8-letter words containing a, b, s, t
- slotback — an offensive back who lines up about one yard behind the gap in the line between a tackle and an end stationed a distance outside of the tackle.
- snakebit — bitten by a snake.
- softback — paperback book
- softball — a form of baseball played on a smaller diamond with a ball that is larger and softer than a baseball.
- sortable — a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature: to develop a new sort of painting; nice people, of course, but not really our sort.
- spa bath — whirlpool, jacuzzi, hot tub
- spitball — a small ball or lump of chewed paper used as a missile.
- stabbing — penetrating; piercing: a stabbing pain.
- stabling — a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
- stablish — establish.
- stamboul — Istanbul
- stand by — a staunch supporter or adherent; one who can be relied upon.
- stand-by — a staunch supporter or adherent; one who can be relied upon.
- statable — the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes: a state of health.
- staubach — Roger Thomas, born 1942, U.S. football player.
- staybolt — a long rod with threaded ends, used as a stay for a boiler, tank, etc.
- stewable — capable of being made into a stew
- stopbank — an embankment to prevent flooding
- storable — capable of being stored for considerable time without loss of freshness or usability.
- stowable — Nautical. to put (cargo, provisions, etc.) in the places intended for them. to put (sails, spars, gear, etc.) in the proper place or condition when not in use.
- strabane — a district of W Northern Ireland, in Co Tyrone. Pop: 38 565 (2003 est). Area: 862 sq km (333 sq miles)
- strobila — the body of a tapeworm exclusive of the head and neck region. Compare scolex.
- subabbot — an abbot who is subordinate to another abbot
- subacute — somewhat or moderately acute.
- subadult — having attained full size and strength; grown up; mature: an adult person, animal, or plant.
- subagent — a person whose duties as an agent are delegated to him or her by another agent.
- subcaste — Sociology. an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups. any rigid system of social distinctions.
- subcosta — a longitudinal vein in the anterior portion of the wing of an insect.
- suberate — a salt of suberic acid
- subotica — a city in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, in N Serbia.
- subovate — almost egg-shaped
- subplant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- subshaft — a secondary shaft in a mine
- substage — the component part of a microscope below the stage, for supporting a condenser, mirror, or other accessories.
- substate — the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes: a state of health.
- subtalar — beneath the ankle bone
- subtaxon — a supplementary piece of identifying information in a plant's or animal's scientific name
- subtidal — of or relating to, inhabiting or existing in the region below the level of low tide, that is always underwater
- subtopia — suburban development that encroaches on rural areas yet appears to offer the attractions of country life to suburban dwellers
- subtotal — the sum or total of a part of a group or column of figures, as in an accounting statement.
- subtract — to withdraw or take away, as a part from a whole.
- subulate — slender, somewhat cylindrical, and tapering to a point; awl-shaped.
- suitable — such as to suit; appropriate; fitting; becoming.
- suitably — such as to suit; appropriate; fitting; becoming.
- sun bath — deliberate exposure of the body to the direct rays of the sun or a sunlamp.
- sunbathe — to take a sunbath.
- surfboat — a strong, buoyant rowboat with high ends, adapted for beaching and passing through surf.
- sweatbox — a sauna or other enclosure for sweating.
- sybarite — (usually lowercase) a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.
- symbmath — (mathematics, tool) A small symbolic mathematics package for MS-DOS which can learn new facts.