8-letter words containing tar
- starlike — of the shape of or like a star.
- starling — a pointed cluster of pilings for protecting a bridge pier from drifting ice, debris, etc.
- starlisp — *LISP
- starosta — the headman of a Russian village
- starosty — (in the past in Poland) the estate of a starosta, given by the Crown
- starring — any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- starship — a spaceship designed for intergalactic travel.
- starspot — a dark patch on the surface of a star
- start in — to undertake (something or doing something); commence or begin
- start on — begin attacking
- start up — the act or fact of starting something; a setting in motion.
- start-up — the act or fact of starting something; a setting in motion.
- starters — a person or thing that starts.
- startful — tending to make sudden small involuntary movements of the body from fright or nerves, etc
- startled — to disturb or agitate suddenly as by surprise or alarm.
- starving — very hungry
- starwort — any of several chickweeds of the genus Stellaria.
- sun star — any starfish of the genus Solaster, inhabiting cold and temperate waters off both U.S. coasts.
- tar baby — a situation, problem, or the like, that is almost impossible to solve or to break away from.
- tar ball — a lump or blob of solidified tar resulting from an oil spill, natural seepage from the sea, or other source, that resists biodegradation and often washes up on beaches.
- tar heel — a native or inhabitant of North Carolina (used as a nickname).
- tar sand — bituminous sand or sandstone from which asphalt can be obtained.
- tarakihi — a common edible sea fish of New Zealand waters
- tarantas — a large, four-wheeled Russian carriage mounted without springs on two parallel longitudinal wooden bars.
- tarapoto — a city in N Peru.
- tarascan — a member of an American Indian people of Michoacán state, in southwestern Mexico.
- tarboosh — a tasseled cap of cloth or felt, usually red, that is worn by Muslim men either by itself or as the inner part of the turban.
- tarbrush — a brush for applying tar.
- tarentum — ancient name of Taranto.
- targeted — an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
- tarlatan — a thin, plain-weave, open-mesh cotton fabric finished with stiffening agents and sometimes glazed.
- tarnopol — Ternopol.
- tarpaper — a heavy, tar-coated paper used as a waterproofing material in building construction.
- tarpeian — designating or of a cliff on the Capitoline Hill in Rome from which traitors to the state were hurled to their death
- tarragon — an Old World plant, Artemisia dracunculus, having aromatic leaves used for seasoning.
- tarrying — to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn: He tarried in Baltimore on his way to Washington.
- tarshish — an ancient country, of uncertain location, mentioned in the Bible. I Kings 10:22.
- tarsioid — a fossil of the suborder Tarsioidea
- tarsiped — a generic term for marsupials of the genus Tarsipes
- tartanry — the excessive use of tartan and other Scottish imagery to produce a distorted sentimental view of Scotland and its history
- tartaric — pertaining to or derived from tartar.
- tartarly — resembling a tartar
- tartarus — a sunless abyss, below Hades, in which Zeus imprisoned the Titans.
- tartness — sharp to the taste; sour or acid: Tart apples are best for pie. Synonyms: astringent, acrid, piquant. Antonyms: sweet, sugary, bland, mellow.
- tartrate — a salt or ester of tartaric acid.
- tartuffe — (italics) a comedy (1664–69) by Molière.
- tarwhine — a bream, Rhabdosargus sarba, of E Australia, silver in colour with gold streaks
- tatarian — a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- tetarto- — one fourth part of
- two-star — of or being a major general, as indicated by two stars on an insignia.