8-letter words that end in on
- recision — an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.
- refusion — a new or further fusion
- relation — an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect.
- religion — a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
- remotion — the act of removing; removal.
- replicon — any genetic element that can regulate and effect its own replication from initiation to completion.
- reseason — 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.
- resummon — to summon again
- revision — the act or work of revising.
- rheotron — (formerly) betatron.
- rhiannon — the wife of Pwyll who, accused of having eaten her son, was forced as a penance to carry people on her back until vindicated by her son's return.
- rigadoon — a lively dance, formerly popular, for one couple, characterized by a jumping step and usually in quick duple meter.
- rigaudon — rigadoon.
- right on — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- right-on — exactly right or to the point.
- robinson — Bill ("Bojangles") 1878–1949, U.S. tap dancer.
- rogation — Usually, rogations. Ecclesiastical. solemn supplication, especially as chanted during procession on the three days (Rogation Days) before Ascension Day.
- rotation — the act of rotating; a turning around as on an axis.
- rough on — severe towards
- round on — If someone rounds on you, they criticize you fiercely and attack you with aggressive words.
- salpicon — a mixture of chopped fish, meat, or vegetables in a sauce, used as fillings for croquettes, pastries, etc
- sanction — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sangamon — the third interglacial stage of the Pleistocene Epoch in North America, after the Illinoian glacial stage and before the Wisconsin.
- sarandon — Susan Abigail. born 1946, US film actress: her films include Thelma and Louise (1991), Lorenzo's Oil (1992), The Client (1994), Dead Man Walking (1996), and Moonlight Mile (2002)
- sargeson — Frank. 1903–82, New Zealand short-story writer and novelist. His work includes the short-story collection That Summer and Other Stories (1946) and the novel I Saw in my Dream (1949)
- sarpedon — a Lycian prince, son of Zeus, killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.
- scallion — any onion that does not form a large bulb; green onion.
- scansion — the metrical analysis of verse. The usual marks for scansion are ˘ for a short or unaccented syllable, ¯ or · for a long or accented syllable, ^ for a rest, | for a foot division, and ‖ for a caesura or pause.
- scission — a cutting, dividing, or splitting; division; separation.
- scoinson — a part of a door or of the interior side of a window frame
- scorpion — any of numerous arachnids of the order Scorpionida, widely distributed in warmer parts of the world, having a long, narrow, segmented tail that terminates in a venomous sting.
- scranton — William Warren, 1917–2011, U.S. politician.
- screw-on — attached, connected, or closed by screwing onto another part of a container or receptacle.
- scullion — a kitchen servant who does menial work.
- sea lion — any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- sea-lion — any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- sedation — the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- sedition — incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
- seize on — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
- semillon — a variety of white grape used in winemaking, especially in France in the Sauternes district of Bordeaux.
- set upon — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- shagroon — a nineteenth-century Australian settler in Canterbury
- shalloon — a light, twilled woolen fabric used chiefly for linings.
- shame on — shame should be felt by; this is shameful of
- sheraton — Thomas, 1751–1806, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer.
- short on — having little length; not long.
- sikeston — a city in SE Missouri.
- simoleon — a dollar.
- simonson — Lee, 1888–1967, U.S. set designer.
- sisseton — a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Santee branch of the Dakota.