8-letter words containing t, o, s, a
- cousteau — Jacques Yves (ʒɑk iv). 1910–97, French underwater explorer
- cranston — city in R.I.: suburb of Providence: pop. 79,000
- creators — Plural form of creator.
- crostata — A kind of Italian baked tart.
- cryostat — an apparatus for maintaining a constant low temperature or a vessel in which a substance is stored at a low temperature
- curators — Plural form of curator.
- custodia — (rare) pyx (container for the host).
- dartrous — of or pertaining to dartre
- dashpots — Plural form of dashpot.
- datapost — an express service offered by the Royal Mail that ensures a parcel reaches its destination either on the day of postage or the following morning
- desolate — A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort.
- despotat — the dominion of a despot
- diastole — the dilatation of the chambers of the heart that follows each contraction, during which they refill with blood
- dilators — Plural form of dilator.
- dioptase — a mineral, hydrous copper silicate, CuSiO 3 ⋅H 2 O, occurring in emerald-green crystals.
- distopia — Misspelling of dystopia.
- dog star — the bright star Sirius, in Canis Major.
- dog tags — a small disk or strip attached to a dog's harness or collar stating owner, home, etc.
- dogcarts — Plural form of dogcart.
- donatism — (Christianity) An early Christian belief which maintained that apostate priests were incapable of administering the sacraments, as opposed to the orthodox view that any sacrament administered by a properly ordained priest or bishop is valid, regardless of how sinful he is or if he has converted to another religion.
- donatist — a member of a Christian sect that developed in northern Africa in a.d. 311 and maintained that it alone constituted the whole and only true church and that baptisms and ordinations of the orthodox clergy were invalid.
- donators — to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause: to donate used clothes to the Salvation Army.
- doormats — Plural form of doormat.
- downcast — directed downward, as the eyes.
- doxastic — Of, pertaining to, or depending on opinion; conjectural.
- dustcoat — a loose lightweight coat worn for early open motor-car riding
- dystocia — Difficult birth, typically caused by a large or awkwardly positioned fetus, by smallness of the maternal pelvis, or by failure of the uterus and cervix to contract and expand normally.
- dystonia — abnormal tone of any tissue.
- dystopia — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- ease out — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
- eastmost — easternmost.
- eastwood — Clint, born 1930, U.S. actor and director.
- ecostate — (of a leaf) having neither ribs nor nerves
- ectosarc — the ectoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to endosarc).
- elations — Plural form of elation.
- enations — Plural form of enation.
- endostea — Plural form of endosteum.
- equators — Plural form of equator.
- escargot — A snail, especially as an item on a menu.
- eschalot — Archaic form of shallot.
- eschaton — The final event in the divine plan; the end of the world.
- esthonia — Estonia
- estonian — of Estonia
- estragon — Tarragon.
- eurostar — a high speed train that connects London and Kent in the UK with Paris and Lille in France and Brussels in Belgium by crossing the English Channel through the Channel Tunnel
- eurostat — an organization within the European Union that collects and collates statistical information relating to member states
- evanston — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan north of Chicago: Northwestern University (1851). Pop: 74 360 (2003 est)
- extrados — The upper or outer curve of an arch.
- factions — Plural form of faction.
- factious — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.