8-letter words that end in on
- ericsson — John1803-89; U.S. naval engineer & inventor, born in Sweden: builder of the Monitor
- erigeron — A widely distributed herbaceous plant of the daisy family, which is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental.
- eriksson — Sven-Goran (ˈsfɛnˈɡɜːrən). born 1948, Swedish football manager; honours as a club manager include the UEFA Cup (1982) with Gothenburg, three Portuguese league titles with Benfica (1983, 1984, 1990), and the Italian league with Lazio (2000); head coach of the England national team (2001–06)
- eruption — An act or instance of erupting.
- erythron — red blood cells and their related tissues
- eschaton — The final event in the divine plan; the end of the world.
- estragon — Tarragon.
- ethephon — a synthetic plant-growth regulator
- etherion — a gas formerly believed to exist in air
- ethnicon — Name of a tribe, ethnonym.
- eudaemon — A good or benevolent spirit.
- eulachon — A small edible fish of North America, Thaleichthys pacificus; the candlefish.
- evanston — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan north of Chicago: Northwestern University (1851). Pop: 74 360 (2003 est)
- evection — (astronomy) Modification of the lunar orbit due to the gravitational effects of the Sun.
- eversion — An act of turning inside out.
- eviction — The action of expelling someone, especially a tenant, from a property; expulsion.
- evulsion — (now rare) The action of forcibly pulling something out.
- exaction — The action of demanding and obtaining something from someone, especially a payment or service.
- excision — The deletion of some text during editing.
- excusion — Misspelling of excursion.
- exertion — Physical or mental effort.
- f region — the ionospheric region in which the F layer forms.
- falchion — a broad, short sword having a convex edge curving sharply to the point.
- fanfaron — a braggart.
- fenthion — a type of insecticide
- ferguson — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- fetation — the state of pregnancy
- fixation — the act of fixing or the state of being fixed.
- flame on — (messaging, jargon) To begin or continue to flame. The punning reference to Marvel Comics's Human Torch is no longer widely recognised. The phrase "flame on" may actually precede the flame, in which case "flame off" will follow it. See rave, burble.
- flaperon — a control surface functioning both as a flap and as an aileron.
- flash on — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- flatiron — a nonelectric iron with a flat bottom, heated for use in pressing clothes, cloth, etc.
- flection — the act of bending.
- flexagon — a three-dimensional figure having polygonal faces that is constructed from a folded sheet of paper in such a way that different faces are exposed when the figure is flexed along its folds.
- flick-on — a manoeuvre in which a player receives an incoming pass and flicks it on with a gentle header or kick to another player.
- foist on — If you say that someone foists something on you, or foists it upon you, you dislike the way that they force you to listen to it or experience it.
- foot-ton — a foot-pound-second unit of work or energy, equivalent to 2240 foot-pounds and equal to the energy expended in raising a ton of 2240 pounds a distance of one foot against the force of gravity.
- forenoon — the period of daylight before noon.
- fraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- friction — surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
- frown on — to contract the brow, as in displeasure or deep thought; scowl.
- fruition — attainment of anything desired; realization; accomplishment: After years of hard work she finally brought her idea to full fruition.
- function — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- gambeson — a quilted garment worn under mail.
- gambroon — a type of twilled linen cloth, often used for lining clothes
- ganglion — Anatomy. a mass of nerve tissue existing outside the central nervous system. any of certain masses of gray matter in the brain, as the basal ganglia.
- garrison — William Lloyd, 1805–79, U.S. leader in the abolition movement.
- gelation — the process of gelling.
- gem iron — a heavy, usually cast-iron oven dish used for baking small cakes (gems)
- glamazon — A glamorous, powerfully assertive woman.