8-letter words containing a, n, t, s, e
- steelman — a person engaged in the steelmaking business.
- stefanie — a female given name.
- steinman — David Barnard, 1886–1960, U.S. civil engineer: specialist in bridge design and construction.
- steinway — Henry Engelhard [eng-guh l-hahrd,, -hahrt] /ˈɛŋ gəlˌhɑrd,, -ˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), (Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg) 1797–1871, U.S. piano manufacturer, born in Germany.
- stendhal — (Marie Henri Beyle) 1783–1842, French novelist and critic.
- stenmark — Ingemar ("Silent Swede") born 1956, Swedish Alpine skier.
- stephane — an ancient Greek headdress or crown often depicted in the statuary of various deities
- sternage — the stern or rear of a ship
- sternway — Nautical. the movement of a vessel backward, or stern foremost.
- stonecat — a yellowish-brown, freshwater catfish, Noturus flavus, of the Mississippi River valley and Great Lakes, having poisonous pectoral spines.
- stoneham — a town in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
- stoneman — a stonecutter or stoneworker.
- stonerag — a type of lichen, Parmela saxatilis, which produces a brown dye
- storeman — a man employed to look after a storeroom
- stovaine — a drug used for anaesthetic purposes and as a cocaine substitute
- strabane — a district of W Northern Ireland, in Co Tyrone. Pop: 38 565 (2003 est). Area: 862 sq km (333 sq miles)
- strained — affected or produced by effort; not natural or spontaneous; forced: strained hospitality.
- strainer — a person or thing that strains.
- straiten — to put into difficulties, especially financial ones: His obligations had straitened him.
- stranded — composed of a specified number or kind of strands (usually used in combination): a five-stranded rope.
- strander — a person who strands
- stranger — French L'Étranger. a novel (1942) by Albert Camus.
- strangle — to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord.
- subagent — a person whose duties as an agent are delegated to him or her by another agent.
- 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
- sunbathe — to take a sunbath.
- supinate — to turn to a supine position; rotate (the hand or foot) so that the palm or sole is upward.
- svetlana — a female given name.
- sweating — the act or process of sweating
- sweetman — (in the Caribbean) a man kept by a woman
- 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
- talesman — a person summoned as one of the tales.
- taliesin — flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- tallness — having a relatively great height; of more than average stature: a tall woman; tall grass.
- tameness — changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated: a tame bear.
- tanaiste — the vice-Taoiseach or deputy prime minister of the Republic of Ireland
- tartness — sharp to the taste; sour or acid: Tart apples are best for pie. Synonyms: astringent, acrid, piquant. Antonyms: sweet, sugary, bland, mellow.
- tashkent — a republic in S central Asia. 172,741 sq. mi. (447,400 sq. km). Capital: Tashkent.
- tastevin — small shallow cup for wine tasting
- tautness — tightly drawn; tense; not slack.
- teaspoon — a small spoon generally used to stir tea, coffee, etc.
- teniasis — infestation with tapeworms.
- 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.
- ternates — an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- test ban — an agreement by nations producing nuclear weapons to refrain from testing them in the atmosphere.
- tetanise — to induce tetanus in (a muscle).
- thatness — the state or quality of being 'that' or having existence