8-letter words containing a, r, t, e, s
- hardiest — capable of enduring fatigue, hardship, exposure, etc.; sturdy; strong: hardy explorers of northern Canada.
- haroseth — a mixture of chopped nuts and apples, wine, and spices that is eaten at the Seder meal on Passover: traditionally regarded as symbolic of the mortar used by Israelite slaves in Egypt.
- harshest — ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect: harsh treatment; harsh manners.
- harvests — Plural form of harvest.
- hastener — Agent noun of hasten; one who hastens.
- hatteras — Cape, a promontory on an island off the E coast of North Carolina.
- headrest — a rest or support of any kind for the head.
- heartens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hearten.
- hearties — Plural form of hearty.
- heathers — Plural form of heather.
- hebraist — a person versed in the Hebrew language.
- hectares — Plural form of hectare.
- hetarism — Alternative form of hetaerism.
- hoariest — Superlative form of hoary.
- hoarsest — Superlative form of hoarse.
- hoaxster — Alternative form of hoaxer (rare).
- hydrates — Plural form of hydrate.
- hysteria — an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc.
- in tears — crying, weeping
- inertias — Plural form of inertia.
- ingrates — Plural form of ingrate.
- instream — (intransitive) To flow or stream in; flow or stream into.
- iterates — Plural form of iterate.
- jarosite — a yellowish or brownish mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and iron, KFe 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , occurring in small crystals or large masses.
- jaunters — Plural form of jaunter.
- jaxartes — a river in central Asia, flowing NW from the Tien Shan Mountains in Kyrgyzstan, through Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to the Aral Sea. 1300 miles (2100 km) long.
- keratose — having a skeleton formed of horny fibers, as certain sponges.
- kristeva — Julia, born 1941, French literary theorist, critic, and psychoanalyst, born in Bulgaria.
- lamberts — Plural form of lambert.
- lamister — lamster.
- lanterns — Plural form of lantern.
- laterals — Plural form of lateral.
- latrines — Plural form of latrine.
- leathers — Plural form of leather.
- leotards — A close-fitting one-piece garment, made of a stretchy fabric, which covers a person's body from the shoulders to the top of the thighs and typically the arms, worn by dancers or people exercising indoors.
- levators — Plural form of levator.
- libertas — the ancient Roman personification of liberty.
- listeria — any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- literals — Plural form of literal.
- loathers — Plural form of loather.
- lodestar — a star that shows the way.
- lorestan — Luristan.
- lustrate — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- maestros — Plural form of maestro.
- magister — Master; sir: -- a title of the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts.
- maitrise — mastery; skill.
- maltster — a maker of or dealer in malt.
- margents — (obsolete) Plural form of margent.
- marmites — Plural form of marmite.
- marmoset — any of several small, squirrellike, South and Central American monkeys of the genera Callithrix, Leontocebus, etc., having soft fur and a long, nonprehensile tail: some species are endangered.