8-letter words containing s, o, f, t, a
- goatfish — any tropical and subtropical marine fish of the family Mullidae, having a pair of long barbels below the mouth.
- haylofts — Plural form of hayloft.
- holdfast — something used to hold or secure a thing in place; a catch, hook, clamp, etc.
- isograft — syngraft.
- lockfast — (Scottish) Fastened or secured with a lock.
- loftsman — a person who prepares molds and patterns.
- mortsafe — a heavy iron cage or grille placed over the grave of a newly deceased person in order to deter body snatchers
- offstage — off the stage or in the wings; away from the view of the audience (opposed to onstage).
- outfalls — Plural form of outfall.
- outfeast — to exceed in feasting
- outflash — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- overfast — too fast
- parts of — an area in E England constituting a former administrative division of Lincolnshire
- postface — any statement or information at the end of a text, the opposite of a preface
- seafront — an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- soft hat — a hat made from soft rather than stiff and structured materials
- softback — paperback book
- softball — a form of baseball played on a smaller diamond with a ball that is larger and softer than a baseball.
- softhead — a half-witted or silly person
- software — Computers. the programs used to direct the operation of a computer, as well as documentation giving instructions on how to use them. Compare hardware (def 5).
- stafford — Jean, 1915–79, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- stamford — a city in SW Connecticut.
- standoff — a standing off or apart; aloofness.
- stanford — (Amasa) Leland, 1824–93, U.S. railroad developer, politician, and philanthropist: governor of California 1861–63; senator 1885–93.
- surfboat — a strong, buoyant rowboat with high ends, adapted for beaching and passing through surf.
- toadfish — any of several thick-headed, wide-mouthed fishes of the family Batrachoididae, as Opsanus tau (oyster toadfish) ranging along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.