8-letter words containing s, t, a, y
- stay out — to spend some time in a place, in a situation, with a person or group, etc.: He stayed in the army for ten years.
- stay put — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- stayaway — a nonviolent strike by workers
- staybolt — a long rod with threaded ends, used as a stay for a boiler, tank, etc.
- stayless — not able to be stopped or stayed; constantly moving
- staysail — any sail set on a stay, as a triangular sail between two masts.
- steadily — firmly placed or fixed; stable in position or equilibrium: a steady ladder.
- stealthy — done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive: stealthy footsteps.
- steinway — Henry Engelhard [eng-guh l-hahrd,, -hahrt] /ˈɛŋ gəlˌhɑrd,, -ˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), (Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg) 1797–1871, U.S. piano manufacturer, born in Germany.
- sternway — Nautical. the movement of a vessel backward, or stern foremost.
- stilyaga — (formerly, in the Soviet Union) a person, usually young, who adopted the unconventional manner and dress of some Western youth groups, as rockers or punk-rock fans.
- stingray — any of the rays, especially of the family Dasyatidae, having a long, flexible tail armed near the base with a strong, serrated bony spine with which they can inflict painful wounds.
- stomachy — paunchy; having a prominent stomach.
- stowaway — a person who hides aboard a ship or airplane in order to obtain free transportation or elude pursuers.
- strachey — (Giles) Lytton [jahylz lit-n] /dʒaɪlz ˈlɪt n/ (Show IPA), 1880–1932, English biographer and literary critic.
- straggly — straggling; rambling.
- straitly — Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- strategy — Also, strategics. the science or art of combining and employing the means of war in planning and directing large military movements and operations.
- stratify — to form or place in strata or layers.
- straying — to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road.
- sudatory — pertaining to or causing sweating.
- suitably — such as to suit; appropriate; fitting; becoming.
- sybarite — (usually lowercase) a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.
- sylvatic — sylvan.
- symantec — (company) Software manufacturer of utility and development applications for Windows and Macintosh platforms. Products include ACT!, Norton Utilities, Norton AntiVirus, Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh, Symantec Cafe.
- symbmath — (mathematics, tool) A small symbolic mathematics package for MS-DOS which can learn new facts.
- sympathy — harmony of or agreement in feeling, as between persons or on the part of one person with respect to another.
- sympatry — the occurrence of sympatric organisms
- symplast — the continuous system of protoplasts, linked by plasmodesmata and bounded by the cell wall
- synanthy — an abnormal fusion of two or more flowers
- synaptic — Also called syndesis. Cell Biology. the pairing of homologous chromosomes, one from each parent, during early meiosis.
- synastry — the comparison of two or more natal charts in order to analyze or forecast the interaction of the individuals involved.
- syncytia — a multinucleate mass of cytoplasm that is not separated into cells.
- syngraft — a tissue or organ transplanted from one member of a species to another, genetically identical member of the species, as a kidney transplanted from one identical twin to the other.
- syntagma — an element that enters into a syntagmatic relationship.
- syntaxes — Linguistics. the study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language. the study of the patterns of formation of sentences and phrases from words. the rules or patterns so studied: English syntax. a presentation of these: a syntax of English. an instance of these: the syntax of a sentence.
- synthase — an enzyme that catalyses a process of synthesis
- syssitia — (in ancient Greece) a communal meal for youths and men
- tanistry — the system among various Celtic tribes of choosing a tanist.
- tapestry — a fabric consisting of a warp upon which colored threads are woven by hand to produce a design, often pictorial, used for wall hangings, furniture coverings, etc.
- tea cosy — A tea cosy is a soft knitted or fabric cover which you put over a teapot in order to keep the tea hot.
- the yeas — the votes in favour of something
- thessaly — a region in E Greece: a former division of ancient Greece. 5208 sq. mi. (14,490 sq. km).
- thisaway — this way; in this direction.
- thursday — the fifth day of the week, following Wednesday. Abbreviation: Th., Thur., Thurs.
- toadyism — an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- travesty — a grotesque or debased likeness or imitation: a travesty of justice.
- treasury — a place where the funds of the government, of a corporation, or the like are deposited, kept, and disbursed.
- ts'ao yu — (Wan Chia-pao) Cao Yu.
- tuesdays — every Tuesday; on Tuesdays: Tuesdays I work at home.