8-letter words containing o, r, a, i
- solidary — characterized by or involving community of responsibilities and interests.
- solitary — alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by.
- soralium — (in a lichen) a group of soredia.
- sorbaria — a deciduous Asian shrub
- soredial — pertaining to or resembling a soredium.
- soterial — relating to salvation
- sporadic — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- 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.
- traditor — an early Christian who betrayed other Christians at the time of the Roman persecutions.
- triazoic — hydrazoic.
- triazole — any of a group of four compounds containing three nitrogen and two carbon atoms arranged in a five-membered ring and having the formula C 2 H 3 N 3 .
- trifocal — Optics. having three foci.
- trigonal — of, relating to, or shaped like a triangle; having three angles; triangular.
- trimodal — (of a distribution) having three modes.
- trinodal — having three nodes or joints.
- tripodal — pertaining to or having the form of a tripod.
- tritonia — any plant of the perennial cormous S African genus Tritonia, with typically scarlet or orange flowers: family Iridaceae
- trizonal — formed or arranged in three layers or zones