8-letter words containing t, s, o, p
- stop out — the act of stopping.
- stop-off — stopover.
- stop-out — a temporary withdrawal from school or a delay in the pursuit of one's education.
- stopbank — an embankment to prevent flooding
- stopcock — cock1 (def 3).
- stopless — not having any stops, continuous
- stopover — a brief stop in the course of a journey, as to eat, sleep, or visit friends.
- 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.
- stopping — the act of stopping.
- stopword — any of a number of very commonly used words, as a, and, in, and to, that are normally excluded by computer search engines or when compiling a concordance.
- store up — save, keep in reserve
- stovetop — the upper surface of a stove, especially the area used for cooking: a stovetop cluttered with unwashed pots and pans.
- strepto- — indicating a shape resembling a twisted chain
- strophic — Also, strophical. consisting of, pertaining to, or characterized by a strophe or strophes.
- stropper — a person who strops.
- sub-plot — minor, secondary storyline
- subdepot — a depot within a larger depot
- suboptic — below the eye
- subtopia — suburban development that encroaches on rural areas yet appears to offer the attractions of country life to suburban dwellers
- subtopic — a topic that is included within another topic.
- sunspots — one of the relatively dark patches that appear periodically on the surface of the sun and affect terrestrial magnetism and certain other terrestrial phenomena.
- superhot — extremely hot
- swaption — A swaption is an over-the-counter option on a swap.
- sweetsop — a sweet, pulpy fruit having a thin, tuberculate rind, borne by a tropical American tree or shrub, Annona squamosa, of the annona family.
- synoptic — pertaining to or constituting a synopsis; affording or taking a general view of the principal parts of a subject.
- synthpop — popular music played with synthesizers and having light upbeat melodies and lyrics.
- taphouse — an inn or tavern where liquor for sale is kept on tap.
- tea shop — a tearoom.
- teaspoon — a small spoon generally used to stir tea, coffee, etc.
- teleshop — to engage in teleshopping.
- ten-spot — a playing card the face of which bears ten pips.
- thompson — Benjamin, Count Rumford, 1753–1814, English physicist and diplomat, born in the U.S.
- tipstock — the detachable section of a gun's handle, usually gripped by the left hand of the user
- tiraspol — a city in E Moldavia (Moldova), NW of Odessa.
- to press — to be printed
- to spare — more than is required
- tompkins — Daniel D. 1774–1825, U.S. politician and jurist: vice president of the U.S. 1817–25.
- topcross — an animal resulting from the mating of animals between different family lines within the same breed
- topelius — Zakarias [sah-kah-ree-ahs] /ˌsɑ kɑˈri ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1818–98, Finnish poet and novelist.
- topolski — Feliks (fiːlɪks). 1907–89, British painter, born in Poland; best known for his sketches and murals, esp for Memoir of the Century (1975–89) painted on viaduct arches on London's South Bank
- topscore — to be the highest scorer in a sports match or competition
- topsider — a light canvas shoe
- topsmelt — a silversides, Atherinops affinis, of waters along the Pacific coast of North America: valued as a food fish.
- topstone — a stone forming the top of something
- township — a unit of local government, usually a subdivision of a county, found in most midwestern and northeastern states of the U.S. and in most Canadian provinces.
- townskip — a mischievous and roguish child who frequents city streets
- trappose — relating to traprock
- trophesy — a condition caused by a disorder of the nerves relating to nutrition
- two-spot — a playing card or the upward face of a die that bears two pips, or a domino one half of which bears two pips.