8-letter words containing o, s, t, r, e
- koestler — Arthur, 1905–83, British novelist, critic, and journalist; born in Hungary.
- kurtoses — Plural form of kurtosis.
- leotards — A close-fitting one-piece garment, made of a stretchy fabric, which covers a person's body from the shoulders to the top of the thighs and typically the arms, worn by dancers or people exercising indoors.
- levators — Plural form of levator.
- literose — affectedly literary
- loathers — Plural form of loather.
- lobsters — Plural form of lobster.
- lodestar — a star that shows the way.
- looters' — spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- lorestan — Luristan.
- maestros — Plural form of maestro.
- marmoset — any of several small, squirrellike, South and Central American monkeys of the genera Callithrix, Leontocebus, etc., having soft fur and a long, nonprehensile tail: some species are endangered.
- masorete — one of the writers or compilers of the Masorah.
- memorist — a person who has a remarkably retentive memory.
- mesotron — (no longer in technical use) meson.
- misroute — Divert or direct to the wrong place or by the wrong route.
- miswrote — to trace or form (characters, letters, words, etc.) on the surface of some material, as with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means; inscribe: Write your name on the board.
- mobsters — Plural form of mobster.
- moisture — condensed or diffused liquid, especially water: moisture in the air.
- molester — to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- monstera — any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Monstera, of the arum family, especially M. deliciosa, having split or perforated leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- monsters — Plural form of monster.
- monstery — Resembling a monster.
- montrose — James Graham, Marquis of, 1612–50, Scottish supporter of Charles I.
- mordents — Plural form of mordent.
- mortised — a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- mortises — Plural form of mortise.
- mortsafe — a heavy iron cage or grille placed over the grave of a newly deceased person in order to deter body snatchers
- motorise — Alternative spelling of motorize.
- negators — Plural form of negator.
- netroots — Grassroots political activism on the internet, especially on blogs.
- networks — Plural form of network.
- neutrois — noting or relating to a person of neutral gender who also lacks a specific gender identity.
- neutrons — Plural form of neutron.
- northers — Plural form of norther.
- notaries — Plural form of notary.
- notarise — to certify (a document, contract, etc.) or cause to become certified through a notary public.
- obtrudes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obtrude.
- oersteds — Plural form of oersted.
- oestriol — a weak oestrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary: a synthetic form is used to treat oestrogen deficiency. Formula: C18H24O3
- oestrone — a weak oestrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary and having the same medical uses as oestradiol. Formula: C18H22O2
- oestrous — estrous.
- oldsters — Plural form of oldster.
- oleaster — an ornamental shrub or small tree, Elaeagnus angustifolia, of Eurasia, having fragrant yellow flowers and an olivelike fruit.
- one-star — of or being a brigadier general, as indicated by one star on an insignia.
- oneriest — Superlative form of onery.
- onsetter — a person who attacks
- onstream — Being produced.
- operants — Plural form of operant.
- operates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of operate.