8-letter words containing s, t, o, r
- assorted — A group of assorted things is a group of similar things that are of different sizes or colours or have different qualities.
- assorter — to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- asterion — (anatomy) The point on the side of the skull corresponding to the posterior end of the parietomastoid suture.
- asteroid — An asteroid is one of the very small planets that move around the sun between Mars and Jupiter.
- astroids — Plural form of astroid.
- at worst — under the worst circumstances; at the greatest disadvantage
- atomiser — Modern commonwealth spelling of 'atomizer'.
- atropism — a condition caused by using atropine over a period of time
- atropous — growing straight, without inversion
- attestor — to bear witness to; certify; declare to be correct, true, or genuine; declare the truth of, in words or writing, especially affirm in an official capacity: to attest the truth of a statement.
- auditors — Plural form of auditor.
- aviators — Plural form of aviator.
- baronets — Plural form of baronet.
- barostat — a device for maintaining constant pressure, such as one used in an aircraft cabin
- barstool — a stool or seat, usually high and having a round, cushioned top, of a type often used for seating customers at a bar.
- bathorse — a horse which carries a military officer's baggage; a military packhorse
- bestrode — to get or be astride of; have or place the legs on both sides of.
- birdshot — small pellets designed for shooting birds
- bisector — a straight line or plane that bisects an angle
- bistoury — a long surgical knife with a narrow blade
- bookrest — a cradle for holding an open book so that it may be read comfortably
- botryose — Mineralogy. botryoidal.
- botrytis — any of a group of fungi of the genus Botrytis, several of which cause plant diseases
- botsares — Markos [Greek mahr-kaws] /Greek ˈmɑr kɔs/ (Show IPA), Bozzaris, Marco.
- bowsprit — a spar projecting from the bow of a vessel, esp a sailing vessel, used to carry the headstay as far forward as possible
- bristols — a woman's breasts
- broadest — of great breadth: The river was too broad to swim across.
- brownist — a person who supported the principles of church government advocated by Robert Browne and adopted in modified form by the Independents or Congregationalists
- burstone — any of various siliceous rocks used for millstones.
- butyrous — resembling butter; butyraceous
- cabestro — a halter made from horsehair
- calorist — a believer in caloric theory
- caltrops — Plural form of caltrop.
- cantoris — (in antiphonal music) to be sung by the cantorial side of a choir
- carotids — Plural form of carotid.
- carports — Plural form of carport.
- cartoons — Plural form of cartoon.
- castiron — Alternative spelling of cast iron.
- castrato — (in 17th- and 18th-century opera) a male singer whose testicles were removed before puberty, allowing the retention of a soprano or alto voice
- catworks — the machinery used on a drilling platform
- cerritos — city in SW Calif.: suburb of Los Angeles: pop. 51,000
- chariots — Plural form of chariot.
- charoset — a dish of chopped fruit, nuts, and wine eaten at Passover, representing the mortar that Jewish slaves used to build parts of Egypt
- cheroots — Plural form of cheroot.
- chortles — Plural form of chortle.
- christo- — indicating or relating to Christ
- cistrons — Plural form of cistron.
- citreous — of a greenish-yellow colour; citron
- clitoris — The clitoris is a part at the front of a woman's sexual organs where she can feel sexual pleasure.
- cloister — A cloister is a covered area round a square in a monastery or a cathedral.