8-letter words containing e, s, r, o
- shortage — a deficiency in quantity: a shortage of cash.
- shortest — having little length; not long.
- shoulder — the part of each side of the body in humans, at the top of the trunk, extending from each side of the base of the neck to the region where the arm articulates with the trunk.
- shoveler — a person or thing that shovels.
- showerer — someone who showers abundantly
- shrouded — a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
- sideroad — (esp in Ontario) a road, usually north-south, going at right angles to concession roads
- sierozem — any of a group of calcareous, brownish gray soils based in a carbonate or hardpan layer, found in arid climates.
- signoret — Simone (simɔ̃), original name Simone Kaminker. 1921–85, French stage and film actress, whose films include La Ronde (1950), Casque d'Or (1952), Room at the Top (1958), and Ship of Fools (1965): married the actor and singer Yves Montand (1921–91)
- sironize — to treat (a woollen fabric) chemically to prevent it wrinkling after being washed
- sit over — to be seated in an advantageous position on the left of (the player)
- sixscore — one hundred and twenty
- skyborne — airborne.
- slalomer — a person who slaloms
- slipover — of or denoting a garment that can be put on easily over the head
- slobbery — characterized by slobbering.
- sloucher — to sit or stand with an awkward, drooping posture.
- slovenry — slovenliness
- smoocher — to kiss.
- smothery — stifling; close: a smothery atmosphere.
- smoulder — to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion.
- snobbery — snobbish character, conduct, trait, or act.
- snobbier — condescending, patronizing, or socially exclusive; snobbish.
- snottery — snot or filth
- so there — You can add 'so there' to what you are saying to show that you will not change your mind about a decision you have made, even though the person you are talking to disagrees with you.
- sober up — recover from being drunk
- sobering — not intoxicated or drunk.
- soberize — to make sober.
- sobranje — the national assembly of Bulgaria, consisting of a single chamber of elected deputies.
- sobriety — the state or quality of being sober.
- sockeroo — a notable success: Her performance was a sockeroo.
- socrates — 469?–399 b.c, Athenian philosopher.
- soeharto — 1921–2008, Indonesian army officer and political leader: president 1967–98.
- soekarno — Achmed [ahk-med] /ˈɑk mɛd/ (Show IPA), 1901–1970, Indonesian statesman: president of the Republic of Indonesia 1945–67.
- soft roe — milt (def 2).
- softcore — of, relating to, or containing sexually arousing depictions that are not fully explicit: soft-core pornography. Compare hard-core (def 2).
- softener — Chemistry. any admixture to a substance for promoting or increasing its softness, smoothness, or plasticity. water softener.
- 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).
- solander — a case for maps, plates, etc., made to resemble a book and having the front cover and fore edge hinged.
- solarize — Photography. to reverse (an image) partially, as from negative to positive, by exposure to light during development.
- soldered — any of various alloys fused and applied to the joint between metal objects to unite them without heating the objects to the melting point.
- solderer — any of various alloys fused and applied to the joint between metal objects to unite them without heating the objects to the melting point.
- soldiery — soldiers collectively.
- solidare — an old coin
- solleret — a protective covering for the foot, consisting of riveted plates of armour
- somberly — gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted: a somber passageway.
- sombrero — a broad-brimmed hat of straw or felt, usually tall-crowned, worn especially in Spain, Mexico, and the southwestern U.S.
- somerset — an acrobatic movement, either forward or backward, in which the body rolls end over end, making a complete revolution.
- songster — a person who sings; a singer.
- sopheric — relating to Jewish scribes