8-letter words containing a, l, s, t, o
- postural — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- pulsator — something that pulsates, beats, or throbs.
- restoral — restoration.
- rosulate — forming a rosette or rosettes.
- royalist — a supporter or adherent of a king or royal government, especially in times of rebellion or civil war.
- sailboat — a boat having sails as its principal means of propulsion.
- saint-lô — a department in NW France. 2476 sq. mi. (6413 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Lô.
- salmonet — a young salmon
- salt cod — salted and dried cod that is desalted by soaking before use.
- salt out — a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- salt-box — a box in which salt is kept.
- saltando — (of a performance with a stringed instrument) playing each note staccato by bouncing the bow on the strings.
- saltillo — a state in N Mexico. 58,067 sq. mi. (150,395 sq. km). Capital: Saltillo.
- saltwork — place where salt is refined
- saltwort — any of various plants of sea beaches, salt marshes, and alkaline regions, especially belonging to the genus Salsola, of the amaranth family, as S. kali, a bushy plant having prickly leaves, or belonging to the genus Salicornia.
- sand-lot — a vacant lot used by youngsters for games or sports.
- santalol — a liquid from sandalwood used in making perfume
- scotland — a division of the United Kingdom in the N part of Great Britain. 30,412 sq. mi. (78,772 sq. km). Capital: Edinburgh.
- sectoral — Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- shadbolt — Maurice. 1932–2004, New Zealand novelist
- shitload — a lot of something; a large amount.
- shoptalk — the specialized vocabulary having to do with work or a field of work: I don't understand electronics shoptalk.
- slab top — a top, as to a table, formed from a slab of marble or the like.
- slapshot — a very powerful, fast-moving shot of the puck on goal made with a full backswing of the stick and an extended follow-through.
- slot car — a miniature, electrically-operated toy racing car that runs on a slotted track and is controlled by an operator with a handheld rheostat.
- slot man — copyeditor (def 3).
- 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.
- societal — noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- sodalist — a member of a sodality.
- sodalite — a mineral, sodium aluminum silicate, Na 4 Al 3 Si 3 O 1 2 Cl, occurring massive and in crystals, usually blue in color and found in certain alkali-rich igneous rocks.
- sodality — fellowship; comradeship.
- softball — a form of baseball played on a smaller diamond with a ball that is larger and softer than a baseball.
- solation — to change from a gel to a sol.
- solatium — something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
- solidate — a parcel of land whose value is equal to a solidus
- solitary — alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by.
- solvated — a compound formed by the interaction of a solvent and a solute.
- solvates — a compound formed by the interaction of a solvent and a solute.
- 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.
- soterial — relating to salvation
- soulmate — a person with whom one has a strong affinity, shared values and tastes, and often a romantic bond: I married my soul mate; you don't get much luckier than that.
- spoliate — to rob, plunder, or despoil
- st. malo — a fortified seaport in NW France, on the Gulf of St. Malo: resort; surrendered by German forces August 1944.
- stallion — an uncastrated adult male horse, especially one used for breeding.
- stamboul — Istanbul
- statvolt — the electrostatic unit of electromotive force or potential difference, approximately equivalent to 300 volts and equal to the electromotive force or potential difference that will cause a current of one statampere to flow through a conductor with a resistance of one statohm.
- staybolt — a long rod with threaded ends, used as a stay for a boiler, tank, etc.
- stomatal — of, relating to, or of the nature of a stoma.
- 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.