8-letter words containing s, t, a, u, r
- pushcart — any of various types of wheeled light cart to be pushed by hand, as one used by street vendors.
- pustular — of, relating to, or of the nature of pustules.
- quadrats — Plural form of quadrat.
- quaestor — one of two subordinates of the consuls serving as public prosecutors in certain criminal cases.
- quarters — one of the four equal or equivalent parts into which anything is or may be divided: a quarter of an apple; a quarter of a book.
- quartets — Plural form of quartet.
- quartzes — one of the commonest minerals, silicon dioxide, SiO 2 , having many varieties that differ in color, luster, etc., and occurring either in masses (as agate, bloodstone, chalcedony, jasper, etc.) or in crystals (as rock crystal, amethyst, citrine, etc.): the chief constituent of sand and sandstone, and an important constituent of many other rocks. It is piezoelectric and used to control the frequencies of radio transmitters.
- racquets — Plural form of racquet.
- radiatus — (of a cloud) having bands that appear to converge toward a point on the horizon.
- raptures — expressions of ecstatic joy
- 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.
- rathouse — a psychiatric hospital or asylum
- readjust — to adjust again or anew; rearrange.
- recusant — refusing to submit, comply, etc.
- resalute — to salute or greet again
- rosulate — forming a rosette or rosettes.
- ruckseat — a seat fixed to or forming part of a rucksack
- run past — To run something past someone means the same as to run it by them.
- ruralist — one who leads or advocates a rural life
- rush mat — a small piece of material made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus), which is put on the ground or floor for protection, decoration, or comfort
- rustable — liable to rust
- rustical — of, relating to, or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural.
- saboteur — a person who commits or practices sabotage.
- salutary — favorable to or promoting health; healthful.
- sarraute — Nathalie [na-ta-lee] /na taˈli/ (Show IPA), (Nathalie Ilyanova Tcherniak) 1900–1999, French novelist, born in Russia.
- sastruga — Usually, sastrugi. ridges of snow formed on a snowfield by the action of the wind.
- sastrugi — Usually, sastrugi. ridges of snow formed on a snowfield by the action of the wind.
- saturant — something that causes saturation.
- saturate — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
- saturday — the seventh day of the week, following Friday.
- saturnic — having or affected with lead-poisoning
- sauterne — a semisweet white wine of California, commonly sold as a jug wine.
- serratus — any of various muscles in the thorax, which produce the appearance of a serrated border by their arrangement
- squatter — the act or fact of squatting.
- star cut — a gem cut having a hexagonal table surrounded by six facets in the form of equilateral triangles.
- stardust — (not in technical use) a mass of distant stars appearing as tiny particles of dust.
- start up — the act or fact of starting something; a setting in motion.
- start-up — the act or fact of starting something; a setting in motion.
- startful — tending to make sudden small involuntary movements of the body from fright or nerves, etc
- statuary — statues collectively.
- statured — of or having a stature of a certain kind (usually used in combination): the short-statured inhabitants of the Malay Peninsula.
- statures — the height of a human or animal body.
- staumrel — stupid; half-witted.
- stipular — of or like a stipule or stipules
- stratous — of or relating to stratus
- straucht — straight
- striatum — a striped mass of white and grey matter in the brain which controls movement and balance
- stunkard — sulky
- stuprate — to ravish or rape
- suberate — a salt of suberic acid