8-letter words containing ste
- steffens — (Joseph) Lincoln, 1866–1936, U.S. author, journalist, and editor.
- stegodon — any extinct elephantlike mammal of the genus Stegodon, from the late Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs, usually considered to be directly ancestral to the modern elephant.
- steichen — Edward, 1879–1973, U.S. photographer.
- steinbok — steenbok.
- steinitz — William (Wilhelm Steinitz) 1836–1900, U.S. chess player, born in Austria-Hungary.
- steinman — David Barnard, 1886–1960, U.S. civil engineer: specialist in bridge design and construction.
- steinway — Henry Engelhard [eng-guh l-hahrd,, -hahrt] /ˈɛŋ gəlˌhɑrd,, -ˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), (Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg) 1797–1871, U.S. piano manufacturer, born in Germany.
- stellate — like the form of a conventionalized figure of a star; star-shaped.
- stellify — to change or be changed into a star
- stellion — an olive-green Mediterranean lizard with black star-shaped spots, belonging to the family Stellionidae
- stellite — any of various alloys containing cobalt, chromium, carbon, tungsten, and molybdenum: characteristically very hard and wear-resistant, they are used as castings or hard surface-coatings
- stem rot — a symptom or phase of many diseases of plants, characterized by decay of the stem tissues.
- stemhead — the head of the stem of a vessel
- stemless — (of plants) lacking a stem above ground
- stemmery — a factory or other place where tobacco leaves are stripped.
- stemming — Skiing. the act or instance of a skier pushing the heel of one or both skis outward so that the heels are far apart, as in making certain turns or slowing down.
- stemware — glass or crystal vessels, especially for beverages and desserts, having rounded bowls mounted on footed stems.
- sten gun — a British light submachine gun.
- stendhal — (Marie Henri Beyle) 1783–1842, French novelist and critic.
- stenlock — a coal fish, Merlangus carbonarius
- stenmark — Ingemar ("Silent Swede") born 1956, Swedish Alpine skier.
- stenosed — characterized by stenosis; abnormally narrowed.
- stenoses — a narrowing or stricture of a passage or vessel.
- stenosis — a narrowing or stricture of a passage or vessel.
- stenotic — a narrowing or stricture of a passage or vessel.
- stentour — a tax assessor or person who determines the amount of tax that is owed
- step cut — a cut consisting of a rectangular girdle, often faceted, with two or more tiers of narrow facets running parallel to the girdle on both the crown and the pavilion: used especially in stones in which color is more important than brilliance.
- step out — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
- step-ins — step-in garments, esp underwear
- step-off — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
- stepdame — a stepmother.
- stepford — blandly conformist and submissive
- stephane — an ancient Greek headdress or crown often depicted in the statuary of various deities
- stephead — dropline.
- stephens — Saint, died a.d. c35, first Christian martyr.
- stepless — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
- steplike — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
- stepover — an instance of raising the foot over the ball while in possession in order to wrong-foot an opponent
- stepping — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
- stepwise — in a steplike arrangement.
- stereome — the tissue of a plant that provides mechanical support
- sterical — of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- sterigma — a small stalk that bears a sporangium, a conidium, or especially a basidiospore.
- sterling — of, relating to, or noting British money: The sterling equivalent is #5.50.
- sternage — the stern or rear of a ship
- sternest — firm, strict, or uncompromising: stern discipline.
- sternite — a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
- sternson — a knee in a timber-framed vessel, reinforcing the angle between the keelson and the sternpost.
- sternway — Nautical. the movement of a vessel backward, or stern foremost.
- steroids — any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.