8-letter words containing r, e, i, t, s
- signoret — Simone (simɔ̃), original name Simone Kaminker. 1921–85, French stage and film actress, whose films include La Ronde (1950), Casque d'Or (1952), Room at the Top (1958), and Ship of Fools (1965): married the actor and singer Yves Montand (1921–91)
- sinister — threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous: a sinister remark.
- sirvente — a medieval poem or song of heroic or satirical character, as composed by a troubadour.
- sisterly — of, like, or befitting a sister: sisterly affection.
- sit over — to be seated in an advantageous position on the left of (the player)
- sitkamer — a sitting room; lounge
- skittery — skittish.
- skywrite — to engage in skywriting.
- slaister — a sloppy mess
- slithery — to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise: The box slithered down the chute.
- sluttier — of, resembling, or characteristic of a slut: slutty behavior.
- smithery — the work, craft, or workshop of a smith.
- sobriety — the state or quality of being sober.
- sorptive — the state or process of being sorbed.
- sorriest — feeling regret, compunction, sympathy, pity, etc.: to be sorry to leave one's friends; to be sorry for a remark; to be sorry for someone in trouble.
- soterial — relating to salvation
- spectrin — a rodlike structural protein of the red blood cell membrane.
- spinster — Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
- spirated — twisted in a spiral
- spirelet — a small spire, as on a turret.
- spirited — pertaining to something that works by burning alcoholic spirits: a spirit stove.
- spitcher — the end or finish
- spitfire — a person, especially a girl or woman, who is of fiery temper and easily provoked to outbursts.
- splinter — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- splitter — a person or thing that splits.
- sportive — playful or frolicsome; jesting, jocose, or merry: a sportive puppy.
- sprinted — to race or move at full speed, especially for a short distance, as in running, rowing, etc.
- sprinter — to race or move at full speed, especially for a short distance, as in running, rowing, etc.
- spritzer — a tall drink made with chilled wine and soda.
- squirted — to eject liquid in a jet from a narrow orifice: The hose squirted all over us.
- squirter — to eject liquid in a jet from a narrow orifice: The hose squirted all over us.
- starlike — of the shape of or like a star.
- stearine — Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 1 8 H 3 5 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- steelier — consisting or made of steel.
- steering — Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip: He got a good steer about finding the right job.
- sterical — of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- sterigma — a small stalk that bears a sporangium, a conidium, or especially a basidiospore.
- sterling — of, relating to, or noting British money: The sterling equivalent is #5.50.
- sternite — a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
- steroids — any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- stibbler — a preacher who is awaiting a permanent ministerial position
- stickler — a person who insists on something unyieldingly (usually followed by for): a stickler for ceremony.
- stinkier — foul smelling; stinking.
- stirless — lacking movement, not stirring
- stitcher — one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
- strained — affected or produced by effort; not natural or spontaneous; forced: strained hospitality.
- strainer — a person or thing that strains.
- straiten — to put into difficulties, especially financial ones: His obligations had straitened him.
- strelitz — a Russian soldier armed with firearms in the 16th and 17th centuries
- striated — striated.