9-letter words containing a, l, i, t, o
- saint leo — Saint (Bruno) 1002–54, German ecclesiastic: pope 1049–54.
- salivator — any agent that causes salivation.
- saltation — a dancing, hopping, or leaping movement.
- salvation — the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.
- santolina — any plant of the evergreen Mediterranean genus Santolina, esp S. chamaecyparissus, grown for its silvery-grey felted foliage: family Asteraceae (composites)
- saprolite — soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place.
- sartorial — of or relating to tailors or their trade: sartorial workmanship.
- sassolite — the mineral form of boric acid found in the saline deposits of the hot springs near Sasso in Tuscany, H3BO3
- satelloid — a low-altitude satellite using engines with small thrust to maintain its orbit.
- sausalito — a town in W California on San Fransisco Bay: resort; formerly artist's colony.
- scalation — an arrangement of scales, as on a fish.
- scapolite — any of a group of minerals of variable composition, essentially silicates of aluminum, calcium, and sodium, occurring as massive aggregates or tetragonal crystals.
- scholiast — an ancient commentator on the classics.
- sectional — pertaining or limited to a particular section; local or regional: sectional politics.
- sectorial — of or relating to a sector.
- serotinal — pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- sialolith — a hard deposit occurring in a salivary gland
- sibilator — someone who whistles
- siltation — earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- simulator — a person or thing that simulates.
- slow gait — (of a horse) a slow rack.
- socialist — an advocate or supporter of socialism.
- socialite — a socially prominent person.
- sociality — social nature or tendencies as shown in the assembling of individuals in communities.
- soft hail — snow pellets.
- solitaire — Also called patience. any of various games played by one person with one or more regular 52-card packs, part or all of which are usually dealt out according to a given pattern, the object being to arrange the cards in a predetermined manner.
- solvation — a compound formed by the interaction of a solvent and a solute.
- spoliator — a plunderer
- stand oil — a thick oil made by heating linseed oil to temperatures of 600°F and higher, used chiefly as a medium in paints.
- stational — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- statolith — Zoology. any of the granules of lime, sand, etc., contained within a statocyst.
- steroidal — any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- stoically — impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics: a stoical sufferer.
- strap-oil — a beating
- strobilar — of or relating to a strobila
- sublation — to deny or contradict; negate.
- suctorial — adapted for sucking or suction, as an organ; functioning as a sucker for imbibing or adhering.
- sulcation — having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.
- sulfation — Chemistry. a salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
- swordtail — any of several small, brightly colored, viviparous, freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, native to Central America, having the lower part of the caudal fin elongated into a swordlike structure: often kept in aquariums.
- tabellion — a scribe or subordinate notary
- tail coat — a man's fitted coat, cut away over the hips and descending in a pair of tapering skirts behind, usually black and worn as part of full evening dress.
- tail cone — a cone-shaped component at the rear of a jet engine, rocket, or missile, usually serving as an exhaust pipe.
- tailboard — the tailgate, especially of a wagon or truck.
- tailoress — a female tailor
- tailoring — a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- tailstock — a movable or sliding support for the dead center of a lathe or grinder.
- talk into — persuade
- tallowish — resembling tallow; tallow-like
- tamarillo — the edible, plumlike fruit of a tree, Cyphomandra betacea, of the nightshade family, native to the Peruvian Andes.