8-letter words containing o, t, s
- boothose — a protective stocking or boot liner fashionable in the 17th century
- bootlast — a foot-shaped piece of wood or metal inserted into a boot or shoe to help it keep its shape
- bootless — of little or no use; vain; fruitless
- bostangi — a Turkish imperial guard
- bosthoon — a boor
- botanist — A botanist is a scientist who studies plants.
- botryose — Mineralogy. botryoidal.
- botrytis — any of a group of fungi of the genus Botrytis, several of which cause plant diseases
- botsares — Markos [Greek mahr-kaws] /Greek ˈmɑr kɔs/ (Show IPA), Bozzaris, Marco.
- botswana — a republic in southern Africa: established as the British protectorate of Bechuanaland in 1885 as a defence against the Boers; became an independent state within the Commonwealth in 1966; consists mostly of a plateau averaging 1000 m (3300 ft), with the extensive Okavango swamps in the northwest and the Kalahari Desert in the southwest. Languages: English and Tswana. Religion: animist majority. Currency: pula. Capital: Gaborone. Pop: 2 127 825 (2013 est). Area: about 570 000 sq km (220 000 sq miles)
- botulism — Botulism is a serious form of food poisoning.
- bowsprit — a spar projecting from the bow of a vessel, esp a sailing vessel, used to carry the headstay as far forward as possible
- box seat — a seat in a theatre box
- box step — a basic step in ballroom dancing, in which the feet move in the form of a rectangle
- bristols — a woman's breasts
- broadest — of great breadth: The river was too broad to swim across.
- brownist — a person who supported the principles of church government advocated by Robert Browne and adopted in modified form by the Independents or Congregationalists
- buckshot — Buckshot consists of pieces of lead fired from a gun when hunting animals.
- bullshot — a cocktail of vodka and beef stock
- burstone — any of various siliceous rocks used for millstones.
- bus stop — A bus stop is a place on a road where buses stop to let passengers on and off.
- bush lot — a tract of timberland
- bushgoat — a S African antelope
- bust out — escape from somewhere
- buttocks — the two large fleshy masses of thick muscular tissue that form the human rump
- butyrous — resembling butter; butyraceous
- cabestro — a halter made from horsehair
- cafestol — A diterpene molecule present in coffee.
- callisto — a nymph who attracted the love of Zeus and was changed into a bear by Hera. Zeus then set her in the sky as the constellation Ursa Major
- calorist — a believer in caloric theory
- caltrops — Plural form of caltrop.
- campshot — a facing of planks and piles placed along the bank of a river to prevent erosion.
- camstone — a limestone used for whitening stone doorsteps and hearths
- canoeist — A canoeist is someone who is skilled at racing and performing tests of skill in a canoe.
- canonist — a specialist in canon law
- cantoris — (in antiphonal music) to be sung by the cantorial side of a choir
- capitols — Plural form of capitol.
- capstone — one of a set of slabs on the top of a wall, building, etc
- captions — Plural form of caption.
- captious — apt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping
- carotids — Plural form of carotid.
- carports — Plural form of carport.
- cartoons — Plural form of cartoon.
- case out — an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case.
- cash out — cash in1 (sense 1)
- cash-out — Also, cashout. a direct cash payment or a cash profit or remainder: The store owner lived on a cash-out of fifty dollars a day.
- cast off — If you cast off something, you get rid of it because it is no longer necessary or useful to you, or because it is harmful to you.
- cast out — To cast out something or someone means to get rid of them because you do not like or need them, or do not want to take responsibility for them.
- cast-off — to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice.
- castagno — Andrea del [ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), (Andrea di Bartolo di Bargilla) c1423–57, Florentine painter.