8-letter words containing s, t, o, r
- forsooth — (now used in derision or to express disbelief) in truth; in fact; indeed.
- forspent — worn out; exhausted.
- forstall — Obsolete form of forestall.
- forstand — (transitive) To stand against; oppose; withstand.
- forswatt — sweat-covered
- forsythe — A descendent of Algol 60, intended to be as uniform and general as possible, while retaining the basic character of its progenitor. Forsythe features higher-order procedures and intersection types.
- fortrash — (abuse, language) /for'trash/ Hackerism for the Fortran language, referring to its primitive design, gross and irregular syntax, limited control constructs, and slippery, exception-filled semantics.
- fortress — a large fortified place; a fort or group of forts, often including a town; citadel.
- fortunes — Plural form of fortune.
- fortyish — approaching or around the age of 40 years.
- forwaste — to waste completely
- fostered — to promote the growth or development of; further; encourage: to foster new ideas.
- fosterer — to promote the growth or development of; further; encourage: to foster new ideas.
- fostoria — a city in N Ohio.
- fostress — a female fosterer
- foumarts — Plural form of foumart.
- fractons — Plural form of fracton.
- freepost — Freepost is a system in Britain which allows you to send mail to certain organizations without paying for the postage. 'Freepost' is written on the envelope as part of the address.
- fretsome — Fretful, fidgety, restless.
- frontals — Plural form of frontal.
- fronters — Plural form of fronter.
- frontons — Plural form of fronton.
- frostbit — injury to any part of the body after excessive exposure to extreme cold, sometimes progressing from initial redness and tingling to gangrene.
- frostier — Comparative form of frosty.
- frostily — characterized by or producing frost; freezing; very cold: frosty weather.
- frosting — a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- frostnip — The first stage of frostbite.
- frowsted — Simple past tense and past participle of frowst.
- frowster — a person who enjoys being in a hot and stale atmosphere
- fructose — Chemistry, Pharmacology. a yellowish to white, crystalline, water-soluble, levorotatory ketose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , sweeter than sucrose, occurring in invert sugar, honey, and a great many fruits: used in foodstuffs and in medicine chiefly in solution as an intravenous nutrient.
- functors — Plural form of functor.
- garrotes — Plural form of garrote.
- gastero- — gastro-
- genitors — Plural form of genitor.
- go short — If you go short of something, especially food, you do not have as much of it as you want or need.
- goadster — a goadsman
- goitrous — pertaining to or affected with goiter.
- gongster — a person who strikes a gong
- gossaert — Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), Mabuse, Jan.
- gourmets — Plural form of gourmet.
- grantors — Plural form of grantor.
- gratious — Obsolete form of gracious.
- grommets — Plural form of grommet.
- grossest — without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net2. ): gross earnings; gross sales.
- grottoes — Plural form of grotto.
- groupist — a follower of a group
- gyrostat — a modified gyroscope, consisting of a rotating wheel pivoted within a rigid case.
- hardtops — Plural form of hardtop.
- harmosty — the office of a harmost
- haroseth — a mixture of chopped nuts and apples, wine, and spices that is eaten at the Seder meal on Passover: traditionally regarded as symbolic of the mortar used by Israelite slaves in Egypt.