8-letter words containing o, r, a, t, e
- resonate — to resound.
- restoral — restoration.
- retailor — to make (clothing) suitable for a new person or purpose by changing the details
- retroact — to act in opposition; react.
- rheostat — an adjustable resistor so constructed that its resistance may be changed without opening the circuit in which it is connected, thereby controlling the current in the circuit.
- roadster — an early automobile having an open body, a single seat for two or three persons, and a large trunk or a rumble seat.
- rodentia — the order comprising the rodents.
- rolamite — (sometimes initial capital letter) an almost frictionless mechanical device consisting of a flexible metal band formed in an S-shaped loop around moving rollers.
- romanite — a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- roommate — a person who is assigned to share or shares a room or apartment with another or others.
- rosinate — a salt or acid occurring in resin
- rostrate — furnished with a rostrum.
- rosulate — forming a rosette or rosettes.
- rota bed — a bed in an old people's home, reserved for the regular respite care of dependent old people
- rotative — rotating or pertaining to rotation.
- rothesay — a town in the Strathclyde region, on Bute island, in SW Scotland: resort; ruins of 11th-century castle.
- rotifera — the phylum or class comprising the rotifers.
- rotovate — to break up (the surface of the earth, or an area of ground) using a Rotavator
- routeman — a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
- routeway — a track, road, waterway, etc, used as a route to somewhere
- saboteur — a person who commits or practices sabotage.
- sabotier — a wearer of sabots
- seafront — an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- seatwork — work that can be done by a child at his or her seat in school without supervision.
- sectator — a member or follower of a sect
- sectoral — Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- 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.
- sheraton — Thomas, 1751–1806, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer.
- shortage — a deficiency in quantity: a shortage of cash.
- socrates — 469?–399 b.c, Athenian philosopher.
- soeharto — 1921–2008, Indonesian army officer and political leader: president 1967–98.
- 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).
- sororate — subsequent or concurrent marriage with a wife's sister.
- sortable — a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature: to develop a new sort of painting; nice people, of course, but not really our sort.
- sortance — suitableness
- soterial — relating to salvation
- stonerag — a type of lichen, Parmela saxatilis, which produces a brown dye
- storable — capable of being stored for considerable time without loss of freshness or usability.
- storeman — a man employed to look after a storeroom
- stratose — formed in strata or layers
- streator — a city in N Illinois.
- taborite — (in the 15th century) a member of the militant body of Hussites maintaining a strict literal interpretation of the Scriptures.
- tabouret — a low seat without back or arms, for one person; stool.
- taileron — an aileron located on the tailplane of an aircraft
- tailored — (of a woman's garment) in a simple or plain style with fitted lines. Compare dressmaker (def 2).
- take for — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- takeover — the act of seizing, appropriating, or arrogating authority, control, management, etc.
- tapadero — tapadera.
- tapeworm — any of various flat or tapelike worms of the class Cestoidea, lacking an alimentary canal, and parasitic when adult in the alimentary canal of humans and other vertebrates: the larval and adult stages are usually in different hosts.
- tattooer — the act or practice of marking the skin with indelible patterns, pictures, legends, etc., by making punctures in it and inserting pigments.