8-letter words containing t, o, r, i, e
- strigose — Botany. set with stiff bristles of hairs; hispid.
- strobile — a reproductive structure characterized by overlapping scalelike parts, as a pine cone or the fruit of the hop.
- stroheim — Erich von [er-ik] /ˈɛr ɪk/ (Show IPA), 1885–1957, U.S. actor and director, born in Austria.
- taborite — (in the 15th century) a member of the militant body of Hussites maintaining a strict literal interpretation of the Scriptures.
- taileron — an aileron located on the tailplane of an aircraft
- tailored — (of a woman's garment) in a simple or plain style with fitted lines. Compare dressmaker (def 2).
- tenebrio — a type of small mealworm
- tenorist — a person who sings tenor.
- tenorite — a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- teratoid — resembling a monster.
- theories — a coherent group of tested general propositions, commonly regarded as correct, that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena: Einstein's theory of relativity. Synonyms: principle, law, doctrine.
- theorise — to form a theory or theories.
- theorist — a person who theorizes.
- theorize — to form a theory or theories.
- thermion — an ion emitted by incandescent material.
- thiourea — a colorless, crystalline, bitter-tasting, water-soluble solid, CH 4 N 2 S, derived from urea by replacement of the oxygen with sulfur: used chiefly in photography, inorganic synthesis, and to accelerate the vulcanization of rubber.
- timework — work done and paid for by the hour or day.
- timeworn — worn or impaired by time.
- timoneer — someone who steers a ship
- timorese — of or relating to Timor.
- tip over — to cause to assume a slanting or sloping position; incline; tilt.
- tire out — make exhausted
- tiresome — causing or liable to cause a person to tire; wearisome: a tiresome job.
- tirolean — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Tyrol or its inhabitants.
- tiverton — a town in SE Rhode Island.
- tjirebon — a seaport on N Java, in S central Indonesia.
- toiletry — any article or preparation used in cleaning or grooming oneself, as soap or deodorant.
- tontiner — a subscriber to a tontine
- topliner — so important as to be named at or near the top of a newspaper item, advertisement, or the like: a topline actress; topline news.
- topsider — a light canvas shoe
- torchier — of, relating to, or characteristic of a torch song or a torch singer.
- toreutic — of or relating to toreutics or the objects produced by this technique.
- tortelli — pasta that is folded around a filling and boiled
- tortoise — a turtle, especially a terrestrial turtle.
- touraine — a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
- towering — very high or tall; lofty: a towering oak.
- trendoid — a follower of trends
- triazole — any of a group of four compounds containing three nitrogen and two carbon atoms arranged in a five-membered ring and having the formula C 2 H 3 N 3 .
- trichome — Botany. an outgrowth from the epidermis of plants, as a hair.
- trilobed — trilobate.
- triolein — olein (def 1).
- trioxide — an oxide containing three oxygen atoms, as As 2 O 3 .
- triphone — a group of three phonemes
- triptote — a word that has only three cases
- trochite — an individual section of the stalk of a fossil crinoid, resembling a small wheel
- troilite — a mineral, iron sulfide, FeS, occurring in meteorites.
- trollies — trolley car.
- trophied — adorned with trophies.
- trotline — a strong fishing line strung across a stream, or deep into a river, having individual hooks attached by smaller lines at intervals.
- tuberoid — a thickened or fleshy root resembling a tuber