8-letter words containing st
- alienist — a psychiatrist who specializes in the legal aspects of mental illness
- alistair — a masculine name
- alkahest — the hypothetical universal solvent sought by alchemists
- alkestis — Alcestis (def 1).
- all-star — An all-star cast, performance, or game is one which contains only famous or extremely good performers or players.
- almagest — a work on astronomy compiled by Ptolemy in the 2nd century ad containing a description of the geocentric system of the universe and a star catalogue
- alpinist — a mountaineer who climbs in medium-sized glaciated mountain areas such as the Alps
- altoists — Plural form of altoist.
- altruist — a person unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoist).
- amethyst — Amethysts are clear purple stones, sometimes used to make jewellery.
- amidmost — in the middle or centre
- amnestic — causing amnesia
- amongest — Obsolete form of amongst.
- amorists — Plural form of amorist.
- amoungst — Archaic form of amongst.
- amourist — Alternative form of amorist.
- analysts — Plural form of analyst.
- anapaest — a metrical foot of three syllables, the first two short, the last long (◡ ◡ –)
- anapests — Plural form of anapest.
- ancaster — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
- ancestor — Your ancestors are the people from whom you are descended.
- ancestry — Your ancestry is the fact that you are descended from certain people.
- anestrus — in the breeding cycle of many mammals, the period of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus
- angriest — feeling or showing anger or strong resentment (usually followed by at, with, or about): to be angry at the dean; to be angry about the snub.
- angstful — Full of angst; fearful; apprehensive.
- angstrom — a unit of length equal to 10–10 metre, used principally to express the wavelengths of electromagnetic radiations. It is equivalent to 0.1 nanometre
- animists — Plural form of animist.
- annalist — a writer of annals
- anniston — a city in E Alabama.
- antepast — an appetizer
- antirust — (of a product or procedure) effective against rust
- antistat — a substance that prevents or reduces the accumulation of static electricity
- aoristic — Grammar. pertaining to the aorist.
- apastron — the point at which the stars of a binary system are farthest apart (opposed to periastron).
- aphorist — a person who makes or uses aphorisms.
- apiarist — a person who studies or keeps bees
- aplastic — relating to or characterized by aplasia
- aplustre — the ornamental stern on an ancient Greek or Roman ship
- apoplast — the nonprotoplasmic component of a plant, including the cell walls and intercellular material
- apostacy — Abandonment of religion.
- apostasy — If someone is accused of apostasy, they are accused of abandoning their religious faith, political loyalties, or principles.
- apostate — An apostate is someone who has abandoned their religious faith, political loyalties, or principles.
- apostilb — a unit of luminance equal to one ten thousandth of a lambert.
- apostles — Plural form of apostle.
- appestat — a neural control centre within the hypothalamus of the brain that regulates the sense of hunger and satiety
- aquarist — the curator of an aquarium
- arbalest — a large medieval crossbow, usually cocked by mechanical means
- arbalist — a powerful medieval crossbow with a steel bow, used to shoot stones, metal balls, arrows, etc.
- arborist — a specialist in the cultivation of trees
- arcanist — a person with secret knowledge of a manufacturing technique