8-letter words containing a, t, r, o
- rothesay — a town in the Strathclyde region, on Bute island, in SW Scotland: resort; ruins of 11th-century castle.
- rotifera — the phylum or class comprising the rotifers.
- rotovate — to break up (the surface of the earth, or an area of ground) using a Rotavator
- routeman — a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
- routeway — a track, road, waterway, etc, used as a route to somewhere
- royalist — a supporter or adherent of a king or royal government, especially in times of rebellion or civil war.
- runabout — a small, light automobile or other vehicle, usually with an open top; roadster.
- ryotwari — (in India) a system of land tenure in which land taxes are paid to the state
- saboteur — a person who commits or practices sabotage.
- sabotier — a wearer of sabots
- saltwork — place where salt is refined
- saltwort — any of various plants of sea beaches, salt marshes, and alkaline regions, especially belonging to the genus Salsola, of the amaranth family, as S. kali, a bushy plant having prickly leaves, or belonging to the genus Salicornia.
- sanatory — favorable for health; curative; healing.
- sandwort — any plant belonging to the genus Arenaria, of the pink family, having narrow leaves and clusters of usually white flowers, many of which grow in sandy soil.
- santorin — Thera.
- sarasota — a city in W Florida.
- saratoga — a city in W California.
- sarodist — a person who plays the sarod
- saw-wort — a perennial Old World plant, Serratula tinctoria, having serrated leaves that yield a yellow dye: family Asteraceae (composites)
- scordato — out of tune
- scranton — William Warren, 1917–2011, U.S. politician.
- seafront — an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- seatwork — work that can be done by a child at his or her seat in school without supervision.
- sectator — a member or follower of a sect
- sectoral — Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- 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.
- sheraton — Thomas, 1751–1806, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer.
- shortage — a deficiency in quantity: a shortage of cash.
- shortarm — (of a punch) with the arm bent
- skiatron — a cathode-ray tube used in radar
- slot car — a miniature, electrically-operated toy racing car that runs on a slotted track and is controlled by an operator with a handheld rheostat.
- snot rag — a handkerchief
- snot-rag — a handkerchief.
- soaproot — any plant of the genus Chlorogalum whose roots may be used as a soap substitute
- soapwort — a plant, Saponaria officinalis, of the pink family, whose leaves are used for cleansing.
- socrates — 469?–399 b.c, Athenian philosopher.
- socratic — of or relating to Socrates or his philosophy, followers, etc., or to the Socratic method.
- 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).
- solitary — alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by.
- sonorant — a voiced sound that is less sonorous than a vowel but more sonorous than a stop or fricative and that may occur as either a sonant or a consonant, as (l, r, m, n, y, w).
- 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
- stafford — Jean, 1915–79, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- staghorn — a piece of a stag's antler, especially when used to form objects, decorations, or the like.
- stamford — a city in SW Connecticut.
- stanford — (Amasa) Leland, 1824–93, U.S. railroad developer, politician, and philanthropist: governor of California 1861–63; senator 1885–93.
- starosta — the headman of a Russian village