7-letter words containing s, t, r, a
- nearest — close; to a point or place not far away: Come near so I won't have to shout.
- norstad — Lauris [lawr-is,, lohr-] /ˈlɔr ɪs,, ˈloʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1907–1988, U.S. Air Force general: Supreme Allied Commander of NATO 1956–63.
- oastler — Richard. 1789–1861, British social reformer; he campaigned against child labour and helped achieve the ten-hour day (1847)
- olestra — a synthetic oil used as a substitute for dietary fat: not digested or absorbed by the human body.
- oralist — an advocate of oralism.
- orantes — orant.
- orators — Plural form of orator.
- orgiast — One who celebrates orgies.
- osteria — An Italian restaurant, typically a simple or inexpensive one.
- ostiary — Also called doorkeeper, porter. Roman Catholic Church. a member of the lowest-ranking of the four minor orders. the order itself. Compare acolyte (def 2), exorcist (def 2), lector (def 2).
- ostmark — (formerly) a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of East Germany: replaced by the Deutsche mark in 1990.
- ostraca — (in ancient Greece) a potsherd, especially one used as a ballot on which the name of a person voted to be ostracized was inscribed.
- ostrava — a city in N Moravia, in the NE Czech Republic.
- outsoar — to soar beyond.
- parotis — a parotid gland
- parties — a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.: a cocktail party.
- pastern — the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- pasteur — Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
- pasture — Rogier [French raw-zhee-ey] /French rɔ ʒiˈeɪ/ (Show IPA), or Roger [French raw-zhey] /French rɔˈʒeɪ/ (Show IPA), de la [French duh-la] /French də la/ (Show IPA), Weyden, Rogier van der.
- persalt — (in a series of salts of a given metal or group) the salt in which the metal or group has a high, or the highest apparent, valence.
- persant — sharp or stabbing
- piarist — a member of a Roman Catholic teaching congregation founded in Rome in 1597.
- piaster — a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- piastre — a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- plaster — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- postwar — of, relating to, or characteristic of a period following a war: postwar problems; postwar removal of rationing.
- precast — to cast (a concrete block or slab, etc.) in a place other than where it is to be installed in a structure.
- prostas — (in classical architecture) an antechamber or vestibule.
- psalter — the Biblical book of Psalms.
- psather — (language) A parallel extension of Sather for a clustered shared memory model. It features threads synchronised by monitor objects ("gates"); locality assertions and placement operators. There is an implementation for the CM-5.
- qintars — Plural form of qintar.
- quartes — the fourth of eight defensive positions.
- quartos — Plural form of quarto.
- rabbets — Plural form of rabbet.
- rabbits — Plural form of rabbit.
- rachets — Plural form of rachet.
- raciest — slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- racists — Plural form of racist.
- rackets — a light bat having a netting of catgut or nylon stretched in a more or less oval frame and used for striking the ball in tennis, the shuttlecock in badminton, etc.
- raddest — Informal. radical.
- ramstam — obstinate; headstrong.
- rankest — growing with excessive luxuriance; vigorous and tall of growth: tall rank weeds.
- rankist — involving or showing discrimination against people on the grounds of rank
- rappist — Harmonist.
- rastrum — a pen for drawing the five lines of a musical stave simultaneously
- ratfish — a chimaera, Hydrolagus colliei, of the Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Baja California, having a ratlike tail.
- rathest — soonest, earliest
- ratings — figures based on statistical sampling indicating what proportion of the total listening and viewing audience tune in to a specific programme or network
- rations — a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage: a daily ration of meat and bread.
- rattish — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling a rat.