8-letter words containing s, t, e, y
- secretly — done, made, or conducted without the knowledge of others: secret negotiations.
- security — freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety.
- sedately — calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement: a sedate party; a sedate horse.
- sedulity — sedulous quality, application, or activity; diligence.
- senility — the state of being senile, especially the weakness or mental infirmity of old age.
- serenity — the state or quality of being serene, calm, or tranquil; sereneness.
- serosity — resembling serum; of a watery nature.
- serotiny — the quality or condition of being serotine
- serotype — a group of organisms, microorganisms, or cells distinguished by their shared specific antigens as determined by serologic testing.
- severity — harshness, sternness, or rigor: Their lives were marked by severity.
- sextuply — to offer a rejoinder
- shattery — (of rock or soil) liable to shatter or crumble
- sheltery — providing shelter
- shut-eye — sleep.
- shymkent — a city in S Kazakhstan; a major railway junction. Pop: 469 000 (2005 est)
- silently — making no sound; quiet; still: a silent motor.
- sisterly — of, like, or befitting a sister: sisterly affection.
- skittery — skittish.
- skywrite — to engage in skywriting.
- slattery — slovenly
- slithery — to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise: The box slithered down the chute.
- sluttery — the state of being a slut
- smeltery — smelter (def 3).
- smithery — the work, craft, or workshop of a smith.
- smothery — stifling; close: a smothery atmosphere.
- snippety — sharp or curt, especially in a supercilious or haughty way; impertinent.
- snottery — snot or filth
- sobriety — the state or quality of being sober.
- sottedly — in the manner of a sot
- souterly — relating to a souter
- sputtery — tending to sputter
- staggery — tending to stagger
- star key — a push button on a telephone or other electronic device that is marked with an asterisk, often in the lower left-hand area.
- statedly — fixed or settled: a stated price.
- stayless — not able to be stopped or stayed; constantly moving
- ste.-foy — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Quebec.
- steadily — firmly placed or fixed; stable in position or equilibrium: a steady ladder.
- stealthy — done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive: stealthy footsteps.
- steevely — in a firm or unyielding manner
- 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.
- stellify — to change or be changed into a star
- stemmery — a factory or other place where tobacco leaves are stripped.
- sternway — Nautical. the movement of a vessel backward, or stern foremost.
- stickley — Gustav [guhs-tahv,, goo s-tahf] /ˈgʌs tɑv,, ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. furniture designer, architect, and leader of the Arts and Craft Movement in America.
- stievely — in a firm way
- stonefly — any of numerous dull-colored primitive aquatic insects of the order Plecoptera, having a distinctive flattened body shape: a major food source for game fish, especially bass and trout, which makes them popular as models for fishing flies.
- storeyed — having stories or floors (often used in combination): a two-storied house.
- strachey — (Giles) Lytton [jahylz lit-n] /dʒaɪlz ˈlɪt n/ (Show IPA), 1880–1932, English biographer and literary critic.
- strategy — Also, strategics. the science or art of combining and employing the means of war in planning and directing large military movements and operations.
- stretchy — having a tendency to stretch, especially excessively or unduly.