8-letter words containing s, e, c, t
- precepts — a commandment or direction given as a rule of action or conduct.
- prescott — Samuel, 1751–77, U.S. patriot during the American Revolution: rode with Paul Revere and William Dawes to warn Colonists that British troops were marching from Boston, April 18, 1775.
- prospect — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
- quickest — done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
- quickset — a plant or cutting, especially of hawthorn, set to grow, as in a hedge.
- racquets — Plural form of racquet.
- reascent — a further ascent
- receipts — a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- rectitis — an inflammation of the rectum
- recusant — refusing to submit, comply, etc.
- refracts — to subject to refraction.
- rescript — a written answer, as of a Roman emperor or a pope, to a query or petition in writing.
- resculpt — to sculpt again
- reselect — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- resketch — to sketch again
- respects — a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in): to differ in some respect.
- restitch — 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.
- restrict — to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
- restruck — a coin freshly minted from dies of an earlier issue.
- rose-cut — (of a gemstone) cut with a hemispherical faceted crown and a flat base
- ruckseat — a seat fixed to or forming part of a rucksack
- sacheted — contained in a sachet
- sarcenet — a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- saucepot — a cooking pot having a handle on each side and a close-fitting lid, used especially for stewing and simmering.
- scandent — climbing, as a plant.
- scantest — barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate: to do scant justice.
- scanties — women's underwear
- scarcest — insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant: Meat and butter were scarce during the war.
- scariest — causing fright or alarm.
- scattery — characterized by scattering or dispersion
- scawtite — a hydrated carbonate and silicate of calcium, Ca7Si6(CO3)O18·2H2O
- scentful — full of scent or odour; fragrant
- scenting — a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable: the scent of roses.
- sceptral — of, resembling, or relating to a sceptre
- sceptred — to give a scepter to; invest with authority.
- schantze — a pile of stones heaped to shelter soldiers from gunfire
- schemata — a diagram, plan, or scheme. Synonyms: outline, framework, model.
- schmatte — an old ragged garment; tattered article of clothing.
- schubert — Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1797–1828, Austrian composer.
- schuster — Leon. born 1951, South African comedian and film maker. His films include You Must Be Joking (1986) and Mr Bones (2001)
- sci-tech — combining scientific and technical features: sci-tech culture.
- scienter — a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt: The court found that the company had the requisite scienter for securities fraud.
- scilicet — to wit; namely.
- scituate — a town in E Massachusetts.
- sclerite — any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- scotched — scutch (defs 2, 4).
- scotties — Scottish terrier.
- scouther — to scorch or singe
- scramjet — a ramjet engine in which the flow through the combustor itself is supersonic.
- scrattle — to scratch