8-letter words that end in ns
- oppidans — Plural form of oppidan.
- opsonins — Plural form of opsonin.
- orations — Plural form of oration.
- ortolans — Plural form of ortolan.
- ottomans — Plural form of ottoman.
- outspans — Plural form of outspan.
- ovations — Plural form of ovation.
- passions — desire
- patterns — a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- pearlins — clothes trimmed with pearlin
- persians — of or relating to ancient and recent Persia (now Iran), its people, or their language.
- pertains — to have reference or relation; relate: documents pertaining to the lawsuit.
- pitikins — a mild oath (esp in the phrase ods pitikins)
- proggins — a university proctor
- pronouns — any member of a small class of words found in many languages that are used as replacements or substitutes for nouns and noun phrases, and that have very general reference, as I, you, he, this, who, what. Pronouns are sometimes formally distinguished from nouns, as in English by the existence of special objective forms, as him for he or me for I, and by nonoccurrence with an article or adjective.
- proteins — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- puritans — a member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England, demanding the simplification of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline: during part of the 17th century the Puritans became a powerful political party.
- quadrans — a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the fourth part of an as.
- quickens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quicken.
- quietens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quieten.
- raccoons — Plural form of raccoon.
- refrains — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- ructions — disturbance
- scalpins — small stones used to improve drainage
- sessions — the sitting together of a court, council, legislature, or the like, for conference or the transaction of business: Congress is now in session.
- smallens — Alexander, 1889–1972, U.S. orchestra conductor, born in Russia.
- soissons — a city in N France, on the Aisne River: battles a.d. 486, 1918, 1944.
- steffens — (Joseph) Lincoln, 1866–1936, U.S. author, journalist, and editor.
- step-ins — step-in garments, esp underwear
- stephens — Saint, died a.d. c35, first Christian martyr.
- stiffens — to make stiff.
- stowlins — stealthily
- the fens — a flat low-lying area of E England, west and south of the Wash: consisted of marshes until reclaimed in the 17th to 19th centuries
- the runs — diarrhoea
- tompkins — Daniel D. 1774–1825, U.S. politician and jurist: vice president of the U.S. 1817–25.
- vitamins — any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism, found in minute amounts in natural foodstuffs or sometimes produced synthetically: deficiencies of vitamins produce specific disorders.
- w bosons — either of two types of charged intermediate vector bosons, one having a positive charge and the other a negative charge. Symbols: W + , W −.
- waitrons — Plural form of waitron.
- warisons — Plural form of warison.
- westerns — Plural form of western.
- westlins — to or in the west
- widgeons — Plural form of widgeon.
- woollens — Fabrics or clothing made from wool.
- xanthans — a water-soluble natural gum produced by the fermentation of sugar with certain microorganisms and used as a binder, extender, or stabilizer in foods and other products.
- younguns — a young one; child.
- z bosons — one of three particles, called intermediate vector bosons, that are believed to transmit the weak force. Symbol: Z 0.
- zillions — Plural form of zillion.
- zymogens — Plural form of zymogen.