8-letter words containing tar
- mortared — a mixture of lime or cement or a combination of both with sand and water, used as a bonding agent between bricks, stones, etc.
- mustards — Plural form of mustard.
- mustardy — Like mustard.
- nectared — Imbued or abounding with nectar.
- notarial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a notary public.
- notaries — Plural form of notary.
- notarise — to certify (a document, contract, etc.) or cause to become certified through a notary public.
- notarize — to certify (a document, contract, etc.) or cause to become certified through a notary public.
- nutarian — a person whose food intake consists chiefly of nuts or nut-based products or dishes
- octarchy — a government by eight persons.
- octaroon — Alternative spelling of octoroon.
- one-star — of or being a brigadier general, as indicated by one star on an insignia.
- ontarian — a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- orbitary — the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- outargue — to outdo or defeat in arguing: That man could outargue the devil himself.
- outstare — to outdo in staring; stare down.
- outstart — To start out or up.
- overtart — too bitter
- pentarch — a government by five persons.
- pine tar — a very viscid, blackish-brown liquid having an odor resembling that of turpentine, obtained by the destructive distillation of pine wood, used in paints, roofing, soaps, and, medicinally, for skin infections.
- plutarch — a.d. c46–c120, Greek biographer.
- polestar — Polaris.
- pop star — a famous singer or musician who performs pop music
- prealtar — in front of the altar.
- red star — any star with a low surface temperature and a reddish color, as a red giant or a red dwarf.
- redstart — any of several small, Old World thrushes, usually with reddish-brown tails, especially Phoenicurus phoenicurus (European redstart)
- retarded — characterized by a slowness or limitation in intellectual understanding and awareness, emotional development, academic progress, etc.
- retardee — a retarded person; retardate.
- retarder — a person or thing that retards.
- retarget — to aim toward or calibrate for a different target: to retarget missiles.
- rotarian — a member of a Rotary Club.
- salutary — favorable to or promoting health; healthful.
- sanitary — of or relating to health or the conditions affecting health, especially with reference to cleanliness, precautions against disease, etc.
- santarem — a city in N Brazil, on the Amazon River.
- scimitar — a curved, single-edged sword of Asian, especially Eastern origin.
- sea star — starfish.
- selictar — the sword-bearer of a chieftain
- septaria — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- shortarm — (of a punch) with the arm bent
- solitary — alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by.
- star cut — a gem cut having a hexagonal table surrounded by six facets in the form of equilateral triangles.
- star key — a push button on a telephone or other electronic device that is marked with an asterisk, often in the lower left-hand area.
- star map — star chart.
- starched — a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 1 0 O 5) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
- stardust — (not in technical use) a mass of distant stars appearing as tiny particles of dust.
- starfish — any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea, having the body radially arranged, usually in the form of a star, with five or more rays or arms radiating from a central disk; asteroid.
- stargaze — to gaze at or observe the stars.
- starkers — naked
- starkest — sheer, utter, downright, or complete: stark madness.
- starless — any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.