8-letter words containing t, e, s, b, a
- seatbelt — a belt or strap in an automobile, airplane, etc., fastened around or sometimes diagonally across the midsection to keep the person safely secured, as during a sudden stop.
- semblant — semblance
- set back — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
- set-back — Surveying. the interval by which a chain or tape exceeds the length being measured.
- setbacks — a check to progress; a reverse or defeat: The new law was a setback.
- sibilate — to hiss.
- snakebit — bitten by a snake.
- 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.
- statable — the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes: a state of health.
- stewable — capable of being made into a stew
- storable — capable of being stored for considerable time without loss of freshness or usability.
- stowable — Nautical. to put (cargo, provisions, etc.) in the places intended for them. to put (sails, spars, gear, etc.) in the proper place or condition when not in use.
- strabane — a district of W Northern Ireland, in Co Tyrone. Pop: 38 565 (2003 est). Area: 862 sq km (333 sq miles)
- subacute — somewhat or moderately acute.
- subagent — a person whose duties as an agent are delegated to him or her by another agent.
- subcaste — Sociology. an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups. any rigid system of social distinctions.
- suberate — a salt of suberic acid
- subovate — almost egg-shaped
- substage — the component part of a microscope below the stage, for supporting a condenser, mirror, or other accessories.
- substate — the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes: a state of health.
- subulate — slender, somewhat cylindrical, and tapering to a point; awl-shaped.
- suitable — such as to suit; appropriate; fitting; becoming.
- sunbathe — to take a sunbath.
- sweatbox — a sauna or other enclosure for sweating.
- sybarite — (usually lowercase) a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.
- tastable — to try or test the flavor or quality of (something) by taking some into the mouth: to taste food.
- tax base — the assessed value of the taxable property, assets, and income within a specific tax district
- taxables — people, income, property, etc, that is subject to tax
- teasable — to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
- test ban — an agreement by nations producing nuclear weapons to refrain from testing them in the atmosphere.
- testable — the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- the bass — the lowest part in a piece of harmony
- tiberias — Lake. Galilee, Sea of.
- timbales — a pair of single-headed, cylindrical drums joined by a frame and played with drumsticks, used, esp. originally, in Latin American dance music
- unbasted — (of a garment) not basted; not sewn loosely together
- unstable — not stable; not firm or firmly fixed; unsteady.
- wastebin — A wastebasket; a bin used for household or office waste.
- waterbus — Alternative spelling of water bus.
- webcasts — Plural form of webcast.
- wetbacks — Plural form of wetback; a slur towards persons of Mexican descent in the United States.