8-letter words containing t, o, s, a
- sarodist — a person who plays the sarod
- satinpod — either of two European plants belonging to the genus Lunaria, of the mustard family, L. annua or L. rediviva, cultivated for their shiny flowers and large, round, flat, satiny pods.
- saucepot — a cooking pot having a handle on each side and a close-fitting lid, used especially for stewing and simmering.
- saw-wort — a perennial Old World plant, Serratula tinctoria, having serrated leaves that yield a yellow dye: family Asteraceae (composites)
- sawtooth — one of the cutting teeth of a saw.
- saxonite — any peridotite rock composed mainly of olivine and orthopyroxene
- scordato — out of tune
- scotland — a division of the United Kingdom in the N part of Great Britain. 30,412 sq. mi. (78,772 sq. km). Capital: Edinburgh.
- scotopia — vision in dim light (opposed to photopia).
- scotsman — a person, especially a man, who is a native or inhabitant of Scotland; Scot.
- scranton — William Warren, 1917–2011, U.S. politician.
- sea boot — a very high waterproof boot worn by fishermen and sailors
- sea oats — a tall grass, Uniola paniculata, of coastal areas of southeastern North America, having as its inflorescence a densely crowded panicle, used to control sand erosion.
- seacoast — the land immediately adjacent to the sea.
- seafront — an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- seamount — a submarine mountain rising several hundred fathoms above the floor of the sea but having its summit well below the surface of the water.
- seatwork — work that can be done by a child at his or her seat in school without supervision.
- sectator — a member or follower of a sect
- sectoral — Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- sedation — the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- senorita — a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- shabuoth — a festival, celebrated on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside Israel but only on the sixth day by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel, that commemorates God's giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses.
- shadbolt — Maurice. 1932–2004, New Zealand novelist
- shakeout — an elimination or winnowing out of some competing businesses, products, etc., as a result of intense competition in a market of declining sales or rising standards of quality.
- shavuoth — a festival, celebrated on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside Israel but only on the sixth day by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel, that commemorates God's giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses.
- she-goat — a female goat
- sheraton — Thomas, 1751–1806, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer.
- shitload — a lot of something; a large amount.
- shoot at — fire a weapon towards
- shoptalk — the specialized vocabulary having to do with work or a field of work: I don't understand electronics shoptalk.
- shortage — a deficiency in quantity: a shortage of cash.
- shortarm — (of a punch) with the arm bent
- shotokan — a popular system of karate based on the principles of Bushido and Zen
- showboat — a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
- sigatoka — a disease of bananas, characterized by discolored spots on the leaves, caused by a fungus, Mycosphaerella musicola.
- skiatron — a cathode-ray tube used in radar
- slab top — a top, as to a table, formed from a slab of marble or the like.
- slapshot — a very powerful, fast-moving shot of the puck on goal made with a full backswing of the stick and an extended follow-through.
- slot car — a miniature, electrically-operated toy racing car that runs on a slotted track and is controlled by an operator with a handheld rheostat.
- slot man — copyeditor (def 3).
- slotback — an offensive back who lines up about one yard behind the gap in the line between a tackle and an end stationed a distance outside of the tackle.
- snapshot — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
- snot rag — a handkerchief
- snot-rag — a handkerchief.
- so what! — what importance does that have?
- soak out — to draw out (dirt, etc.) by or as by soaking
- soaproot — any plant of the genus Chlorogalum whose roots may be used as a soap substitute
- soapwort — a plant, Saponaria officinalis, of the pink family, whose leaves are used for cleansing.
- societal — noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- socrates — 469?–399 b.c, Athenian philosopher.