8-letter words containing a, y, r, s
- staggery — tending to stagger
- stairway — a passageway from one level, as of a building, to another by a series of stairs; staircase.
- stannary — a tin-mining region or district.
- star key — a push button on a telephone or other electronic device that is marked with an asterisk, often in the lower left-hand area.
- starosty — (in the past in Poland) the estate of a starosta, given by the Crown
- statuary — statues collectively.
- sternway — Nautical. the movement of a vessel backward, or stern foremost.
- stingray — any of the rays, especially of the family Dasyatidae, having a long, flexible tail armed near the base with a strong, serrated bony spine with which they can inflict painful wounds.
- strachey — (Giles) Lytton [jahylz lit-n] /dʒaɪlz ˈlɪt n/ (Show IPA), 1880–1932, English biographer and literary critic.
- straggly — straggling; rambling.
- straitly — Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- strategy — Also, strategics. the science or art of combining and employing the means of war in planning and directing large military movements and operations.
- stratify — to form or place in strata or layers.
- straying — to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road.
- sudatory — pertaining to or causing sweating.
- surabaya — a seaport on NE Java: second largest city in Indonesia; naval base.
- surroyal — the terminal section of a stag's horns, above the section known as the 'royal'
- surveyal — the action of surveying
- swannery — a place where swans are raised.
- sway bar — stabilizer bar.
- swear by — to make a solemn declaration or affirmation by some sacred being or object, as a deity or the Bible.
- sybarite — (usually lowercase) a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.
- sycamore — Also called buttonwood. any of several North American plane trees, especially Platanus occidentalis, having shallowly lobed ovate leaves, globular seed heads, and wood valued as timber.
- sylvaner — a white grape grown in the Alsace region of France and in Switzerland, Germany, and Austria.
- sympatry — the occurrence of sympatric organisms
- synarchy — joint rule
- synastry — the comparison of two or more natal charts in order to analyze or forecast the interaction of the individuals involved.
- synaxary — synaxarion.
- syngraft — a tissue or organ transplanted from one member of a species to another, genetically identical member of the species, as a kidney transplanted from one identical twin to the other.
- syngraph — a document signed by all parties
- syracuse — a city in central New York.
- tanistry — the system among various Celtic tribes of choosing a tanist.
- tapestry — a fabric consisting of a warp upon which colored threads are woven by hand to produce a design, often pictorial, used for wall hangings, furniture coverings, etc.
- thursday — the fifth day of the week, following Wednesday. Abbreviation: Th., Thur., Thurs.
- travesty — a grotesque or debased likeness or imitation: a travesty of justice.
- treasury — a place where the funds of the government, of a corporation, or the like are deposited, kept, and disbursed.
- tyrtaeus — flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet.
- undersay — to state in the form of an answer
- unsavory — not savory; tasteless or insipid: an unsavory meal.
- unstarry — not resembling or characteristic of a star from the entertainment world
- varnishy — glossy; like varnish
- vasarely — Victor. 1908–97, French painter, born in Hungary; a leading exponent of op art
- vavasory — the tenure of a fee held by a vavasor.
- vespiary — a nest of social wasps.
- vestiary — of or relating to garments or vestments.
- waycross — a city in SE Georgia.
- waymarks — Plural form of waymark.
- waywiser — a device formerly used for measuring distance travelled by road
- workdays — Plural form of workday.
- yachters — Plural form of yachter.