8-letter words containing s, e, t, r
- centaurs — Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- centries — Plural form of centry.
- centrism — (especially in continental Europe) a member of a political party of the Center; moderate.
- centrist — Centrist policies and parties are moderate rather than extreme.
- cepstrum — (mathematics) The Fourier transform of the logarithm of a spectrum; used especially in voice analysis.
- ceramist — a person who works in ceramics; ceramic artist
- cerastes — any venomous snake of the genus Cerastes, esp the horned viper
- cerritos — city in SW Calif.: suburb of Los Angeles: pop. 51,000
- chanters — Plural form of chanter.
- chapters — Plural form of chapter.
- chariest — Superlative form of chary.
- charoset — a dish of chopped fruit, nuts, and wine eaten at Passover, representing the mortar that Jewish slaves used to build parts of Egypt
- charters — Plural form of charter.
- chartres — a city in NW France: Gothic cathedral; market town. Pop: 41 588 (2006)
- chatters — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chatter.
- cheaters — eyeglasses, esp. dark glasses
- cheroots — Plural form of cheroot.
- chertsey — a town in S England, in N Surrey on the River Thames. Pop: 10 323 (2001)
- chestier — Comparative form of chesty.
- chortles — Plural form of chortle.
- christen — When a baby is christened, he or she is given a name during the Christian ceremony of baptism. Compare baptize.
- christer — a Christian, esp. one actively engaged in proselytizing or evangelizing
- christie — Dame Agatha (Mary Clarissa). 1890–1976, British author of detective stories, many featuring Hercule Poirot, and several plays, including The Mousetrap (1952)
- chubster — An overweight person.
- chunters — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chunter.
- circlets — Plural form of circlet.
- cisterna — a sac or partially closed space containing body fluid, esp lymph or cerebrospinal fluid
- cisterns — Plural form of cistern.
- citrates — Plural form of citrate.
- citreous — of a greenish-yellow colour; citron
- citrines — Plural form of citrine.
- citruses — Plural form of citrus.
- citterns — Plural form of cittern.
- clatters — Plural form of clatter.
- clearest — free from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness; light: a clear day.
- cloister — A cloister is a covered area round a square in a monastery or a cathedral.
- clotures — Plural form of cloture.
- clusters — Plural form of cluster.
- clustery — Growing in, or full of, clusters; like clusters.
- clysters — Plural form of clyster.
- coarsest — composed of relatively large parts or particles: The beach had rough, coarse sand.
- coasters — Plural form of coaster.
- coistrel — a knave
- concerts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of concert.
- construe — If something is construed in a particular way, its nature or meaning is interpreted in that way.
- converts — Plural form of convert.
- corniest — pertaining to or affected with corns of the feet.
- coronets — Plural form of coronet.
- corrects — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of correct.
- corselet — a piece of armour for the top part of the body