8-letter words containing a, e, t, s
- stageful — the number of people, or the amount of something, that fills a stage
- stagette — (as modifier)
- staggers — to walk, move, or stand unsteadily.
- staggery — tending to stagger
- stagnate — to cease to run or flow, as water, air, etc.
- stake up — to close up (or in) with a fence of stakes
- stakeout — the surveillance of a location by the police, as in anticipation of a crime or the arrival of a wanted person.
- stallage — the right to set up a stall in a fair or market.
- stampede — a sudden, frenzied rush or headlong flight of a herd of frightened animals, especially cattle or horses.
- stancher — staunch2 .
- stanhope — James, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman: prime minister 1717–18.
- stannate — a salt of a stannic acid.
- stannite — a mineral, iron-black to steel-gray in color, with a metallic luster, copper iron tin sulfide, Cu 2 FeSnS 4 : an ore of tin.
- stapelia — any of various plants of the genus Stapelia, of the milkweed family, native to southern Africa, having short, fleshy, leafless stems, and flowers that are oddly colored or mottled and in most species emit a fetid, carrionlike odor.
- star key — a push button on a telephone or other electronic device that is marked with an asterisk, often in the lower left-hand area.
- starched — a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 1 0 O 5) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
- stargaze — to gaze at or observe the stars.
- starkers — naked
- starkest — sheer, utter, downright, or complete: stark madness.
- starless — any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- starlike — of the shape of or like a star.
- starters — a person or thing that starts.
- startled — to disturb or agitate suddenly as by surprise or alarm.
- statable — the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes: a state of health.
- statedly — fixed or settled: a stated price.
- statelet — a small state, especially one resulting from the dissolution of a larger state.
- statured — of or having a stature of a certain kind (usually used in combination): the short-statured inhabitants of the Malay Peninsula.
- statures — the height of a human or animal body.
- statuses — the position of an individual in relation to another or others, especially in regard to social or professional standing.
- statutes — permanent rules made by a body or institution for the government of its internal affairs
- staumrel — stupid; half-witted.
- stave in — to break or crush inward
- stayless — not able to be stopped or stayed; constantly moving
- steadily — firmly placed or fixed; stable in position or equilibrium: a steady ladder.
- steading — the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute: The nephew of the queen came in her stead.
- stealage — the act of stealing.
- stealing — Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- stealthy — done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive: stealthy footsteps.
- steam up — water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- steaming — water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- steapsin — the lipase present in pancreatic juice.
- stearate — a salt or ester of stearic acid.
- stearine — Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 1 8 H 3 5 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- steatite — soapstone.
- steatoma — a fatty tumour or cyst of the sebaceous gland
- stedfast — fixed in direction; steadily directed: a steadfast gaze.
- steelman — a person engaged in the steelmaking business.
- steerage — a part or division of a ship, formerly the part containing the steering apparatus.
- stefanie — a female given name.
- steinman — David Barnard, 1886–1960, U.S. civil engineer: specialist in bridge design and construction.