8-letter words containing a, i, r, s, t
- strainer — a person or thing that strains.
- straiten — to put into difficulties, especially financial ones: His obligations had straitened him.
- straitly — Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- stratify — to form or place in strata or layers.
- stravaig — Scot., Irish, and North England. to wander aimlessly.
- straying — to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road.
- striated — striated.
- striatum — a striped mass of white and grey matter in the brain which controls movement and balance
- strigate — (of animals) streaked with different colours
- strobila — the body of a tapeworm exclusive of the head and neck region. Compare scolex.
- strontia — Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- 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.
- sutorial — relating to sewing or cobbling
- sybarite — (usually lowercase) a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.
- tailor's — a shop where clothes can be repaired or altered
- tamarisk — any Old World tropical plant of the genus Tamarix, especially T. gallica, an ornamental Mediterranean shrub or small tree having slender, feathery branches.
- tanistry — the system among various Celtic tribes of choosing a tanist.
- tantrism — (italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- tarshish — an ancient country, of uncertain location, mentioned in the Bible. I Kings 10:22.
- tarsioid — a fossil of the suborder Tarsioidea
- tarsiped — a generic term for marsupials of the genus Tarsipes
- teratism — love or worship of the monstrous.
- teresian — a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- teresina — a state in NE Brazil. 96,860 sq. mi. (250,870 sq. km). Capital: Teresina.
- tiberias — Lake. Galilee, Sea of.
- tiramisu — an Italian dessert with coffee and liquor-soaked layers of sponge cake alternating with mascarpone cheese and chocolate.
- tiraspol — a city in E Moldavia (Moldova), NW of Odessa.
- tiresias — a blind prophet, usually said to have been blinded because he saw Athena bathing, and then to have been awarded the gift of prophecy as a consolation for his blindness.
- tonsilar — of or relating to the tonsils
- tourista — traveler's diarrhea, especially as experienced by some visitors to Latin America.
- trackies — loose-fitting trousers with elasticated cuffs, designed to be worn as part of a tracksuit
- trainers — shoes that people wear, especially for running and other sports
- transfix — to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
- tranship — transship
- transing — to move or walk rapidly or briskly.
- transire — a document allowing goods to pass through customs
- transkei — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa on the Indian Ocean: granted independence in 1976 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 16,910 sq. mi. (43,798 sq. km). Capital: Umtata.
- transmit — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- trappist — Roman Catholic Church. a member of a branch of the Cistercian order, observing the austere reformed rule established at La Trappe in 1664.
- trashing — anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- travails — painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.
- treatise — a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
- triadist — someone who composes triads
- trialism — the belief that man consists of body, soul, and spirit
- triapsal — (of a church) having three apses
- triassic — noting or pertaining to a period of the Mesozoic Era, occurring from 230 to 190 million years ago and characterized by the advent of dinosaurs and coniferous forests.
- tribasic — (of an acid) having three atoms of hydrogen replaceable by basic atoms or groups.
- triphase — operating in three phases
- trispast — an ancient hoist or hauling device having three blocks.
- tristate — pertaining to a territory made up of three adjoining states: a tristate league.