8-letter words containing s, o, r, t, e
- 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.
- 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.
- thornset — set with thorns
- throstle — British (chiefly Literary) . the song thrush.
- timorese — of or relating to Timor.
- tiresome — causing or liable to cause a person to tire; wearisome: a tiresome job.
- to press — to be printed
- to spare — more than is required
- tongster — a tong member (a member of a Chinese secret society)
- topscore — to be the highest scorer in a sports match or competition
- topsider — a light canvas shoe
- tortoise — a turtle, especially a terrestrial turtle.
- torulose — (of something cylindrical) alternately swollen and pinched along its length
- trappose — relating to traprock
- 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.
- trolleys — trolley car.
- trollies — trolley car.
- trophesy — a condition caused by a disorder of the nerves relating to nutrition
- trotters — an animal that trots, especially a horse bred and trained for harness racing.
- troubles — your troubles are the things that you are worried about
- trousers — a leg of a pair of trousers.
- tuberose — a bulbous plant, Polianthes tuberosa, of the agave family, cultivated for its spike of fragrant, creamy-white, lily-like flowers.
- tuberous — characterized by the presence of rounded or wartlike prominences or tubers.
- turnsole — any of several plants regarded as turning with the movement of the sun.
- tutoress — a woman who is a tutor.
- tyrolese — of or relating to the Austrian state of Tyrol or its inhabitants
- 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;
- unsorted — a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature: to develop a new sort of painting; nice people, of course, but not really our sort.
- upstroke — an upward stroke, especially of a pen or pencil, or of a piston in a vertical cylinder.
- urostege — an underside plate on a serpent's tail
- urostyle — the fused vertebrae at the posterior end of the spinal column of some fishes and tailless amphibians.
- ventrous — adventurous
- vertisol — a clay-rich soil in which deep cracks form during the dry season.
- viatores — a wayfarer; traveler.
- vitreous — of the nature of or resembling glass, as in transparency, brittleness, hardness, glossiness, etc.: vitreous china.
- vortices — a plural of vortex.
- votaress — a woman who is a votary.
- votaries — a person who is bound by solemn religious vows, as a monk or a nun.
- westford — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- westport — a town in SW Connecticut.
- westwork — (in German Romanesque architecture) a monumental western front to a church, treated as a tower or towers containing an entrance and vestibule below and a chapel above.
- wordiest — Superlative form of wordy.
- worksite — a location used for work, especially construction or manual labor: industrial worksites; tobacco-free worksites.
- worsteds — Plural form of worsted.
- worstest — (nonstandard) Worst.
- worthies — Plural form of worthy.
- wrongest — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.