8-letter words containing a, s, e, o, r
- forspeak — to bewitch
- forswear — to reject or renounce under oath: to forswear an injurious habit.
- forwaste — to waste completely
- furanose — (chemistry) any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a five-membered ring (the tetrahydrofuran skeleton).
- fusarole — a type of architectural moulding often found below the echinus or quarter round of a column
- garrotes — Plural form of garrote.
- gasolier — a chandelier furnished with gaslights.
- gastero- — gastro-
- gheraoes — Plural form of gherao.
- girasole — an opal that reflects light in a bright luminous glow.
- glareous — growing in gravel
- goadster — a goadsman
- gossaert — Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), Mabuse, Jan.
- gossamer — a fine, filmy cobweb seen on grass or bushes or floating in the air in calm weather, especially in autumn.
- groaners — Plural form of groaner.
- grosbeak — any of various finches having a thick, conical bill.
- halosere — a plant community that originates and develops in conditions of high salinity
- hardnose — a person who is tough and uncompromising
- 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.
- herodias — the second wife of Herod Antipas and the mother of Salome: she told Salome to ask Herod for the head of John the Baptist.
- hoarders — Plural form of hoarder.
- hoariest — Superlative form of hoary.
- hoarsely — having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky: the hoarse voice of the auctioneer.
- hoarsest — Superlative form of hoarse.
- hoaxster — Alternative form of hoaxer (rare).
- horsecar — a streetcar drawn by a horse or horses.
- horseman — a person who is skilled in riding a horse.
- horseway — a bridleway
- idocrase — vesuvianite.
- isegoria — Equality of all in freedom of speech.
- 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.
- jeopards — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jeopard.
- jobshare — an arrangement in which two or more people divide the duties and payment for one position between them, working at different times
- jordaens — Jacob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1593–1678, Flemish painter.
- karosses — Plural form of kaross.
- keratose — having a skeleton formed of horny fibers, as certain sponges.
- laborers — Plural form of laborer.
- lacrosse — a game, originated by Indians of North America, in which two 10-member teams attempt to send a small ball into each other's netted goal, each player being equipped with a crosse or stick at the end of which is a netted pocket for catching, carrying, or throwing the ball.
- ladrones — a group of 15 small islands in the Pacific, E of the Philippines: divided into Guam, a possession of the U.S., and the North Marianas, formally under U.S. trusteeship. 453 sq. mi. (1127 sq. km).
- larksome — mischievous or fond of larking
- larousse — Pierre Athanase [pyer a-ta-nahz] /pyɛr a taˈnɑz/ (Show IPA), 1817–75, French grammarian, lexicographer, and encyclopedist.
- layovers — Plural form of layover.
- leopards — Plural form of leopard.
- 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.
- loathers — Plural form of loather.
- lodestar — a star that shows the way.
- lorestan — Luristan.
- maestros — Plural form of maestro.
- 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.