8-letter words containing t, o, s, a
- pulsator — something that pulsates, beats, or throbs.
- pyrostat — a thermostat for high temperatures.
- quaestor — one of two subordinates of the consuls serving as public prosecutors in certain criminal cases.
- ragstone — a hard sandstone or limestone, esp when used for building
- rapports — relation; connection, especially harmonious or sympathetic relation: a teacher trying to establish close rapport with students.
- ratatosk — An SLR parser generator written in Gofer (a Haskell variant) by Torben AEgidius Mogensen <[email protected]>. Ratatosk generates purely functional backtracking LR0 grammar parsers (also in Gofer). Even though the sematic value of a production is a function of the attributes of its right-hand side (and thus apparently purely synthesised), inherited attributes are easily simulated by using higher-order functions.
- rathouse — a psychiatric hospital or asylum
- ratisbon — Regensburg.
- rearmost — farthest in the rear; last.
- reassort — to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- resonant — resounding or echoing, as sounds: the resonant thundering of cannons being fired.
- resonate — to resound.
- restoral — restoration.
- rheostat — an adjustable resistor so constructed that its resistance may be changed without opening the circuit in which it is connected, thereby controlling the current in the circuit.
- roadster — an early automobile having an open body, a single seat for two or three persons, and a large trunk or a rumble seat.
- roasting — roasted: roast beef.
- romanist — Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- rosinate — a salt or acid occurring in resin
- rostrate — furnished with a rostrum.
- rosulate — forming a rosette or rosettes.
- roswitha — Hrotsvitha.
- rotgrass — a type of grass that is thought to cause sheeprot
- rothesay — a town in the Strathclyde region, on Bute island, in SW Scotland: resort; ruins of 11th-century castle.
- royalist — a supporter or adherent of a king or royal government, especially in times of rebellion or civil war.
- sabotage — any underhand interference with production, work, etc., in a plant, factory, etc., as by enemy agents during wartime or by employees during a trade dispute.
- saboteur — a person who commits or practices sabotage.
- sabotier — a wearer of sabots
- sack out — a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
- sailboat — a boat having sails as its principal means of propulsion.
- saint-lô — a department in NW France. 2476 sq. mi. (6413 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Lô.
- salmonet — a young salmon
- salt cod — salted and dried cod that is desalted by soaking before use.
- salt out — a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- salt-box — a box in which salt is kept.
- saltando — (of a performance with a stringed instrument) playing each note staccato by bouncing the bow on the strings.
- saltillo — a state in N Mexico. 58,067 sq. mi. (150,395 sq. km). Capital: Saltillo.
- saltwork — place where salt is refined
- saltwort — any of various plants of sea beaches, salt marshes, and alkaline regions, especially belonging to the genus Salsola, of the amaranth family, as S. kali, a bushy plant having prickly leaves, or belonging to the genus Salicornia.
- sanatory — favorable for health; curative; healing.
- sanction — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sand-lot — a vacant lot used by youngsters for games or sports.
- sandwort — any plant belonging to the genus Arenaria, of the pink family, having narrow leaves and clusters of usually white flowers, many of which grow in sandy soil.
- santalol — a liquid from sandalwood used in making perfume
- santiago — a republic in SW South America, on the Pacific Coast. 286,396 sq. mi. (741,765 sq. km). Capital: Santiago.
- santonin — a crystalline compound, C 1 5 H 1 8 O 3 , the active principle of santonica.
- santorin — Thera.
- sao tome — Democratic Republic of, a republic in W Africa, comprising the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, in the Gulf of Guinea, N of the equator: a former overseas province of Portugal; gained independence in 1975. 372 sq. mi. (964 sq. km). Capital: São Tomé.
- saponite — a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- sarasota — a city in W Florida.
- saratoga — a city in W California.