7-letter words containing a, r, i, s, t
- ratfish — a chimaera, Hydrolagus colliei, of the Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Baja California, having a ratlike tail.
- ratings — figures based on statistical sampling indicating what proportion of the total listening and viewing audience tune in to a specific programme or network
- rations — a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage: a daily ration of meat and bread.
- rattish — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling a rat.
- realist — a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- restain — a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- retsina — a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- rustavi — a city in the SE Georgian Republic, SE of Tbilisi.
- sacrist — Also called sacrist [sak-rist, sey-krist] /ˈsæk rɪst, ˈseɪ krɪst/ (Show IPA). an official in charge of the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., of a church or a religious house.
- saltier — tasting of or containing salt; saline.
- saltire — an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- satires — the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- satiric — of, pertaining to, containing, or characterized by satire: satirical novels.
- satyric — Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- satyrid — Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- sautoir — a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- scutari — Lake, a lake between NW Albania and Montenegro. About 135 sq. mi. (350 sq. km).
- seagirt — surrounded by the sea.
- seriate — arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- setaria — any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- shastri — Lal Bahadur [lahl bah-hah-doo r] /lɑl bɑˈhɑ dʊər/ (Show IPA), 1904–66, Indian statesman: prime minister 1964–66.
- shortia — an evergreen herb native to eastern North America and temperate Asia, with white, pink, or blue flowers
- simitar — a curved, single-edged sword of Asian, especially Eastern origin.
- sinatra — Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- sliotar — the ball used in hurling
- spirant — fricative (def 2).
- spraint — a piece of otter's dung
- stagira — an ancient town in NE Greece, in Macedonia on the E Chalcidice peninsula: birthplace of Aristotle.
- staider — of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious.
- stainer — a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- staired — having or consisting of stairs
- staring — to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
- starlit — lighted by the stars: a starlit night.
- starnie — a little star
- stearic — of or relating to suet or fat.
- stearin — 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.
- strains — the sound of music being played
- straint — pressure or strain
- strati- — indicating stratum or strata
- striate — to mark with striae; furrow; stripe; streak.
- tajrish — a city in NW Iran, near Teheran.
- tarnish — to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), especially by oxidation; discolor.
- tarries — to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn: He tarried in Baltimore on his way to Washington.
- tarsier — a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
- tastier — good-tasting; savory: a tasty canapé.
- taurids — a collection of meteors constituting a meteor shower (Taurid meteor shower) visible during the period of October 26 to November 16 and having its apparent origin in the constellation Taurus.
- tharsis — Tarshish.
- tirasse — a mechanism in a musical organ connecting two pedals, so that both may be pressed down at once
- traipse — to walk or go aimlessly or idly or without finding or reaching one's goal: We traipsed all over town looking for a copy of the book.
- transit — the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.