8-letter words containing s, t, e, n, o, r
- one-star — of or being a brigadier general, as indicated by one star on an insignia.
- oneriest — Superlative form of onery.
- onsetter — a person who attacks
- onstream — Being produced.
- operants — Plural form of operant.
- ornithes — birds considered collectively
- outsnore — to outdo in snoring
- paterson — a city in NE New Jersey.
- patrones — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- peronist — a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- peterson — Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.
- pointers — a person or thing that points.
- porniest — Informal. pertaining to, resembling, characteristic of, or containing pornography; pornographic: porny photos.
- proteins — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- protense — extension in time
- ragstone — a hard sandstone or limestone, esp when used for building
- redstone — a U.S. surface-to-surface ballistic missile powered by a single rocket engine.
- resoften — to make or become soft again
- resonant — resounding or echoing, as sounds: the resonant thundering of cannons being fired.
- resonate — to resound.
- rimstone — a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
- rosemont — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- rosinate — a salt or acid occurring in resin
- routines — a customary or regular course of procedure.
- rubstone — a stone, especially a whetstone, used for polishing or sharpening.
- seafront — an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- senorita — a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- serotine — late in occurring, developing, or flowering.
- serotiny — the quality or condition of being serotine
- sheraton — Thomas, 1751–1806, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer.
- signoret — Simone (simɔ̃), original name Simone Kaminker. 1921–85, French stage and film actress, whose films include La Ronde (1950), Casque d'Or (1952), Room at the Top (1958), and Ship of Fools (1965): married the actor and singer Yves Montand (1921–91)
- snottery — snot or filth
- softener — Chemistry. any admixture to a substance for promoting or increasing its softness, smoothness, or plasticity. water softener.
- songster — a person who sings; a singer.
- sorrento — a seaport in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: resort; cathedral; ancient ruins.
- sortance — suitableness
- sortment — an assortment or classification
- southern — lying toward, situated in, or directed toward the south.
- stentour — a tax assessor or person who determines the amount of tax that is owed
- sternson — a knee in a timber-framed vessel, reinforcing the angle between the keelson and the sternpost.
- stonerag — a type of lichen, Parmela saxatilis, which produces a brown dye
- storeman — a man employed to look after a storeroom
- stronger — having, showing, or able to exert great bodily or muscular power; physically vigorous or robust: a strong boy.
- sturgeon — any of various large fishes of the family Acipenseridae, inhabiting fresh and salt North Temperate waters, valued for their flesh and as a source of caviar and isinglass: A. brevirostrum, of the Atlantic coast, is endangered.
- tenorist — a person who sings tenor.
- thornset — set with thorns
- tongster — a tong member (a member of a Chinese secret society)
- turnsole — any of several plants regarded as turning with the movement of the sun.
- 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.