8-letter words containing a, s, u, l, t
- plaudits — an enthusiastic expression of approval: Her portrayal of Juliet won the plaudits of the critics.
- playsuit — a sports costume for women and children, usually consisting of shorts and a shirt, worn as beachwear, for tennis, etc.
- postural — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- pulsator — something that pulsates, beats, or throbs.
- pustular — of, relating to, or of the nature of pustules.
- quetzals — Plural form of quetzal.
- quintals — Plural form of quintal.
- resalute — to salute or greet again
- rosulate — forming a rosette or rosettes.
- ruralist — one who leads or advocates a rural life
- rustable — liable to rust
- rustical — of, relating to, or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural.
- salt out — a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- saltbush — any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Atriplex, having mostly alternate leaves and clusters of inconspicuous flowers, often growing in saline or alkaline soil.
- salteaux — a member of a Native Canadian people of Manitoba
- salutary — favorable to or promoting health; healthful.
- simulant — simulating; feigning; imitating.
- simulate — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- solatium — something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
- soulmate — a person with whom one has a strong affinity, shared values and tastes, and often a romantic bond: I married my soul mate; you don't get much luckier than that.
- squattle — to settle (oneself) in a squat manner
- st. paul — Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles. Compare Saul (def 2).
- stageful — the number of people, or the amount of something, that fills a stage
- stamboul — Istanbul
- startful — tending to make sudden small involuntary movements of the body from fright or nerves, etc
- staumrel — stupid; half-witted.
- stipular — of or like a stipule or stipules
- stunsail — studdingsail.
- subadult — having attained full size and strength; grown up; mature: an adult person, animal, or plant.
- subplant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- subtalar — beneath the ankle bone
- subtidal — of or relating to, inhabiting or existing in the region below the level of low tide, that is always underwater
- subtotal — the sum or total of a part of a group or column of figures, as in an accounting statement.
- subulate — slender, somewhat cylindrical, and tapering to a point; awl-shaped.
- sufflate — to inflate.
- suitable — such as to suit; appropriate; fitting; becoming.
- suitably — such as to suit; appropriate; fitting; becoming.
- sulphate — A sulphate is a salt of sulphuric acid.
- sultanic — the sovereign of an Islamic country.
- supplant — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
- sutorial — relating to sewing or cobbling
- tantalus — Classical Mythology. a Phrygian king who was condemned to remain in Tartarus, chin deep in water, with fruit-laden branches hanging above his head: whenever he tried to drink or eat, the water and fruit receded out of reach.
- tasteful — having, displaying, or in accordance with good taste: tasteful clothing; a tasteful room.
- thalamus — Anatomy. the middle part of the diencephalon through which sensory impulses pass to reach the cerebral cortex.
- thallous — containing univalent thallium.
- tshiluba — Luba (def 2).
- tusculan — an ancient city of Latium, SE of Rome: Roman villas, especially that of Cicero.
- ultraism — extremism.
- ultraist — extremism.
- unsalted — seasoned, cured, or otherwise treated with salt.