8-Letter Words with A,S,T,R,A,L,_

• hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy)

• freight car without permanent sides or roof

• (mathematics) a geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry

• A small, metal object with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles.

• The same object represented as a heraldic charge.

• The starthistle, Centaurea calcitrapa, a plant with sharp thorns.

• Any of a number of flowering plants in the family Zygophyllaceae, including several members of the genus Kallstroemia and the species Tribulus terrestris, native to warm temperate and tropical regions.

• tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health

• a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt)

• having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships

• dependable

• used especially of persons

• concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child

• use of physical or mental energy; hard work

• work hard

• of or relating to a pastor

• relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle

• a musical composition that evokes rural life

• a letter from a pastor to the congregation

• a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)

• (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic