8-letter words that end in o
- santiago — a republic in SW South America, on the Pacific Coast. 286,396 sq. mi. (741,765 sq. km). Capital: Santiago.
- sarajevo — a republic in S Europe: formerly (1945–92) a constituent republic of Yugoslavia. 19,909 sq. mi. (51,565 sq. km). Capital: Sarajevo.
- saramago — José [zhoo-ze] /ʒʊˈzɛ/ (Show IPA), 1922–2010, Portuguese journalist, playwright, and novelist: Nobel prize 1998.
- sargasso — a gulfweed.
- scaldino — an Italian earthen brazier
- scenario — an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- scirocco — sirocco.
- scordato — out of tune
- see into — to examine or investigate
- seicento — the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- semihobo — a person looking almost like a hobo
- seraglio — the part of a Muslim house or palace in which the wives and concubines are secluded; harem.
- serajevo — Sarajevo.
- sgabello — a side chair of the Renaissance, consisting of a small seat, usually octagonal, often resting on a cubical part and supported either on two carved planks set transversely on edge or on three legs, with a back formed from a carved plank.
- sockeroo — a notable success: Her performance was a sockeroo.
- soeharto — 1921–2008, Indonesian army officer and political leader: president 1967–98.
- soekarno — Achmed [ahk-med] /ˈɑk mɛd/ (Show IPA), 1901–1970, Indonesian statesman: president of the Republic of Indonesia 1945–67.
- solidago — any plant of the chiefly American genus Solidago, which includes the goldenrods: family Asteraceae (composites)
- sombrero — a broad-brimmed hat of straw or felt, usually tall-crowned, worn especially in Spain, Mexico, and the southwestern U.S.
- sordello — born ?1200, Italian troubadour
- sorrento — a seaport in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: resort; cathedral; ancient ruins.
- speak to — talk or converse with
- spiccato — (of violin music) performed with short, abrupt, rebounding motions of the bow.
- st. malo — a fortified seaport in NW France, on the Gulf of St. Malo: resort; surrendered by German forces August 1944.
- staccato — shortened and detached when played or sung: staccato notes.
- stand to — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- sticcado — a type of xylophone
- stick to — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- stiletto — a short dagger with a blade that is thick in proportion to its width.
- stilicho — Flavius [fley-vee-uh s] /ˈfleɪ vi əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 359?–408, Roman general and statesman.
- stoccado — a thrust with a rapier or other pointed weapon.
- sub-zero — indicating or recording lower than zero on some scale, especially on the Fahrenheit scale: a week of sub-zero temperatures.
- subaudio — (of a sound) low frequency
- subbuteo — a football game played on a table, with toy players affixed to rounded bases which are flicked with the fingers
- subimago — the first winged stage of the mayfly, with dull opaque wings, known to anglers as a dun, before it metamorphoses into the shiny gauzy imago or spinner
- suo loco — in a person or thing's own or rightful place
- superego — the part of the personality representing the conscience, formed in early life by internalization of the standards of parents and other models of behavior.
- superloo — an automated public toilet
- superpro — a person regarded as a genuine professional
- talassio — a god invoked at ancient Roman weddings, especially in epithalamions.
- taleggio — a square Italian soft cheese with a salt-covered rind
- tally-ho — the cry of a participant at a hunt to encourage the hounds when the quarry is sighted
- tapaculo — a small passeriform bird, Pteroptochus albicollis (megapodius), with short wings and cocked tail, native to South America
- tapadero — tapadera.
- tarapoto — a city in N Peru.
- telefoto — telephoto.
- tenebrio — a type of small mealworm
- terrazzo — a mosaic flooring or paving composed of chips of broken stone, usually marble, and cement, polished when in place.
- terzetto — a trio, esp a vocal one
- tie into — to attack vigorously