8-letter words containing t, o, s, a
- stand on — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- stand to — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- standoff — a standing off or apart; aloofness.
- standout — something or someone, as a person, performance, etc., remarkably superior to others: Evans was a standout in the mixed doubles.
- stanford — (Amasa) Leland, 1824–93, U.S. railroad developer, politician, and philanthropist: governor of California 1861–63; senator 1885–93.
- stanhope — James, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman: prime minister 1717–18.
- stannous — containing tin, especially in the bivalent state.
- stanovoi — a mountain range in the E Russian Federation in Asia: a watershed between the Pacific and Arctic oceans; highest peak, 8143 feet (2480 meters).
- starosta — the headman of a Russian village
- starosty — (in the past in Poland) the estate of a starosta, given by the Crown
- starspot — a dark patch on the surface of a star
- start on — begin attacking
- starwort — any of several chickweeds of the genus Stellaria.
- stasimon — (in ancient Greek drama) a choral ode, especially in tragedy, divided into strophe and antistrophe: usually alternating with the epeisodion and, in the final ode, preceding the exodos.
- statvolt — the electrostatic unit of electromotive force or potential difference, approximately equivalent to 300 volts and equal to the electromotive force or potential difference that will cause a current of one statampere to flow through a conductor with a resistance of one statohm.
- staunton — a city in N Virginia.
- stay out — to spend some time in a place, in a situation, with a person or group, etc.: He stayed in the army for ten years.
- staybolt — a long rod with threaded ends, used as a stay for a boiler, tank, etc.
- steatoma — a fatty tumour or cyst of the sebaceous gland
- sticcado — a type of xylophone
- stoating — the process or technique of finishing a facing, collar, or the like, or of mending material with concealed stitching.
- stoccado — a thrust with a rapier or other pointed weapon.
- stoccata — a thrust with a rapier or other pointed weapon.
- stockade — Fortification. a defensive barrier consisting of strong posts or timbers fixed upright in the ground.
- stockage — supplies
- stockman — U.S. and Australia. a person who raises livestock.
- stokesia — an American perennial plant, Stokesia laevis, known for its blue or purple flowers
- stomachs — Anatomy, Zoology. a saclike enlargement of the alimentary canal, as in humans and certain animals, forming an organ for storing, diluting, and digesting food. such an organ or an analogous portion of the alimentary canal when divided into two or more sections or parts. any one of these sections.
- stomachy — paunchy; having a prominent stomach.
- stomatal — of, relating to, or of the nature of a stoma.
- stomatic — pertaining to the mouth.
- stomato- — indicating the mouth or a mouthlike part
- stonecat — a yellowish-brown, freshwater catfish, Noturus flavus, of the Mississippi River valley and Great Lakes, having poisonous pectoral spines.
- stoneham — a town in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
- stoneman — a stonecutter or stoneworker.
- stonerag — a type of lichen, Parmela saxatilis, which produces a brown dye
- stopbank — an embankment to prevent flooding
- stoppage — an act or instance of stopping; cessation of activity: the stoppage of all work at the factory.
- stoppard — Tom (Thomas Straussler) born 1937, British playwright, born in the Czech Republic.
- storable — capable of being stored for considerable time without loss of freshness or usability.
- storeman — a man employed to look after a storeroom
- stotinka — a minor coin of Bulgaria, the 100th part of a lev.
- stovaine — a drug used for anaesthetic purposes and as a cocaine substitute
- 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.
- stowaway — a person who hides aboard a ship or airplane in order to obtain free transportation or elude pursuers.
- stradiot — a soldier, usually of Greek or Albanian origin, who fought on horseback for the Venetian republic in the 15th and 16th centuries
- stratose — formed in strata or layers
- stratous — of or relating to stratus
- stratton — Charles Sherwood ("General Tom Thumb") 1838–83, U.S. midget who performed in the circus of P. T. Barnum.
- strawson — Sir Peter (Frederick). 1919–2006, British philosopher. His early work deals with the relationship between language and logic, his later work with metaphysics. His books include The Bounds of Sense (1966) and Freedom and Resentment (1974)