- scazon — a metre in poetry in which the spondee or trochee replaces the final iambus; a choliamb
- schnoz — a nose, especially one of unusually large size.
- sconce — the head or skull.
- season — 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.
- second — next after the first; being the ordinal number for two.
- seddon — Richard John, 1845–1906, New Zealand statesman, born in England: prime minister 1893–1906.
- sefton — a unitary authority in NW England, in Merseyside. Pop: 281 600 (2003 est). Area: 150 sq km (58 sq miles)
- senhor — a Portuguese term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- senior — older or elder (designating the older of two men bearing the same name, as a father whose son is named after him, often written as Sr. or sr. following the name): I'd like to speak with the senior Mr. Hansen, please. I'm privileged to introduce Mr. Edward Andrew Hansen, Sr. Compare junior (def 1).
- senora — a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- sensor — a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- senufo — a member of a group of indigenous people of Ivory Coast, Mali, and Burkina Faso, known for their music and art.
- sermon — a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- seston — any particulate matter suspended in bodies of water, esp plankton or other organic matter
- set on — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- sexton — Anne (Harvey) 1928–74, U.S. poet.
- shango — a W African religious cult surviving in some parts of the Caribbean
- sharon — Ariel, 1928–2014, Israeli military and political leader; prime minister 2001–06.
- shinto — Also, Shintoism. the native religion of Japan, primarily a system of nature and ancestor worship.
- shlong — the penis.
- shnook — schnook.