8-letter words containing and
- sandyish — somewhat sandy
- saraband — a slow, stately Spanish dance, especially of the 17th and 18th centuries, in triple meter, derived from a vigorous castanet dance.
- sarandon — Susan Abigail. born 1946, US film actress: her films include Thelma and Louise (1991), Lorenzo's Oil (1992), The Client (1994), Dead Man Walking (1996), and Moonlight Mile (2002)
- scabland — rough, barren, volcanic topography with thin soils and little vegetation.
- scandent — climbing, as a plant.
- scandian — of or relating to Scandia.
- scandisk — (operating system, storage) An MS-DOS command to check for faults on a disk and provide a graphical representation the results. Scandisk was introduced with MS-DOS version 6 to replace CHKDSK.
- scandium — a rare, trivalent, metallic element obtained from thortveitite. Symbol: Sc; atomic weight: 44.956; atomic number: 21; specific gravity: 3.0.
- scotland — a division of the United Kingdom in the N part of Great Britain. 30,412 sq. mi. (78,772 sq. km). Capital: Edinburgh.
- shandong — a maritime province in E China. 59,189 sq. mi. (153,299 sq. km). Capital: Jinan.
- shedhand — a worker in a sheepshearing shed
- shetland — Shetland Islands.
- sideband — the band of frequencies at the sides of the carrier frequency of a modulated signal.
- sjælland — Zealand
- slobland — an area of muddy or alluvial ground
- snowland — an area that is covered by snow
- soapland — a Japanese bathhouse and brothel
- solander — a case for maps, plates, etc., made to resemble a book and having the front cover and fore edge hinged.
- spandrel — Architecture. an area between the extradoses of two adjoining arches, or between the extrados of an arch and a perpendicular through the extrados at the springing line.
- squander — to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away).
- stand by — a staunch supporter or adherent; one who can be relied upon.
- stand in — a substitute for a motion-picture star during the preparation of lighting, cameras, etc., or in dangerous scenes.
- 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.
- stand up — standing erect or upright, as a collar.
- stand-by — a staunch supporter or adherent; one who can be relied upon.
- stand-in — a substitute for a motion-picture star during the preparation of lighting, cameras, etc., or in dangerous scenes.
- stand-up — standing erect or upright, as a collar.
- standard — something considered by an authority or by general consent as a basis of comparison; an approved model.
- standing — rank or status, especially with respect to social, economic, or personal position, reputation, etc.: He had little standing in the community.
- standish — Burt L. pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.
- 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.
- standpat — standpatter.
- strand88 — A commercial implementation of Strand from Strand Software Technologies Ltd., UK and Strand Software, Beaverton, OR, USA. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- stranded — composed of a specified number or kind of strands (usually used in combination): a five-stranded rope.
- strander — a person who strands
- tailband — a band sewn or glued to the tail of a book. Compare headband (def 3).
- tamandua — a tree-dwelling, tropical American anteater, Tamandua tetradactyla, having a prehensile tail, four-clawed forelimbs, and coarse, tan hair with black markings on the trunk.
- tandoori — baked or cooked in a tandoor: tandoori chicken.
- tar sand — bituminous sand or sandstone from which asphalt can be obtained.
- thailand — Formerly Siam. a kingdom in SE Asia: official name of Siam 1939–45 and since 1949. 198,242 sq. mi. (513,445 sq. km). Capital: Bangkok.
- thousand — a cardinal number, 10 times 100.
- tideland — land alternately exposed and covered by the ordinary ebb and flow of the tide.
- togoland — a former German protectorate in W Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea: E part is now the Republic of Togo; W part, a British mandate 1922–46 and trusteeship 1946–57, is now part of Ghana.
- top hand — a person who is highly skilled in some activity, esp a ranch worker
- townland — a division of land of various sizes
- tri-band — of or relating to mobile telephones that can operate on three GSM frequency bands
- unbanded — not fastened with a band
- uncandid — not frank or candid; guarded; reserved