8-letter words containing s, e, t, c, r
- security — freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety.
- seductor — a person, usually a man, who seduces
- selector — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- selictar — the sword-bearer of a chieftain
- sericate — sericeous; silky.
- sericite — a fine-grained variety of muscovite produced by the alteration of feldspar.
- sesterce — a silver coin of ancient Rome, the quarter of a denarius, equal to 2½ asses: introduced in the 3rd century b.c.
- setscrew — a screw passing through a threaded hole in a part to tighten the contact of that part with another, as of a collar with the shaft on which it fits.
- sketcher — a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, especially a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details.
- snatcher — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- socrates — 469?–399 b.c, Athenian philosopher.
- softcore — of, relating to, or containing sexually arousing depictions that are not fully explicit: soft-core pornography. Compare hard-core (def 2).
- sortance — suitableness
- spectral — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- spectrin — a rodlike structural protein of the red blood cell membrane.
- spectro- — indicating a spectrum
- spectrum — ZX Spectrum
- spitcher — the end or finish
- sprocket — Machinery. Also called chainwheel, sprocket wheel. a toothed wheel engaging with a conveyor or power chain. one tooth of such a wheel.
- stancher — staunch2 .
- starched — a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 1 0 O 5) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
- sterical — of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- stickler — a person who insists on something unyieldingly (usually followed by for): a stickler for ceremony.
- 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.
- strachey — (Giles) Lytton [jahylz lit-n] /dʒaɪlz ˈlɪt n/ (Show IPA), 1880–1932, English biographer and literary critic.
- stretchy — having a tendency to stretch, especially excessively or unduly.
- 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.
- suberect — not quite erect
- 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.
- te score — Tertiary Entrance score: a score based on a pupil's performance in secondary school that determines his or her prospects of gaining entrance to tertiary educational institutions
- terraces — unroofed tiers around a football pitch on which the spectators stand
- thoraces — Anatomy. the part of the trunk in humans and higher vertebrates between the neck and the abdomen, containing the cavity, enclosed by the ribs, sternum, and certain vertebrae, in which the heart, lungs, etc., are situated; chest.
- topscore — to be the highest scorer in a sports match or competition
- trackies — loose-fitting trousers with elasticated cuffs, designed to be worn as part of a tracksuit
- transect — to cut across; dissect transversely.
- trenches — Fortification. a long, narrow excavation in the ground, the earth from which is thrown up in front to serve as a shelter from enemy fire or attack.
- trisemic — relating to a triseme
- troches' — a small tablet or lozenge, usually a circular one, made of medicinal substance worked into a paste with sugar and mucilage or the like, and dried.
- unsecret — not secret
- veristic — the theory that rigid representation of truth and reality is essential to art and literature, and therefore the ugly and vulgar must be included.
- vertices — a plural of vertex.
- victress — a woman who is victorious.
- vortices — a plural of vortex.
- watchers — Plural form of watcher.
- wretches — Plural form of wretch.
- yachters — Plural form of yachter.