8-letter words containing d, e, s, t
- stepford — blandly conformist and submissive
- stephead — dropline.
- steroids — any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- stewpond — a fishpond, often located in the garden of a monastery
- stipends — a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.
- stippled — A surface that is stippled is covered with tiny spots.
- stockade — Fortification. a defensive barrier consisting of strong posts or timbers fixed upright in the ground.
- storeyed — having stories or floors (often used in combination): a two-storied house.
- straddle — to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart; stand or sit astride.
- strained — affected or produced by effort; not natural or spontaneous; forced: strained hospitality.
- stranded — composed of a specified number or kind of strands (usually used in combination): a five-stranded rope.
- strander — a person who strands
- strapped — needy; wanting: The company is rather strapped for funds.
- stressed — importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
- striated — striated.
- strident — making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking: strident insects; strident hinges.
- stringed — fitted with strings (often used in combination): a five-stringed banjo.
- stripped — having had a covering, clothing, equipment, or furnishings removed: trees stripped of their leaves by the storm; a stripped bed ready for clean sheets.
- strolled — to walk leisurely as inclination directs; ramble; saunter; take a walk: to stroll along the beach.
- strummed — to play on (a stringed musical instrument) by running the fingers lightly across the strings.
- strutted — to walk with a vain, pompous bearing, as with head erect and chest thrown out, as if expecting to impress observers.
- stubbled — Usually, stubbles. the stumps of grain and other stalks left in the ground when the crop is cut.
- stuccoed — an exterior finish for masonry or frame walls, usually composed of cement, sand, and hydrated lime mixed with water and laid on wet.
- stud fee — the charge for the service of a male animal, as a horse, in breeding.
- studenty — denoting or exhibiting the characteristics believed typical of an undergraduate student
- studiers — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- stukkend — broken; wrecked
- stumbled — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- stupider — lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
- sturdier — strongly built; stalwart; robust: sturdy young athletes.
- stylised — to design in or cause to conform to a particular style, as of representation or treatment in art; conventionalize.
- stylized — to design in or cause to conform to a particular style, as of representation or treatment in art; conventionalize.
- subdepot — a depot within a larger depot
- subtrend — the general course or prevailing tendency; drift: trends in the teaching of foreign languages; the trend of events.
- subtrude — to intrude stealthily
- suddenty — a sudden or unexpected occurrence, esp an attack
- suedette — any imitation suede fabric, usually made from cotton or rayon
- summated — to add together; total; sum up.
- summited — the highest point or part, as of a hill, a line of travel, or any object; top; apex.
- switched — a hairpiece consisting of a bunch or tress of long hair or some substitute, fastened together at one end and worn by women to supplement their own hair.
- syndetic — serving to unite or connect; connective; copulative.
- syndeton — a syndetic construction
- systemed — having a system
- t-shaped — having the shape of a letter T
- tameside — a unitary authority of NW England, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 213 400 (2003 est). Area: 103 sq km (40 sq miles)
- tarsiped — a generic term for marsupials of the genus Tarsipes
- tasseled — a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- teasdale — Sara, 1884–1933, U.S. poet.
- teasmade — an automatic tea-making machine
- teesside — the industrial region around the lower Tees valley and estuary: a county borough, containing Middlesbrough, from 1968 to 1974