8-letter words containing a, e, t, s
- stuprate — to ravish or rape
- subacute — somewhat or moderately acute.
- 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.
- suberate — a salt of suberic acid
- subovate — almost egg-shaped
- 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.
- subulate — slender, somewhat cylindrical, and tapering to a point; awl-shaped.
- sufflate — to inflate.
- suitable — such as to suit; appropriate; fitting; becoming.
- suitcase — a usually rectangular piece of luggage especially for carrying clothes while traveling.
- suivante — a lady's maid or companion, particularly in 17th century France, who was elevated among other servants and served as a confidante and particular companion for her mistress
- sulphate — A sulphate is a salt of sulphuric acid.
- summated — to add together; total; sum up.
- sunbathe — to take a sunbath.
- superate — overcome; surmounted; surpassed
- supertax — Chiefly British. a tax in addition to a normal tax, as one upon income above a certain amount.
- supinate — to turn to a supine position; rotate (the hand or foot) so that the palm or sole is upward.
- suricate — a small, burrowing South African carnivore, Suricata suricatta, of a grayish color with dark bands across the back, related to the mongooses and having social behavior similar to that of prairie dogs.
- svetlana — a female given name.
- swarther — swarthy.
- swear at — use bad language towards, curse at
- sweat it — to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
- sweatbox — a sauna or other enclosure for sweating.
- sweating — the act or process of sweating
- sweetman — (in the Caribbean) a man kept by a woman
- sybarite — (usually lowercase) a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.
- symantec — (company) Software manufacturer of utility and development applications for Windows and Macintosh platforms. Products include ACT!, Norton Utilities, Norton AntiVirus, Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh, Symantec Cafe.
- syntaxes — Linguistics. the study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language. the study of the patterns of formation of sentences and phrases from words. the rules or patterns so studied: English syntax. a presentation of these: a syntax of English. an instance of these: the syntax of a sentence.
- synthase — an enzyme that catalyses a process of synthesis
- t square — a T -shaped ruler, used primarily in mechanical drawing, having a short crosspiece that slides along the edge of the drawing board as a guide to the perpendicular longer section in making parallel lines, right angles, etc., and as a support for triangles.
- t-shaped — having the shape of a letter T
- t-square — a T -shaped ruler, used primarily in mechanical drawing, having a short crosspiece that slides along the edge of the drawing board as a guide to the perpendicular longer section in making parallel lines, right angles, etc., and as a support for triangles.
- tachisme — action painting (def 1).
- tachiste — an artist who practises tachisme
- tackless — a short, sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head.
- tactless — lacking tact; showing no tact; undiplomatic; offendingly blunt: a tactless remark.
- tag sale — garage sale.
- tailless — the limitation of an estate to a person and the person’s heirs or some particular class of such heirs.
- talesman — a person summoned as one of the tales.
- taliesin — flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- talkfest — a lengthy conversation, discussion, or debate.
- tallises — a shawllike garment of wool, silk, or the like, with fringes, or zizith, at the four corners, worn around the shoulders by Orthodox and Conservative (sometimes also Reform) Jews, as during the morning service.
- tallness — having a relatively great height; of more than average stature: a tall woman; tall grass.
- tameless — untamed or untamable.
- tameness — changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated: a tame bear.
- tameside — a unitary authority of NW England, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 213 400 (2003 est). Area: 103 sq km (40 sq miles)
- tamper's — a person or thing that tamps.
- tanaiste — the vice-Taoiseach or deputy prime minister of the Republic of Ireland