8-letter words containing a, s, t, r, e
- scattery — characterized by scattering or dispersion
- sceptral — of, resembling, or relating to a sceptre
- scramjet — a ramjet engine in which the flow through the combustor itself is supersonic.
- scrattle — to scratch
- sea fret — a wet mist or haze coming inland from the sea
- sea star — starfish.
- sea-girt — surrounded by the sea.
- seacraft — the skills and knowledge of a sailor
- seafront — an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- seamster — a person whose occupation is sewing; tailor.
- seatrain — a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- seatwork — work that can be done by a child at his or her seat in school without supervision.
- seawater — the salt water in or from the sea.
- sectator — a member or follower of a sect
- sectoral — Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- segreant — (of a griffin) rampant.
- selictar — the sword-bearer of a chieftain
- 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.
- separate — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- 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.
- serenata — a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
- serenate — a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
- sergeant — Ancient Eboracum. a city in North Yorkshire, in NE England, on the Ouse: the capital of Roman Britain; cathedral.
- seriatim — in a series; one after another in regular order
- sericate — sericeous; silky.
- serjeant — a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.
- serrated — Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw: a serrate leaf.
- serratia — a genus of rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria that are saprophytic on decaying plant or animal materials.
- serratus — any of various muscles in the thorax, which produce the appearance of a serrated border by their arrangement
- sharpest — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- shattery — (of rock or soil) liable to shatter or crumble
- sheather — a person who makes sheathes
- sheraton — Thomas, 1751–1806, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer.
- shortage — a deficiency in quantity: a shortage of cash.
- shvartze — Yiddish: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. schvartze.
- siderate — to strike violently
- sitkamer — a sitting room; lounge
- slaister — a sloppy mess
- slathers — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- slattern — a slovenly, untidy woman or girl.
- slattery — slovenly
- smartest — to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
- snatcher — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- socrates — 469?–399 b.c, Athenian philosopher.
- soeharto — 1921–2008, Indonesian army officer and political leader: president 1967–98.
- software — Computers. the programs used to direct the operation of a computer, as well as documentation giving instructions on how to use them. Compare hardware (def 5).
- sororate — subsequent or concurrent marriage with a wife's sister.
- sortable — a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature: to develop a new sort of painting; nice people, of course, but not really our sort.
- sortance — suitableness
- soterial — relating to salvation