8-letter words containing s, e, r, i, a
- realised — to grasp or understand clearly.
- realises — to grasp or understand clearly.
- realisms — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- realties — real property or real estate.
- reassail — to assail (someone or something) again
- reassign — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
- reassist — to give support or aid to; help: Please assist him in moving the furniture.
- refrains — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- regalism — the principle that royalty have the highest power, esp when referring to church affairs
- regalist — a person who believes in or promotes regalism
- reinsman — a person who rides or drives horses, especially a skillful one, as a jockey or harness driver.
- repraise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- reprisal — (in warfare) retaliation against an enemy, for injuries received, by the infliction of equal or greater injuries.
- residual — pertaining to or constituting a residue or remainder; remaining; leftover.
- resinata — a type of white wine from Greece
- resinate — to treat with resin, as by impregnation.
- restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- rhodesia — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- rivaless — a female rival
- roadside — the side or border of the road; wayside.
- rosinate — a salt or acid occurring in resin
- ruisdael — Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˌyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1628?–82, Dutch painter.
- saarinen — Eero [air-oh] /ˈɛər oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1910–61, U.S. architect, born in Finland.
- sabatier — Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1854–1941, French chemist: Nobel prize 1912.
- sabotier — a wearer of sabots
- salaried — receiving a salary: a salaried employee.
- salering — an enclosed area for livestock at market
- salinger — J(erome) D(avid) 1971–2010, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- samphire — a European succulent plant, Crithmum maritimum, of the parsley family, having compound leaves and small, whitish flowers, growing in clefts of rock near the sea.
- sandiver — a whitish, saline scum formed on the surface of molten glass.
- sanglier — a closely woven fabric made of mohair or worsted, constructed in plain weave, and finished to simulate the coat of a boar.
- santeria — (sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- sapphire — any gem variety of corundum other than the ruby, especially one of the blue varieties.
- sapremia — blood poisoning caused by the toxins produced by bacterial putrefaction, as in gangrene.
- sarcinae — any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- satirise — to attack or ridicule with satire.
- satirize — to attack or ridicule with satire.
- savorier — pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell: a savory aroma.
- savories — pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell: a savory aroma.
- scaliger — Joseph Justus [juhs-tuh s] /ˈdʒʌs təs/ (Show IPA), 1540–1609, French scholar and critic.
- scariest — causing fright or alarm.
- scenario — an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- sea bird — a bird frequenting the sea or coast.
- sea fire — a bioluminescent glow produced by phosphorescent marine organisms.
- sea risk — Often, sea risks. the hazard of traveling or transporting by sea.
- sea-girt — surrounded by the sea.
- seatrain — a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- selictar — the sword-bearer of a chieftain
- semiarch — a half arch.
- semiarid — characterized by very little annual rainfall, usually from 10 to 20 inches (25 to 50 cm): the struggle to raise vegetables in semiarid regions.