8-letter words containing e, a, s, t
- serenata — a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
- serenate — a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
- sergeant — Ancient Eboracum. a city in North Yorkshire, in NE England, on the Ouse: the capital of Roman Britain; cathedral.
- seriatim — in a series; one after another in regular order
- sericate — sericeous; silky.
- serjeant — a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.
- serrated — Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw: a serrate leaf.
- serratia — a genus of rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria that are saprophytic on decaying plant or animal materials.
- serratus — any of various muscles in the thorax, which produce the appearance of a serrated border by their arrangement
- set back — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
- set sail — an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- set-back — Surveying. the interval by which a chain or tape exceeds the length being measured.
- setaside — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
- setbacks — a check to progress; a reverse or defeat: The new law was a setback.
- setenant — pair of postage stamps of different values joined together
- sex tape — a recording of a sexual encounter, esp one involving a celebrity
- shadiest — abounding in shade; shaded: shady paths.
- shakeout — an elimination or winnowing out of some competing businesses, products, etc., as a result of intense competition in a market of declining sales or rising standards of quality.
- sharpest — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- shattery — (of rock or soil) liable to shatter or crumble
- shawties — a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- she-goat — a female goat
- shea nut — the seed of the shea tree and the source of shea butter.
- sheathed — a case or covering for the blade of a sword, dagger, or the like.
- sheather — a person who makes sheathes
- shechita — the Jewish method of killing animals for food
- shehitah — the slaughtering of animals for food by a duly certified person in the manner prescribed by Jewish law.
- sheraton — Thomas, 1751–1806, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer.
- shetland — Shetland Islands.
- shiitake — a large, meaty, black or dark brown mushroom, Lentinus edodes, native to eastern Asia and frequently used in Japanese and Chinese cookery.
- shipmate — a person who serves with another on the same vessel.
- shithead — a stupid, inept, unlikable, or contemptible person.
- shortage — a deficiency in quantity: a shortage of cash.
- shvartze — Yiddish: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. schvartze.
- sibilate — to hiss.
- sidepath — a minor path
- siderate — to strike violently
- silicate — Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- simulate — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- site map — A site map is a plan of a website showing what is on it and providing links to the different sections.
- sitkamer — a sitting room; lounge
- situated — Archaic. located; placed; situated.
- skeletal — of, relating to, or like a skeleton.
- slaister — a sloppy mess
- slathers — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- slattern — a slovenly, untidy woman or girl.
- slattery — slovenly
- smallest — of limited size; of comparatively restricted dimensions; not big; little: a small box.
- smaltine — a white mineral ore of cobalt
- smaltite — a mineral, originally thought to have been a diarsenide of cobalt, CoAs 2 , but which is actually a skutterudite rich in cobalt.