8-letter words containing s, o, n
- frontons — Plural form of fronton.
- froshing — Present participle of frosh.
- frosting — a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- frostnip — The first stage of frostbite.
- functors — Plural form of functor.
- fungoids — Plural form of fungoid.
- funhouse — (in an amusement park) a building equipped with trick mirrors, shifting floors, and other devices designed to scare or amuse people as they walk through.
- furanose — (chemistry) any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a five-membered ring (the tetrahydrofuran skeleton).
- furlongs — Plural form of furlong.
- fusional — the act or process of fusing; the state of being fused.
- gabonese — of or relating to Gabon or its inhabitants.
- gadroons — Plural form of gadroon.
- galleons — Plural form of galleon.
- galloons — Plural form of galloon.
- gambeson — a quilted garment worn under mail.
- garrison — William Lloyd, 1805–79, U.S. leader in the abolition movement.
- gas oven — a domestic oven heated by gas
- gascogne — Gascony
- gasogene — gazogene.
- gasolene — gasoline.
- gasoline — a volatile, flammable liquid mixture of hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, and used as fuel for internal-combustion engines, as a solvent, etc.
- gastonia — a city in S North Carolina, W of Charlotte.
- gelsolin — an actin-binding protein that modulates actin filament length and gelation, influencing cell locomotion and structure, endocytosis, etc.
- geminous — found in pairs
- gemshorn — a type of horn with carved tone holes, traditionally made from the horn of the chamois
- gemstone — a precious or semiprecious stone that can be cut and polished for use as a gem.
- generous — liberal in giving or sharing; unselfish: a generous patron of the arts; a generous gift.
- genitors — Plural form of genitor.
- genomics — the study of genomes.
- geognost — a student of, or expert in, geognosy
- geognosy — Archaic. a science dealing with the constituent parts of the earth, its envelope of air and water, its crust, and the condition of its interior.
- ghosting — the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
- gigatons — Plural form of gigaton.
- ginhouse — a building in which cotton is ginned
- ginkgoes — Plural form of ginkgo.
- gisborne — a seaport on E North Island, in N New Zealand.
- glasnost — the declared public policy within the Soviet Union of openly and frankly discussing economic and political realities: initiated under Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985.
- glossina — tsetse fly.
- glossing — an explanation or translation, by means of a marginal or interlinear note, of a technical or unusual expression in a manuscript text.
- glucosan — any of a number of polysaccharides that yield glucose upon hydrolysis.
- glucosin — any of a class of compounds, some of which are highly toxic, derived from reactions of glucose with ammonia.
- gluttons — Plural form of glutton.
- gnostics — Plural form of gnostic.
- goadsman — a person who uses a goad
- goatskin — the skin or hide of a goat.
- godsends — Plural form of godsend.
- gonaives — Gulf of, an inlet of the Caribbean Sea, between the two peninsulas of W Haiti.
- gondolas — Plural form of gondola.
- goneness — a sinking sensation; exhaustion or faintness.
- gongster — a person who strikes a gong