8-letter words containing i, r, a, t, o
- roswitha — Hrotsvitha.
- rotarian — a member of a Rotary Club.
- rotating — to cause to turn around an axis or center point; revolve.
- rotation — the act of rotating; a turning around as on an axis.
- rotative — rotating or pertaining to rotation.
- roth ira — A Roth IRA is a kind of retirement account where contributions are made with taxed money, and distributions are tax-free.
- rotifera — the phylum or class comprising the rotifers.
- royalist — a supporter or adherent of a king or royal government, especially in times of rebellion or civil war.
- ryotwari — (in India) a system of land tenure in which land taxes are paid to the state
- sabotier — a wearer of sabots
- santorin — Thera.
- sarodist — a person who plays the sarod
- senorita — a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- skiatron — a cathode-ray tube used in radar
- socratic — of or relating to Socrates or his philosophy, followers, etc., or to the Socratic method.
- solitary — alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by.
- soterial — relating to salvation
- stradiot — a soldier, usually of Greek or Albanian origin, who fought on horseback for the Venetian republic in the 15th and 16th centuries
- strobila — the body of a tapeworm exclusive of the head and neck region. Compare scolex.
- strontia — Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- sutorial — relating to sewing or cobbling
- taborite — (in the 15th century) a member of the militant body of Hussites maintaining a strict literal interpretation of the Scriptures.
- taileron — an aileron located on the tailplane of an aircraft
- tailor's — a shop where clothes can be repaired or altered
- tailored — (of a woman's garment) in a simple or plain style with fitted lines. Compare dressmaker (def 2).
- tainaron — Cape, a cape in the Ionian Sea, S Greece, at the S tip of the Peloponnesus.
- takoradi — the chief port of Ghana, in the southwest on the Gulf of Guinea: modern harbour opened in 1928. Pop (with Sekondi): 335 000 (2005 est)
- tamanoir — a large anteater of Central and South America, Myrmecophaga tridactyla
- tandoori — baked or cooked in a tandoor: tandoori chicken.
- taormina — a resort commune in Messina, in E Sicily, Italy: Roman remains.
- tapiroid — of or resembling a tapir
- tarsioid — a fossil of the suborder Tarsioidea
- teratoid — resembling a monster.
- thiourea — a colorless, crystalline, bitter-tasting, water-soluble solid, CH 4 N 2 S, derived from urea by replacement of the oxygen with sulfur: used chiefly in photography, inorganic synthesis, and to accelerate the vulcanization of rubber.
- thoracic — of or relating to the thorax.
- timariot — one holding a fief or piece of land in feudal Turkey from the 14th to the 17th centuries
- tiraspol — a city in E Moldavia (Moldova), NW of Odessa.
- tirolean — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Tyrol or its inhabitants.
- titograd — former name (1945–92) of Podgorica.
- titrator — a device used to perform titration
- tonsilar — of or relating to the tonsils
- torminal — of or relating to tormina
- tornadic — a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris. Compare waterspout (def 3).
- tornaria — the ciliated, free-swimming larva of certain hemichordates.
- toroidal — of or relating to a toroid.
- tortilla — a thin, round, unleavened bread prepared from cornmeal or sometimes wheat flour, baked on a flat plate of iron, earthenware, or the like.
- touraine — a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
- tourista — traveler's diarrhea, especially as experienced by some visitors to Latin America.
- tovarich — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
- traction — the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.