8-letter words containing s, t, y, r
- starosty — (in the past in Poland) the estate of a starosta, given by the Crown
- statuary — statues collectively.
- stemmery — a factory or other place where tobacco leaves are stripped.
- sternway — Nautical. the movement of a vessel backward, or stern foremost.
- stingray — any of the rays, especially of the family Dasyatidae, having a long, flexible tail armed near the base with a strong, serrated bony spine with which they can inflict painful wounds.
- stir-fry — to cook (food) quickly by cutting into small pieces and stirring constantly in a lightly oiled wok or frying pan over high heat: a common method of Chinese cookery.
- 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.
- straggly — straggling; rambling.
- straitly — Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- strategy — Also, strategics. the science or art of combining and employing the means of war in planning and directing large military movements and operations.
- stratify — to form or place in strata or layers.
- straying — to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road.
- stretchy — having a tendency to stretch, especially excessively or unduly.
- strictly — in a strict manner; rigorously; stringently: strictly enforced.
- strongly — with great strength or force: wind blowing strongly from the west.
- sturdily — strongly built; stalwart; robust: sturdy young athletes.
- subentry — an item shown or listed under a main entry, as in bookkeeping.
- sudatory — pertaining to or causing sweating.
- summitry — the act or practice of holding a summit meeting, especially to conduct diplomatic negotiations.
- sybarite — (usually lowercase) a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.
- symmetry — the correspondence in size, form, and arrangement of parts on opposite sides of a plane, line, or point; regularity of form or arrangement in terms of like, reciprocal, or corresponding parts.
- sympatry — the occurrence of sympatric organisms
- synastry — the comparison of two or more natal charts in order to analyze or forecast the interaction of the individuals involved.
- syngraft — a tissue or organ transplanted from one member of a species to another, genetically identical member of the species, as a kidney transplanted from one identical twin to the other.
- system r — (database) A database system built as a research project at IBM San Jose Research (now IBM Almaden Research Center) in the 1970s. System R introduced the SQL language and also demonstrated that a relational system database could provide good transaction processing performance.
- tanistry — the system among various Celtic tribes of choosing a tanist.
- tapestry — a fabric consisting of a warp upon which colored threads are woven by hand to produce a design, often pictorial, used for wall hangings, furniture coverings, etc.
- thursday — the fifth day of the week, following Wednesday. Abbreviation: Th., Thur., Thurs.
- thyrosis — any condition resulting from abnormal functioning of the thyroid gland.
- thyrsoid — having somewhat the form of a thyrsus.
- tinselry — cheap and pretentious display.
- touristy — pertaining to or characteristic of tourists: a touristy attitude.
- travesty — a grotesque or debased likeness or imitation: a travesty of justice.
- treasury — a place where the funds of the government, of a corporation, or the like are deposited, kept, and disbursed.
- trolleys — trolley car.
- trophesy — a condition caused by a disorder of the nerves relating to nutrition
- trysting — an appointment to meet at a certain time and place, especially one made somewhat secretly by lovers.
- tryworks — the furnace and other apparatus, as on whaling ships in the past, used for rendering blubber into oil
- tyreless — without tyres
- tyrolese — of or relating to the Austrian state of Tyrol or its inhabitants
- 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;
- tyrrheus — a shepherd. The killing of his tame stag by Ascanius was a cause of the war between Aeneas' Trojans and the people of Latium.
- tyrtaeus — flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet.
- unstarry — not resembling or characteristic of a star from the entertainment world
- untrusty — not trusty or trustworthy; undependable
- urostomy — an artificial opening for the release of urine, used when urination through the bladder and urethra is no longer possible due, for example, to surgery
- urostyle — the fused vertebrae at the posterior end of the spinal column of some fishes and tailless amphibians.
- vestiary — of or relating to garments or vestments.
- westbury — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.