8-letter words containing t, a, r, e
- serrated — Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw: a serrate leaf.
- serratia — a genus of rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria that are saprophytic on decaying plant or animal materials.
- serratus — any of various muscles in the thorax, which produce the appearance of a serrated border by their arrangement
- sharpest — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- shattery — (of rock or soil) liable to shatter or crumble
- sheather — a person who makes sheathes
- sheraton — Thomas, 1751–1806, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer.
- shortage — a deficiency in quantity: a shortage of cash.
- shvartze — Yiddish: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. schvartze.
- siderate — to strike violently
- sitkamer — a sitting room; lounge
- slaister — a sloppy mess
- slathers — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- slattern — a slovenly, untidy woman or girl.
- slattery — slovenly
- smartest — to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
- snatcher — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- socrates — 469?–399 b.c, Athenian philosopher.
- soeharto — 1921–2008, Indonesian army officer and political leader: president 1967–98.
- software — Computers. the programs used to direct the operation of a computer, as well as documentation giving instructions on how to use them. Compare hardware (def 5).
- sororate — subsequent or concurrent marriage with a wife's sister.
- sortable — a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature: to develop a new sort of painting; nice people, of course, but not really our sort.
- sortance — suitableness
- soterial — relating to salvation
- sparklet — a small spark.
- spectral — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- spirated — twisted in a spiral
- splatter — an act or instance of splattering.
- sprattle — a struggle; fight.
- spreathe — to chap
- squatter — the act or fact of squatting.
- staggers — to walk, move, or stand unsteadily.
- staggery — tending to stagger
- stancher — staunch2 .
- 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.
- starched — a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 1 0 O 5) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
- stargaze — to gaze at or observe the stars.
- starkers — naked
- starkest — sheer, utter, downright, or complete: stark madness.
- starless — any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- starlike — of the shape of or like a star.
- starters — a person or thing that starts.
- startled — to disturb or agitate suddenly as by surprise or alarm.
- statured — of or having a stature of a certain kind (usually used in combination): the short-statured inhabitants of the Malay Peninsula.
- statures — the height of a human or animal body.
- staumrel — stupid; half-witted.
- stearate — a salt or ester of stearic acid.
- stearine — Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 1 8 H 3 5 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- steerage — a part or division of a ship, formerly the part containing the steering apparatus.
- stemware — glass or crystal vessels, especially for beverages and desserts, having rounded bowls mounted on footed stems.