8-letter words containing t, a, r, y
- staggery — tending to stagger
- stairway — a passageway from one level, as of a building, to another by a series of stairs; staircase.
- stannary — a tin-mining region or district.
- 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.
- starosty — (in the past in Poland) the estate of a starosta, given by the Crown
- statuary — statues collectively.
- 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.
- 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.
- sudatory — pertaining to or causing sweating.
- sybarite — (usually lowercase) a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.
- 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.
- 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.
- tar baby — a situation, problem, or the like, that is almost impossible to solve or to break away from.
- tarrying — to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn: He tarried in Baltimore on his way to Washington.
- tartanry — the excessive use of tartan and other Scottish imagery to produce a distorted sentimental view of Scotland and its history
- tartarly — resembling a tartar
- tax year — A tax year is a particular period of twelve months which is used by the government as a basis for calculating taxes and for organizing its finances and accounts. In Britain, the tax year begins on April 6th and ends on April 5th. In the United States, the tax year begins on January 1st and ends on December 31st.
- taxpayer — a person who pays a tax or is subject to taxation.
- tayberry — a hybrid shrub produced by crossing a blackberry, raspberry, and loganberry
- tea tray — a tray for carrying or holding articles used in serving tea.
- teaberry — the spicy red fruit of the American wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens.
- tearaway — designed to be easily separated or opened by tearing: a box with a tearaway seal.
- tenantry — tenants collectively; the body of tenants on an estate.
- terabyte — 2 40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes; 1024 gigabytes.
- teriyaki — a dish of grilled slices of beef, chicken, or fish that have been marinated in soy sauce seasoned with sake, ginger, and sugar.
- term day — a fixed or appointed day, as for the payment of money due; a quarter day.
- tertiary — of the third order, rank, stage, formation, etc.; third.
- textuary — of or relating to a text; textual.
- the yard — Scotland Yard
- thearchy — the rule or government of God or of a god.
- thrawnly — in a thrawn, contrary or perverse manner
- thursday — the fifth day of the week, following Wednesday. Abbreviation: Th., Thur., Thurs.
- thwartly — sideways or crosswise
- thyatira — ancient name of Akhisar.
- tigrinya — a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- tiltyard — a courtyard or other area for tilting.
- towardly — apt to learn; promising.
- toymaker — a person who makes toys.
- toyohara — former name of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
- trachyte — a fine-grained volcanic rock consisting essentially of alkali feldspar and one or more subordinate minerals, as hornblende or mica: the extrusive equivalent of syenite.
- trackway — railway (def 3).