7-letter words containing e, a, r, t
- retread — to put a new tread on (a worn pneumatic tire casing) either by recapping or by cutting fresh treads in the smooth surface.
- retreat — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
- retrial — Law. the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact. the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- retsina — a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- rewater — to water again
- rhaetia — an ancient Roman province in central Europe, comprising what is now E Switzerland and a part of the Tyrol: later extended to the Danube.
- rhaetic — of or relating to a series of rocks formed in the late Triassic period
- rhetian — of or relating to Rhaetia.
- roaster — roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- roberta — a female given name: derived from Robert.
- rootage — the act of taking root.
- roseate — tinged with rose; rosy: a roseate dawn.
- rosetta — a town in N Egypt, at a mouth of the Nile.
- royalet — a minor king
- ruinate — to ruin.
- sakeret — the male saker
- saltern — a saltworks.
- saltier — tasting of or containing salt; saline.
- saltire — an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- santera — a priestess of Santería.
- santero — a priest of Santería.
- sargent — Sir (Harold) Malcolm (Watts) 1895–1967, English conductor.
- sarment — a thin stem or runner that forms a new plant
- sarsnet — sarcenet.
- satires — the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- saunter — to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll: sauntering through the woods.
- scanter — barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate: to do scant justice.
- scarlet — a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- scatter — to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds.
- seagirt — surrounded by the sea.
- seaport — a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- secreta — secretions of cells, tissues or organs
- sectary — a member of a particular sect, especially an adherent of a religious body regarded as heretical or schismatic.
- senator — a member of a senate.
- seriate — arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- seroxat — a drug that prolongs the action of serotonin in the brain; used to treat depression and social anxiety
- serrate — Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw: a serrate leaf.
- servant — a person employed by another, especially to perform domestic duties.
- setaria — any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- shafter — a shaft-horse, usually in tandem with another horse, that pulls a cart
- sharett — Moshe [maw-she] /mɔˈʃɛ/ (Show IPA), (Moshe Shertok) 1894–1965, Israeli statesman, born in Russia: prime minister 1953–55.
- shatter — to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
- slanter — to veer or angle away from a given level or line, especially from a horizontal; slope.
- slather — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- slatter — to be slovenly in dress
- smarted — to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
- smarten — to make more trim or spruce; improve in appearance (usually followed by up): Try to smarten up your outfit.
- smarter — to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
- smatter — to speak (a language, words, etc.) with superficial knowledge or understanding.
- sorbate — a sorbed substance.