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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.
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