7-letter words containing t, s, o
- atishoo — Atishoo is used, especially in writing, to represent the sound that you make when you sneeze.
- atomics — the scientific study of atoms
- atomies — an atom; mote.
- atomise — to reduce to atoms.
- atomism — an ancient philosophical theory, developed by Democritus and expounded by Lucretius, that the ultimate constituents of the universe are atoms
- atomist — An adherent of atomism; one who believes matter is composed of elementary indivisible particles.
- atoners — Plural form of atoner.
- atonies — Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- atopies — Plural form of atopy.
- atropos — the one of the three Fates who severs the thread of life
- austro- — Austro- combines with adjectives indicating nationality to form adjectives which describe something connected with Austria and another country.
- authors — a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.
- autobus — a motor vehicle which can carry a large group of passengers
- autoist — motorist.
- autopsy — An autopsy is an examination of a dead body by a doctor who cuts it open in order to try to discover the cause of death.
- avocets — Plural form of avocet.
- azotise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of azotize.
- azotous — nitrous, containing nitrogen
- ballots — Plural form of ballot.
- barotse — a member of a Negroid people of central Africa living chiefly in SW Zambia
- barstow — a city in S California.
- basotho — a member of the subgroup of the Sotho people who chiefly inhabit Lesotho
- bastion — If a system or organization is described as a bastion of a particular way of life, it is seen as being important and effective in defending that way of life. Bastion can be used both when you think that this way of life should be ended and when you think it should be defended.
- bastrop — a city in N Louisiana.
- batboys — Plural form of batboy.
- bateson — William, 1861–1926, English biologist and geneticist.
- bedpost — A bedpost is one of the four vertical supports at the corners of a bed with an old-fashioned wooden or iron frame.
- benthos — the animals and plants living at the bottom of a sea or lake
- beshout — to shout at or about
- besport — to amuse (oneself)
- bespout — to utter (something) pretentiously
- bestorm — to assault
- bestows — to present as a gift; give; confer (usually followed by on or upon): The trophy was bestowed upon the winner.
- bestrow — bestrew.
- bifrost — the rainbow bridge of the gods from their realm Asgard to earth
- bistort — a Eurasian polygonaceous plant, Polygonum bistorta, having leaf stipules fused to form a tube around the stem and a spike of small pink flowers
- blasto- — (in biology) indicating an embryo or bud or the process of budding
- boasted — to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, especially about oneself.
- boaster — a chisel for boasting stone.
- bobstay — a strong stay between a bowsprit and the stem of a vessel for holding down the bowsprit
- boeotus — a son of Arne and Poseidon, and ancestor of the Boeotians.
- boldest — not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible danger or rebuff; courageous and daring: a bold hero.
- boletus — any saprotroph basidiomycetous fungus of the genus Boletus, having a brownish umbrella-shaped cap with spore-bearing tubes in the underside: family Boletaceae. Many species are edible
- bolster — If you bolster something such as someone's confidence or courage, you increase it.
- bombast — Bombast is trying to impress people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.
- boneset — any of various North American plants of the genus Eupatorium, esp E. perfoliatum, which has flat clusters of small white flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
- booshit — very good; excellent
- booster — A booster is something that increases a positive or desirable quality.
- borscht — a Russian and Polish soup based on beetroot
- borstal — In Britain in the past, a borstal was a kind of prison for young criminals, who were not old enough to be sent to ordinary prisons.