8-letter words containing o, t, s
- rugosity — having wrinkles; wrinkled; ridged.
- rush out — exit in a hurry
- sabotage — any underhand interference with production, work, etc., in a plant, factory, etc., as by enemy agents during wartime or by employees during a trade dispute.
- saboteur — a person who commits or practices sabotage.
- sabotier — a wearer of sabots
- sack out — a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
- sailboat — a boat having sails as its principal means of propulsion.
- saint-lô — a department in NW France. 2476 sq. mi. (6413 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Lô.
- salmonet — a young salmon
- salt cod — salted and dried cod that is desalted by soaking before use.
- salt out — a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- salt-box — a box in which salt is kept.
- saltando — (of a performance with a stringed instrument) playing each note staccato by bouncing the bow on the strings.
- saltillo — a state in N Mexico. 58,067 sq. mi. (150,395 sq. km). Capital: Saltillo.
- saltwork — place where salt is refined
- saltwort — any of various plants of sea beaches, salt marshes, and alkaline regions, especially belonging to the genus Salsola, of the amaranth family, as S. kali, a bushy plant having prickly leaves, or belonging to the genus Salicornia.
- sanatory — favorable for health; curative; healing.
- sanction — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sand-lot — a vacant lot used by youngsters for games or sports.
- sandwort — any plant belonging to the genus Arenaria, of the pink family, having narrow leaves and clusters of usually white flowers, many of which grow in sandy soil.
- santalol — a liquid from sandalwood used in making perfume
- santiago — a republic in SW South America, on the Pacific Coast. 286,396 sq. mi. (741,765 sq. km). Capital: Santiago.
- santonin — a crystalline compound, C 1 5 H 1 8 O 3 , the active principle of santonica.
- santorin — Thera.
- sao tome — Democratic Republic of, a republic in W Africa, comprising the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, in the Gulf of Guinea, N of the equator: a former overseas province of Portugal; gained independence in 1975. 372 sq. mi. (964 sq. km). Capital: São Tomé.
- saponite — a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- sarasota — a city in W Florida.
- saratoga — a city in W California.
- sarodist — a person who plays the sarod
- satinpod — either of two European plants belonging to the genus Lunaria, of the mustard family, L. annua or L. rediviva, cultivated for their shiny flowers and large, round, flat, satiny pods.
- saucepot — a cooking pot having a handle on each side and a close-fitting lid, used especially for stewing and simmering.
- saw-wort — a perennial Old World plant, Serratula tinctoria, having serrated leaves that yield a yellow dye: family Asteraceae (composites)
- sawtooth — one of the cutting teeth of a saw.
- saxonite — any peridotite rock composed mainly of olivine and orthopyroxene
- schizont — (in the asexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) a cell developed from a trophozoite, which undergoes multiple fission to form merozoites.
- sciolist — superficial knowledge.
- scolytid — any of various dark-coloured cylinder-shaped beetles, including the bark and ambrosia beetles
- scooting — to go swiftly or hastily; dart.
- scordato — out of tune
- scotched — scutch (defs 2, 4).
- scotland — a division of the United Kingdom in the N part of Great Britain. 30,412 sq. mi. (78,772 sq. km). Capital: Edinburgh.
- scotopia — vision in dim light (opposed to photopia).
- scotopic — vision in dim light (opposed to photopia).
- scotsman — a person, especially a man, who is a native or inhabitant of Scotland; Scot.
- scotties — Scottish terrier.
- scottish — Also, Scots. of or relating to Scotland, its people, or their language.
- scouther — to scorch or singe
- scouting — a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- scranton — William Warren, 1917–2011, U.S. politician.
- scrootch — to crouch, squeeze, or huddle (usually followed by down, in, or up).