8-letter words containing i, r, s, o
- sobriety — the state or quality of being sober.
- socratic — of or relating to Socrates or his philosophy, followers, etc., or to the Socratic method.
- solarism — the interpretation of myths by reference to the sun, especially such interpretation carried to an extreme.
- solarium — a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
- solarize — Photography. to reverse (an image) partially, as from negative to positive, by exposure to light during development.
- soldiery — soldiers collectively.
- solidare — an old coin
- solidary — characterized by or involving community of responsibilities and interests.
- solitary — alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by.
- songbird — a bird that sings.
- sonority — the condition or quality of being resonant or sonorous.
- sopheric — relating to Jewish scribes
- sopherim — scribe1 (def 3).
- soralium — (in a lichen) a group of soredia.
- sorbaria — a deciduous Asian shrub
- sorbitic — relating to sorbite
- sorbitol — a white, crystalline, sweet, water-soluble powder, C 6 H 8 (OH) 6 , occurring in cherries, plums, pears, seaweed, and many berries, obtained by the breakdown of dextrose and used as a sugar substitute for diabetics and in the manufacture of vitamin C, synthetic resins, candy, varnishes, etc.; sorbol.
- sordidly — morally ignoble or base; vile: sordid methods.
- soredial — pertaining to or resembling a soredium.
- soredium — a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- soricine — of or resembling the shrews.
- sorority — a society or club of women or girls, especially in a college.
- sororize — to socialize in a sisterly way
- sorption — the state or process of being sorbed.
- sorptive — the state or process of being sorbed.
- sorriest — feeling regret, compunction, sympathy, pity, etc.: to be sorry to leave one's friends; to be sorry for a remark; to be sorry for someone in trouble.
- sorryish — rather sorry
- soterial — relating to salvation
- sourcing — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- sourdine — mute (def 10).
- souvenir — a usually small and relatively inexpensive article given, kept, or purchased as a reminder of a place visited, an occasion, etc.; memento.
- spheroid — a solid geometrical figure similar in shape to a sphere, as an ellipsoid.
- spoonier — foolishly or sentimentally amorous.
- sporadic — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- sporting — of, relating to, or used in sports or a particular sport: sport fishing.
- sportive — playful or frolicsome; jesting, jocose, or merry: a sportive puppy.
- spurious — not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
- steroids — any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- storming — a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- storting — the parliament of Norway, elected by popular vote, which is divided into the upper house (Lagting) comprising one quarter of the members, and the lower house (Odelsting) comprising the rest.
- stradiot — a soldier, usually of Greek or Albanian origin, who fought on horseback for the Venetian republic in the 15th and 16th centuries
- strigose — Botany. set with stiff bristles of hairs; hispid.
- strijdom — Johannes Gerhardus (joˈhanəs ɡeːrˈhɑːdəs). 1893–1958, South African statesman; prime minister (1954–58)
- strobila — the body of a tapeworm exclusive of the head and neck region. Compare scolex.
- strobile — a reproductive structure characterized by overlapping scalelike parts, as a pine cone or the fruit of the hop.
- strobili — a reproductive structure characterized by overlapping scalelike parts, as a pine cone or the fruit of the hop.
- stroheim — Erich von [er-ik] /ˈɛr ɪk/ (Show IPA), 1885–1957, U.S. actor and director, born in Austria.
- stroking — an act or instance of stroking; a stroking movement.
- 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.
- strontic — of or relating to strontium