8-letter words containing a, e, r, o, s, t
- reassort — to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- resonant — resounding or echoing, as sounds: the resonant thundering of cannons being fired.
- resonate — to resound.
- restoral — restoration.
- rheostat — an adjustable resistor so constructed that its resistance may be changed without opening the circuit in which it is connected, thereby controlling the current in the circuit.
- roadster — an early automobile having an open body, a single seat for two or three persons, and a large trunk or a rumble seat.
- rosinate — a salt or acid occurring in resin
- rostrate — furnished with a rostrum.
- rosulate — forming a rosette or rosettes.
- rothesay — a town in the Strathclyde region, on Bute island, in SW Scotland: resort; ruins of 11th-century castle.
- saboteur — a person who commits or practices sabotage.
- sabotier — a wearer of sabots
- seafront — an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- seatwork — work that can be done by a child at his or her seat in school without supervision.
- sectator — a member or follower of a sect
- sectoral — Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- senorita — a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- sheraton — Thomas, 1751–1806, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer.
- shortage — a deficiency in quantity: a shortage of cash.
- socrates — 469?–399 b.c, Athenian philosopher.
- soeharto — 1921–2008, Indonesian army officer and political leader: president 1967–98.
- software — Computers. the programs used to direct the operation of a computer, as well as documentation giving instructions on how to use them. Compare hardware (def 5).
- sororate — subsequent or concurrent marriage with a wife's sister.
- 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.
- sortance — suitableness
- soterial — relating to salvation
- stonerag — a type of lichen, Parmela saxatilis, which produces a brown dye
- storable — capable of being stored for considerable time without loss of freshness or usability.
- storeman — a man employed to look after a storeroom
- stratose — formed in strata or layers
- streator — a city in N Illinois.
- tea rose — any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- tea-rose — any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- testator — a person who makes a will.
- thoraces — Anatomy. the part of the trunk in humans and higher vertebrates between the neck and the abdomen, containing the cavity, enclosed by the ribs, sternum, and certain vertebrae, in which the heart, lungs, etc., are situated; chest.
- to spare — more than is required
- trappose — relating to traprock
- viatores — a wayfarer; traveler.
- votaress — a woman who is a votary.
- votaries — a person who is bound by solemn religious vows, as a monk or a nun.