8-letter words containing s, e, r, i, a
- spirated — twisted in a spiral
- sprained — (of a joint) having been injured by a sudden twisting or wrenching of its ligaments
- squailer — a stick that has been specially weighted to use as a missile for throwing at something
- squirage — squires considered as a whole group
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- striated — striated.
- strigate — (of animals) streaked with different colours
- sumerian — of or relating to Sumer, its people, or their language.
- suricate — a small, burrowing South African carnivore, Suricata suricatta, of a grayish color with dark bands across the back, related to the mongooses and having social behavior similar to that of prairie dogs.
- suriname — a republic on the NE coast of South America: formerly a territory of the Netherlands; gained independence 1975. 60,230 sq. mi. (155,995 sq. km). Capital: Paramaribo.
- suzerain — a sovereign or a state exercising political control over a dependent state.
- svizzera — Italian name of Switzerland.
- swear in — to make a solemn declaration or affirmation by some sacred being or object, as a deity or the Bible.
- swimwear — clothing designed to be worn for swimming or at a beach.
- sybarite — (usually lowercase) a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.
- tarsiped — a generic term for marsupials of the genus Tarsipes
- teratism — love or worship of the monstrous.
- teresian — a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- teresina — a state in NE Brazil. 96,860 sq. mi. (250,870 sq. km). Capital: Teresina.
- tiberias — Lake. Galilee, Sea of.
- tiresias — a blind prophet, usually said to have been blinded because he saw Athena bathing, and then to have been awarded the gift of prophecy as a consolation for his blindness.
- trackies — loose-fitting trousers with elasticated cuffs, designed to be worn as part of a tracksuit
- trainers — shoes that people wear, especially for running and other sports
- transire — a document allowing goods to pass through customs
- transkei — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa on the Indian Ocean: granted independence in 1976 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 16,910 sq. mi. (43,798 sq. km). Capital: Umtata.
- treatise — a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
- triphase — operating in three phases
- tristate — pertaining to a territory made up of three adjoining states: a tristate league.
- tristeza — a disease of certain citrus trees, characterized by yellowed leaves, wilting, and root destruction, caused by a virus.
- unarisen — not having risen
- unpraise — to withhold praise from
- unraised — fashioned or made as a surface design in relief.
- upraised — If your hand or an object is upraised, you are holding it up in the air.
- urbanise — to make or cause to become urban, as a locality.
- vagaries — an unpredictable or erratic action, occurrence, course, or instance: the vagaries of weather; the vagaries of the economic scene.
- valorise — to provide for the maintaining of the value or price of (a commercial commodity) by a government's purchasing the commodity at the fixed price or by its making special loans to the producers.
- vampires — a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night.
- vaporise — to cause to change into vapor.
- varicose — abnormally or unusually enlarged or swollen: a varicose vein.
- versiera — witch of Agnesi.
- vespiary — a nest of social wasps.
- vestiary — of or relating to garments or vestments.
- viatores — a wayfarer; traveler.
- vicaress — a rank of nun