8-letter words containing t, r, e, s, n, a
- resonate — to resound.
- restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- rosinate — a salt or acid occurring in resin
- santarem — a city in N Brazil, on the Amazon River.
- santeria — (sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- sarcenet — a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- sarsenet — a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- sauterne — a semisweet white wine of California, commonly sold as a jug wine.
- seafront — an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- seatrain — a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- segreant — (of a griffin) rampant.
- 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.
- serenata — a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
- serenate — a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
- sergeant — Ancient Eboracum. a city in North Yorkshire, in NE England, on the Ouse: the capital of Roman Britain; cathedral.
- serjeant — a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.
- sheraton — Thomas, 1751–1806, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer.
- slattern — a slovenly, untidy woman or girl.
- snatcher — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- sortance — suitableness
- stancher — staunch2 .
- stearine — Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 1 8 H 3 5 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- stenmark — Ingemar ("Silent Swede") born 1956, Swedish Alpine skier.
- sternage — the stern or rear of a ship
- sternway — Nautical. the movement of a vessel backward, or stern foremost.
- stonerag — a type of lichen, Parmela saxatilis, which produces a brown dye
- storeman — a man employed to look after a storeroom
- strabane — a district of W Northern Ireland, in Co Tyrone. Pop: 38 565 (2003 est). Area: 862 sq km (333 sq miles)
- strained — affected or produced by effort; not natural or spontaneous; forced: strained hospitality.
- strainer — a person or thing that strains.
- straiten — to put into difficulties, especially financial ones: His obligations had straitened him.
- stranded — composed of a specified number or kind of strands (usually used in combination): a five-stranded rope.
- strander — a person who strands
- stranger — French L'Étranger. a novel (1942) by Albert Camus.
- strangle — to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord.
- tartness — sharp to the taste; sour or acid: Tart apples are best for pie. Synonyms: astringent, acrid, piquant. Antonyms: sweet, sugary, bland, mellow.
- teresian — a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- teresina — a state in NE Brazil. 96,860 sq. mi. (250,870 sq. km). Capital: Teresina.
- ternates — an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- trainers — shoes that people wear, especially for running and other sports
- transect — to cut across; dissect transversely.
- transept — any major transverse part of the body of a church, usually crossing the nave, at right angles, at the entrance to the choir.
- transfer — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- transire — a document allowing goods to pass through customs
- transkei — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa on the Indian Ocean: granted independence in 1976 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 16,910 sq. mi. (43,798 sq. km). Capital: Umtata.
- transnet — the official rail and transport service in South Africa
- transude — to pass or ooze through pores or interstices, as a fluid.
- transume — to make an official transcription of
- trapnest — a nesting box that can be entered but not exited by a hen, which is then released once its eggs have been counted
- trewsman — a Highlander