8-letter words containing s, t, a, n, u
- puissant — powerful; mighty; potent.
- puntsman — a man in charge of a river punt
- puritans — a member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England, demanding the simplification of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline: during part of the 17th century the Puritans became a powerful political party.
- pursuant — proceeding after; following (usually followed by to): Pursuant to his studies he took a job in an office.
- quantics — Plural form of quantic.
- quantise — Alternative spelling of quantize.
- questant — a person who quests
- quintals — Plural form of quintal.
- rasputin — Grigori Efimovich [gri-gawr-ee i-fee-muh-vich;; Russian gryi-gaw-ryee yi-fyee-muh-vyich] /grɪˈgɔr i ɪˈfi mə vɪtʃ;; Russian gryɪˈgɔ ryi yɪˈfyi mə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1871–1916, Siberian peasant monk who was very influential at the court of Czar Nicholas II and Czarina Alexandra.
- recusant — refusing to submit, comply, etc.
- run past — To run something past someone means the same as to run it by them.
- saturant — something that causes saturation.
- saturnic — having or affected with lead-poisoning
- sauteing — cooked or browned in a pan containing a small quantity of butter, oil, or other fat.
- sauterne — a semisweet white wine of California, commonly sold as a jug wine.
- seamount — a submarine mountain rising several hundred fathoms above the floor of the sea but having its summit well below the surface of the water.
- shantung — Shandong.
- shea nut — the seed of the shea tree and the source of shea butter.
- simulant — simulating; feigning; imitating.
- spumante — Italian. any sparkling wine.
- stand up — standing erect or upright, as a collar.
- stand-up — standing erect or upright, as a collar.
- standout — something or someone, as a person, performance, etc., remarkably superior to others: Evans was a standout in the mixed doubles.
- stannous — containing tin, especially in the bivalent state.
- staunton — a city in N Virginia.
- stunkard — sulky
- stunsail — studdingsail.
- stuntman — a man who substitutes for an actor in scenes requiring hazardous or acrobatic feats.
- subagent — a person whose duties as an agent are delegated to him or her by another agent.
- subplant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- subtaxon — a supplementary piece of identifying information in a plant's or animal's scientific name
- sudation — sweating; sweat
- suivante — a lady's maid or companion, particularly in 17th century France, who was elevated among other servants and served as a confidante and particular companion for her mistress
- sultanic — the sovereign of an Islamic country.
- sumatran — a large island in the W part of Indonesia. 164,147 sq. mi. (425,141 sq. km).
- sun bath — deliberate exposure of the body to the direct rays of the sun or a sunlamp.
- sun star — any starfish of the genus Solaster, inhabiting cold and temperate waters off both U.S. coasts.
- sunbathe — to take a sunbath.
- supinate — to turn to a supine position; rotate (the hand or foot) so that the palm or sole is upward.
- supplant — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
- tantalus — Classical Mythology. a Phrygian king who was condemned to remain in Tartarus, chin deep in water, with fruit-laden branches hanging above his head: whenever he tried to drink or eat, the water and fruit receded out of reach.
- tautness — tightly drawn; tense; not slack.
- thousand — a cardinal number, 10 times 100.
- titanous — containing trivalent titanium.
- transude — to pass or ooze through pores or interstices, as a fluid.
- transume — to make an official transcription of
- tsunamic — an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
- tungshan — Tongshan.
- tunguska — any of three tributaries of the Yenisei River in the central Russian Federation in Asia: the (Lower Tunguska) 2000 miles (3220 km) long; the (Upper Tunguska) or the lower course of the Angara, 1151 miles (1855 km) long; and the (Stony Tunguska) about 975 miles (1570 km) long.
- tunisian — a republic in N Africa, on the Mediterranean: a French protectorate until 1956. 48,330 sq. mi. (125,175 sq. km). Capital: Tunis.