9-letter words containing a, d, s, t
- shattered — to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
- shirtband — a band of material sewn into a shirt for stiffening, finishing, or the like, as a neckband to which the collar is sewn or buttoned.
- shitfaced — very drunk.
- short-day — requiring a short photoperiod.
- shorthand — a method of rapid handwriting using simple strokes, abbreviations, or symbols that designate letters, words, or phrases (distinguished from longhand).
- shorthead — a brachycephalic person.
- side meat — salt pork and bacon taken from the sides of a hog.
- sidetable — a small table at the side of a room
- sidetrack — any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
- simulated — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- sketchpad — sketchbook (def 1).
- smartweed — any of several weeds of the genus Polygonum, having a smarting, acrid juice.
- smattered — to speak (a language, words, etc.) with superficial knowledge or understanding.
- soft-land — to cause to land slowly and without jarring impact: to soft-land the module on the planet's surface.
- softboard — a soft, porous particle board.
- sorediate — having soredia
- southland — a southern area.
- southward — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
- spadefoot — spadefoot toad.
- spattered — to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
- speedboat — a motorboat designed for high speeds.
- spermatid — Cell Biology. one of the cells that result from the meiotic divisions of a spermatocyte and mature into spermatozoa.
- spot card — spot (def 10b).
- spreathed — sore; chapped
- stagehand — a person who moves properties, regulates lighting, etc., in a theatrical production.
- staggered — to walk, move, or stand unsteadily.
- staghound — a hound trained to hunt stags and other large animals.
- stagnated — to cease to run or flow, as water, air, etc.
- staidness — of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious.
- stair rod — a rod for holding a stair carpet in place against the bottom of a riser.
- stairhead — the top of a staircase; top landing.
- stall-fed — (of animals) confined to and fed in a stall, especially for fattening.
- staminode — a sterile or abortive stamen.
- staminody — the metamorphosis of any of various flower organs, as a sepal or a petal, into a stamen.
- staminoid — like a stamen
- stampeder — a sudden, frenzied rush or headlong flight of a herd of frightened animals, especially cattle or horses.
- stand for — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- stand off — a standing off or apart; aloofness.
- stand oil — a thick oil made by heating linseed oil to temperatures of 600°F and higher, used chiefly as a medium in paints.
- stand out — something or someone, as a person, performance, etc., remarkably superior to others: Evans was a standout in the mixed doubles.
- stand pat — exactly to the point or purpose; apt; opportune: a pat solution to a problem.
- stand-off — a standing off or apart; aloofness.
- stand-out — something or someone, as a person, performance, etc., remarkably superior to others: Evans was a standout in the mixed doubles.
- standards — something considered by an authority or by general consent as a basis of comparison; an approved model.
- standaway — (of a garment) designed or constructed to stand upright or extend outward from the body: a standaway collar.
- standdown — the action of ending military activities or active duty temporarily, or a period or condition of being temporarily relieved from active duty
- standfast — a rigid or unyielding position.
- standover — practising or relating to acts of threatening, intimidating or extorting money from people by force
- standpipe — a vertical pipe or tower into which water is pumped to obtain a required head.
- stapedial — the innermost, stirrup-shaped bone of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals, involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear. Also called stirrup. Compare incus (def 1), malleus.