10-letter words containing a, d, r, s, t
- speed trap — a section of a road where hidden police, radar, etc., carefully check the speed of motorists and strictly enforce traffic regulations: sometimes characterized by hard-to-see signals, hidden traffic signs, etc.
- spermaduct — a spermatic passage found in male animals
- spermatoid — resembling sperm.
- sports day — In British schools, sports day is a day or an afternoon when pupils compete in athletics contests such as races and the high jump. Parents are often invited to come and watch the events.
- spread out — extend, splay
- squaretoed — having a broad, square toe, as a shoe.
- stableford — a scoring system in which points are awarded according to the number of strokes taken at each hole, whereby a hole completed in one stroke over par counts as one point, a hole completed in level par counts as two points, etc
- stack-yard — a yard where stacks of hay, straw, etc, are kept
- stadholder — the chief magistrate of the former republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
- stadia rod — rod (def 19).
- stadia-rod — a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- stadimeter — an instrument for determining the distance between an observer and an object of known height by measurement of the angle subtended by the object.
- staffrider — a person who illegally rides on the outside of a suburban train
- stage door — a door at the back or side of a theater, used by performers and theater personnel.
- stalingrad — former name of Volgograd.
- stampeders — a sudden, frenzied rush or headlong flight of a herd of frightened animals, especially cattle or horses.
- stand firm — be resolute
- stand over — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- standardly — in or according to the standard manner, form, or idea
- standfirst — an introductory paragraph in an article, printed in larger or bolder type or in capitals, that summarizes the article
- star cloud — a cloudlike patch of light on the celestial sphere, consisting of a multitude of stars.
- star drill — a chisellike drill for masonry or plasterwork, having a pointed head faceted in alternately projecting and reentering angles.
- starchedly — in a starched manner
- stare down — to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
- starfished — lying with arms and legs outstretched; spread-eagled
- state bird — a bird chosen as an official symbol of a U.S. state.
- statesider — a person who lives in one of the forty-eight contiguous states of the U.S.
- staudinger — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1881–1965, German chemist: Nobel prize 1953.
- stepdancer — a person who engages in stepdancing
- stepladder — a ladder having flat steps or treads in place of rungs.
- stereocard — a card showing two stereoscopic pictures
- sternboard — a backward motion of a boat
- sternwards — towards the stern; astern
- stewardess — a woman flight attendant.
- stewarding — a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
- store card — a token bearing the name of a business, often exchangeable for a particular item.
- storyboard — a panel or panels on which a sequence of sketches depict the significant changes of action and scene in a planned film, as for a movie, television show, or advertisement.
- straddlers — to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart; stand or sit astride.
- stradivari — Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1644?–1737, Italian violinmaker of Cremona (pupil of Nicolò Amati).
- strainedly — in a strained manner
- straitened — to put into difficulties, especially financial ones: His obligations had straitened him.
- strandflat — a shore platform found along the coasts of Greenland, Iceland and Norway which may have formed as the result of glacial erosion
- strandline — a mark left by the high tide or a line of seaweed and other debris washed onto the beach by the tide
- strandwolf — brown hyena.
- strap-laid — noting a type of flat cordage made by stitching strands together side by side.
- stratified — to form or place in strata or layers.
- strawboard — coarse, yellow paperboard made of straw pulp, used in packing, for making boxes, etc.
- streamered — having streamers
- streamside — the land on the sides of a stream.
- streamwood — a city in NE Illinois.