8-letter words containing r, e, s, t
- 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.
- stompers — stamp (defs 1–3).
- stonerag — a type of lichen, Parmela saxatilis, which produces a brown dye
- stopover — a brief stop in the course of a journey, as to eat, sleep, or visit friends.
- storable — capable of being stored for considerable time without loss of freshness or usability.
- store up — save, keep in reserve
- storeman — a man employed to look after a storeroom
- storeyed — having stories or floors (often used in combination): a two-storied house.
- strabane — a district of W Northern Ireland, in Co Tyrone. Pop: 38 565 (2003 est). Area: 862 sq km (333 sq miles)
- strachey — (Giles) Lytton [jahylz lit-n] /dʒaɪlz ˈlɪt n/ (Show IPA), 1880–1932, English biographer and literary critic.
- straddle — to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart; stand or sit astride.
- straggle — to stray from the road, course, or line of march.
- 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.
- stranded — composed of a specified number or kind of strands (usually used in combination): a five-stranded rope.
- strander — a person who strands
- stranger — French L'Étranger. a novel (1942) by Albert Camus.
- strangle — to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord.
- strapped — needy; wanting: The company is rather strapped for funds.
- strapper — a person or thing that straps.
- strategy — Also, strategics. the science or art of combining and employing the means of war in planning and directing large military movements and operations.
- stratose — formed in strata or layers
- stravage — Scot., Irish, and North England. to wander aimlessly.
- streaker — a long, narrow mark, smear, band of color, or the like: streaks of mud.
- streamer — something that streams: streamers of flame.
- streator — a city in N Illinois.
- streeker — to stretch (one's limbs), as on awakening or by exercise.
- streeter — a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- strelitz — a Russian soldier armed with firearms in the 16th and 17th centuries
- strength — the quality or state of being strong; bodily or muscular power; vigor.
- strepent — noisy
- strepper — streptococcus.
- strepto- — indicating a shape resembling a twisted chain
- stressed — importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
- stresses — importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
- stressor — an activity, event, or other stimulus that causes stress.
- stretchy — having a tendency to stretch, especially excessively or unduly.
- streusel — a topping for coffeecake, consisting of crumbs of blended sugar, cinnamon, flour, butter, and chopped nutmeats.
- strewage — strewn or discarded items
- striated — striated.
- stricken — a past participle of strike.
- strickle — a straightedge used for sweeping off heaped-up grain to the level of the rim of a measure.
- stricter — characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles: a strict observance of rituals.
- strident — making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking: strident insects; strident hinges.
- strigate — (of animals) streaked with different colours
- strigine — of or like an owl
- strigose — Botany. set with stiff bristles of hairs; hispid.
- strimmer — A Strimmer is an electric tool used for cutting long grass or grass at the edge of a lawn. It cuts the grass with a piece of plastic cord which goes round very fast.
- stringed — fitted with strings (often used in combination): a five-stringed banjo.