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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).
  • tainaronCape, 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.
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