9-letter words containing a, l, s, t, o
- pleonaste — a type of blackish mineral
- pole mast — a mast on a sailing vessel, consisting of a single piece without separate upper masts.
- pole star — Polaris.
- pole-star — Polaris.
- postaxial — pertaining to or situated behind the axis of the body, especially the posterior side of the axis of a limb.
- postfault — taking place after a fault
- postfixal — of or relating to a postfix, having postfixes
- postnasal — located or occurring behind the nose or in the nasopharynx, as a flow of mucus; nasopharyngeal: a postnasal infection.
- postnatal — subsequent to childbirth: postnatal infection.
- posttrial — Law. the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact. the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- postulant — a candidate, especially for admission into a religious order.
- postulata — things postulated
- postulate — to ask, demand, or claim.
- pulsation — the act of pulsating; beating or throbbing.
- pulsatory — pulsating or throbbing.
- pyroclast — a piece of lava ejected from a volcano
- relations — an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect.
- rock salt — common salt occurring in extensive, irregular beds in rocklike masses.
- rock-salt — common salt occurring in extensive, irregular beds in rocklike masses.
- rootstalk — a rhizome.
- rosenthal — Jean, 1912–69, U.S. theatrical lighting designer.
- rostrally — in a rostral manner
- royalmast — the highest part of a mast
- sackcloth — sacking.
- sail into — an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- sailcloth — any of various fabrics, as of cotton, nylon, or Dacron, for boat sails or tents.
- saint leo — Saint (Bruno) 1002–54, German ecclesiastic: pope 1049–54.
- salivator — any agent that causes salivation.
- sallyport — a gateway permitting the passage of a large number of troops at a time.
- salometer — salinometer.
- salt dome — a domelike rock structure that is formed beneath the earth's surface by the upward movement of a mass of salt, may reach thousands of feet in vertical extent, and is more or less circular in plan: often associated with oil and gas pools.
- salt pork — pork cured with salt, especially the fat pork taken from the back, sides, and belly.
- saltation — a dancing, hopping, or leaping movement.
- saltatory — pertaining to or adapted for saltation.
- saltworks — (often used with a plural verb) a building or plant where salt is made.
- salty dog — a cocktail of gin or vodka and grapefruit juice, traditionally served in a salt-rimmed glass.
- salvation — the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.
- salvatore — a male given name.
- salvatory — a place for storing something safely
- 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.
- satyaloka — the highest heaven, where Brahma and Sarasvati live with Brahmins.
- 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.
- scatology — the study of or preoccupation with excrement or obscenity.
- scholiast — an ancient commentator on the classics.