8-letter words containing s, i, r, o
- strophic — Also, strophical. consisting of, pertaining to, or characterized by a strophe or strophes.
- sturnoid — of or relating to starlings
- subprior — a monk junior to a prior
- superior — higher in station, rank, degree, importance, etc.: a superior officer.
- survivor — a person or thing that survives.
- sutorial — relating to sewing or cobbling
- tailor's — a shop where clothes can be repaired or altered
- tarsioid — a fossil of the suborder Tarsioidea
- tenorist — a person who sings tenor.
- theories — a coherent group of tested general propositions, commonly regarded as correct, that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena: Einstein's theory of relativity. Synonyms: principle, law, doctrine.
- theorise — to form a theory or theories.
- theorist — a person who theorizes.
- thyrosis — any condition resulting from abnormal functioning of the thyroid gland.
- thyrsoid — having somewhat the form of a thyrsus.
- timorese — of or relating to Timor.
- timorous — full of fear; fearful: The noise made them timorous.
- tinworks — an establishment for the mining or processing of tin or for the making of tinware.
- tiraspol — a city in E Moldavia (Moldova), NW of Odessa.
- tiresome — causing or liable to cause a person to tire; wearisome: a tiresome job.
- tonsilar — of or relating to the tonsils
- topsider — a light canvas shoe
- tortious — of the nature of or pertaining to a tort.
- tortoise — a turtle, especially a terrestrial turtle.
- tourista — traveler's diarrhea, especially as experienced by some visitors to Latin America.
- touristy — pertaining to or characteristic of tourists: a touristy attitude.
- tournois — (of coins) minted in Tours, France: livre tournois.
- trisomic — having one chromosome in addition to the usual diploid number.
- tritonis — (in ancient geography) a mythical lake near the Mediterranean coast of Libya.
- troilism — sexual activity involving three people
- trollies — trolley car.
- turmoils — a state of great commotion, confusion, or disturbance; tumult; agitation; disquiet: mental turmoil caused by difficult decisions.
- tutorism — the office or duties of a tutor
- tyrosine — a crystalline amino acid, HOC 6 H 4 CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, abundant in ripe cheese, that acts as a precursor of norepinephrine and dopamine. Symbol: Y. Abbreviation: Tyr;
- unprison — to release from prison.
- ursiform — having the form of a bear; bear-shaped: the ursiform koala.
- urushiol — a toxic, liquid, catechol derivative, the active irritant principle in several species of the plant genus Rhus, as in poison ivy.
- usurious — practicing usury; charging illegal or exorbitant rates of interest for the use of money: a usurious moneylender.
- uxorious — doting upon, foolishly fond of, or affectionately submissive toward one's wife.
- 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.
- vaporise — to cause to change into vapor.
- vaporish — of the nature of or resembling vapor: a vaporish chiffon dress.
- varicose — abnormally or unusually enlarged or swollen: a varicose vein.
- varistor — a resistor whose resistance automatically varies in proportion to the voltage of the current through it.
- vasiform — having the form of a duct or tube.
- vertisol — a clay-rich soil in which deep cracks form during the dry season.
- viatores — a wayfarer; traveler.
- vigorish — a charge paid on a bet, as to a bookie.
- vigoroso — (a musical direction) vigorous or spirited in manner.
- vigorous — full of or characterized by vigor: a vigorous effort.
- vin rosé — rosé