8-letter words containing a, s, t, i
- sea lift — an operation to move people, troops or goods by sea
- sea mist — a mist over or from the sea.
- sea-girt — surrounded by the sea.
- seablite — any of several halophytic herbs of the genus Suaeda, having fleshy leaves.
- seatrain — a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- sedation — the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- sedative — tending to calm or soothe.
- selictar — the sword-bearer of a chieftain
- semantic — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- semimatt — (of a surface) midway between matt and gloss
- seminate — disseminated; scattered; strewn
- senorita — a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- septaria — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- septical — septic
- septimal — of or based on the number seven.
- seriatim — in a series; one after another in regular order
- sericate — sericeous; silky.
- serratia — a genus of rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria that are saprophytic on decaying plant or animal materials.
- set sail — an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- setaside — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
- shadiest — abounding in shade; shaded: shady paths.
- shafting — a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows.
- shaktism — the worship of Shakti as the wife of Shiva.
- shang ti — the chief of the ancient Chinese gods.
- shawabti — a figurine placed in an ancient Egyptian tomb to serve as a slave for the soul or as a substitute for the soul in performing forced labor.
- shawties — a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- shechita — the Jewish method of killing animals for food
- shehitah — the slaughtering of animals for food by a duly certified person in the manner prescribed by Jewish law.
- shiitake — a large, meaty, black or dark brown mushroom, Lentinus edodes, native to eastern Asia and frequently used in Japanese and Chinese cookery.
- shipmate — a person who serves with another on the same vessel.
- shit-can — to dismiss from a job or position.
- shithead — a stupid, inept, unlikable, or contemptible person.
- shitload — a lot of something; a large amount.
- siangtan — a city in E Hunan, in S China.
- sibilant — hissing.
- sibilate — to hiss.
- sidepath — a minor path
- siderate — to strike violently
- sigatoka — a disease of bananas, characterized by discolored spots on the leaves, caused by a fungus, Mycosphaerella musicola.
- sigmatic — characterized by a Greek letter sigma or a Roman S added to a word or stem
- silastic — a flexible inert silicone rubber, used esp in prosthetic medicine
- silicate — Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- silk hat — a tall, cylindrical, black hat covered with silk plush, worn by men for formal dress. Compare beaver1 (def 4), opera hat, top hat.
- silktail — the waxwing
- silvatic — of or relating to the forest; sylvan
- simulant — simulating; feigning; imitating.
- simulate — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- sinaitic — Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- sit back — relax, rest
- site map — A site map is a plan of a website showing what is on it and providing links to the different sections.