8-letter words containing o, s, t, r, a
- stoppard — Tom (Thomas Straussler) born 1937, British playwright, born in the Czech Republic.
- storable — capable of being stored for considerable time without loss of freshness or usability.
- storeman — a man employed to look after a storeroom
- stradiot — a soldier, usually of Greek or Albanian origin, who fought on horseback for the Venetian republic in the 15th and 16th centuries
- stratose — formed in strata or layers
- stratous — of or relating to stratus
- stratton — Charles Sherwood ("General Tom Thumb") 1838–83, U.S. midget who performed in the circus of P. T. Barnum.
- strawson — Sir Peter (Frederick). 1919–2006, British philosopher. His early work deals with the relationship between language and logic, his later work with metaphysics. His books include The Bounds of Sense (1966) and Freedom and Resentment (1974)
- streator — a city in N Illinois.
- strobila — the body of a tapeworm exclusive of the head and neck region. Compare scolex.
- stromata — Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- 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.
- sudatory — pertaining to or causing sweating.
- surfboat — a strong, buoyant rowboat with high ends, adapted for beaching and passing through surf.
- sutorial — relating to sewing or cobbling
- tailor's — a shop where clothes can be repaired or altered
- tarboosh — a tasseled cap of cloth or felt, usually red, that is worn by Muslim men either by itself or as the inner part of the turban.
- tarsioid — a fossil of the suborder Tarsioidea
- taskwork — work assigned or imposed as a task.
- tea rose — any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- tea-rose — any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- testator — a person who makes a will.
- thoraces — Anatomy. the part of the trunk in humans and higher vertebrates between the neck and the abdomen, containing the cavity, enclosed by the ribs, sternum, and certain vertebrae, in which the heart, lungs, etc., are situated; chest.
- tiraspol — a city in E Moldavia (Moldova), NW of Odessa.
- to arms! — arm yourselves!
- to spare — more than is required
- toadrush — an annual rush growing in damp lowlands
- tonsilar — of or relating to the tonsils
- torshavn — the capital of the Faeroe Islands, on the S tip of Streymoy Island.
- tourista — traveler's diarrhea, especially as experienced by some visitors to Latin America.
- trappose — relating to traprock
- two-star — of or being a major general, as indicated by two stars on an insignia.
- varistor — a resistor whose resistance automatically varies in proportion to the voltage of the current through it.
- viatores — a wayfarer; traveler.
- virtuosa — a female virtuoso; a woman with exceptional talent or skill, especially in music.
- votaress — a woman who is a votary.
- votaries — a person who is bound by solemn religious vows, as a monk or a nun.
- votarist — a person who is bound by solemn religious vows, as a monk or a nun.
- waitrons — Plural form of waitron.
- warthogs — Plural form of warthog.
- wormcast — A small pile of sand or soil, the end product of the breakdown of organic matter by an earthworm.