7-letter words containing s, a, o, t
- atomise — to reduce to atoms.
- atomism — an ancient philosophical theory, developed by Democritus and expounded by Lucretius, that the ultimate constituents of the universe are atoms
- atomist — An adherent of atomism; one who believes matter is composed of elementary indivisible particles.
- atoners — Plural form of atoner.
- atonies — Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- atopies — Plural form of atopy.
- atropos — the one of the three Fates who severs the thread of life
- austro- — Austro- combines with adjectives indicating nationality to form adjectives which describe something connected with Austria and another country.
- authors — a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.
- autobus — a motor vehicle which can carry a large group of passengers
- autoist — motorist.
- autopsy — An autopsy is an examination of a dead body by a doctor who cuts it open in order to try to discover the cause of death.
- avocets — Plural form of avocet.
- azotise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of azotize.
- azotous — nitrous, containing nitrogen
- ballots — Plural form of ballot.
- barotse — a member of a Negroid people of central Africa living chiefly in SW Zambia
- barstow — a city in S California.
- basotho — a member of the subgroup of the Sotho people who chiefly inhabit Lesotho
- bastion — If a system or organization is described as a bastion of a particular way of life, it is seen as being important and effective in defending that way of life. Bastion can be used both when you think that this way of life should be ended and when you think it should be defended.
- bastrop — a city in N Louisiana.
- batboys — Plural form of batboy.
- bateson — William, 1861–1926, English biologist and geneticist.
- blasto- — (in biology) indicating an embryo or bud or the process of budding
- boasted — to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, especially about oneself.
- boaster — a chisel for boasting stone.
- bobstay — a strong stay between a bowsprit and the stem of a vessel for holding down the bowsprit
- bombast — Bombast is trying to impress people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.
- borstal — In Britain in the past, a borstal was a kind of prison for young criminals, who were not old enough to be sent to ordinary prisons.
- bradsot — braxy (def 1).
- cahoots — partnership; league (esp in the phrases go in cahoots with, go cahoot)
- cantons — Plural form of canton.
- cantors — Plural form of cantor.
- capotes — Plural form of capote.
- captors — Plural form of captor.
- carrots — Plural form of carrot.
- cartons — Plural form of carton.
- cast on — to form (the first row of stitches) in knitting and weaving
- castizo — (historical, under the caste system of colonial Latin America) The offspring of a European and a mestizo; someone of three quarters European and one quarter Amerindian ancestry.
- castock — a kale or cabbage stalk
- castoff — thrown away; discarded; abandoned
- castors — Plural form of castor.
- castory — the dye derived from beaver pelts
- cations — Plural form of cation.
- catouse — New England. a noisy disturbance; commotion.
- cavorts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cavort.
- co-star — An actor's or actress's co-stars are the other actors or actresses who also have one of the main parts in a particular film.
- coastal — Coastal is used to refer to things that are in the sea or on the land near a coast.
- coasted — Simple past tense and past participle of coast.
- coaster — A coaster is a small mat that you put underneath a glass or cup to protect the surface of a table.