8-letter words containing a, s, t, i
- sanitary — of or relating to health or the conditions affecting health, especially with reference to cleanliness, precautions against disease, etc.
- sanitate — to make sanitary; equip with sanitary appliances: to sanitate a new town.
- sanities — the state of being sane; soundness of mind.
- sanitise — to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
- sanitize — to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
- sanscrit — Sanskrit
- sanskrit — an Indo-European, Indic language, in use since c1200 b.c. as the religious and classical literary language of India. Abbreviation: Skt.
- santalic — of sandalwood
- santalin — the substance which gives sandalwood its colour
- santeria — (sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- santiago — a republic in SW South America, on the Pacific Coast. 286,396 sq. mi. (741,765 sq. km). Capital: Santiago.
- santonin — a crystalline compound, C 1 5 H 1 8 O 3 , the active principle of santonica.
- santorin — Thera.
- saponite — a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- sapphist — a lesbian
- sappiest — abounding in sap, as a plant.
- sarmatia — the ancient name of a region in E Europe, between the Vistula and the Volga.
- sarmatic — of or relating to Sarmatia or its inhabitants
- sarodist — a person who plays the sarod
- sassiest — impertinent; insolent; saucy: a sassy reply; a sassy teen.
- sastrugi — Usually, sastrugi. ridges of snow formed on a snowfield by the action of the wind.
- satanism — the worship of Satan or the powers of evil.
- satanist — the worship of Satan or the powers of evil.
- satanity — the quality or act of being satanic
- satiable — capable of being satiated.
- satiated — satiated.
- satiates — to supply with anything to excess, so as to disgust or weary; surfeit.
- satinpod — either of two European plants belonging to the genus Lunaria, of the mustard family, L. annua or L. rediviva, cultivated for their shiny flowers and large, round, flat, satiny pods.
- satirise — to attack or ridicule with satire.
- satirist — a writer of satires.
- satirize — to attack or ridicule with satire.
- saturnic — having or affected with lead-poisoning
- satyrisk — a small satyr
- sauteing — cooked or browned in a pan containing a small quantity of butter, oil, or other fat.
- savviest — experienced, knowledgable, and well-informed; shrewd (often used in combination): consumers who are savvy about prices; a tech-savvy entrepreneur.
- saxatile — living or growing on or among rocks.
- saxonite — any peridotite rock composed mainly of olivine and orthopyroxene
- scanties — women's underwear
- scantily — scant in amount, quantity, etc.; barely sufficient.
- scantity — the quality of being scant or scarce
- scarcity — insufficiency or shortness of supply; dearth.
- scariest — causing fright or alarm.
- scathing — bitterly severe, as a remark: a scathing review of the play.
- scatting — to sing by making full or partial use of the technique of scat singing.
- scawtite — a hydrated carbonate and silicate of calcium, Ca7Si6(CO3)O18·2H2O
- sciatica — pain and tenderness at some points of the sciatic nerve, usually caused by a prolapsed intervertebral disk; sciatic neuralgia.
- scimitar — a curved, single-edged sword of Asian, especially Eastern origin.
- scituate — a town in E Massachusetts.
- scotopia — vision in dim light (opposed to photopia).
- scythian — pertaining to Scythia, its people, or their language.