9-letter words containing a, l, t, i, e, s
- semimetal — an element with properties both of a metal and of a non-metal; a metalloid
- serialist — a writer of serials
- seriality — a serial layout or arrangement; the quality of taking place in series
- serotinal — pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- sexualist — a botanist who employs or advocates Linnaeus' sexual system of classifying plants
- sexuality — sexual character; possession of the structural and functional traits of sex.
- shavetail — U.S. Army. a second lieutenant.
- shiftable — able or designed to be shifted, changed, or removed: shiftable furniture.
- shulamite — an epithet meaning “princess,” applied to the bride in the Song of Solomon 6:13.
- sidetable — a small table at the side of a room
- sigillate — (of a ceramic object) having stamped decorations.
- silicates — Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- simmental — one of a large breed of cattle, yellowish-brown to red and white, originally of Switzerland, used for milk and beef and as a draft animal.
- simulated — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- skeptical — doubtful about a particular thing: My teacher thinks I can get a scholarship, but I'm skeptical.
- slaistery — resembling slaister
- slantwise — aslant; obliquely.
- slatelike — resembling slate
- slip seat — an upholstered seat having its own frame that fits loosely into the frame of a chair.
- socialite — a socially prominent person.
- 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.
- sparticle — a hypothetical elementary particle thought to have been produced in the Big Bang
- specialty — a special or distinctive quality, mark, state, or condition.
- spiculate — having the form of a spicule.
- spinulate — having a spine or spines
- split pea — a dried green pea, split and used especially for soup.
- st. elias — a mountain on the boundary between Alaska and Canada, a peak of the St. Elias Mountains. 18,008 feet (5490 meters).
- stabilate — a collection of living organisms, gathered on one occasion and preserved for a particular use
- stabilise — to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
- stabilize — to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
- stag line — the men at a social gathering who are not accompanied by a date or dancing partner.
- stagelike — resembling a theatrical stage
- stainless — having no stain; spotless.
- stairless — without or not consisting of stairs
- stairlike — resembling stairs
- stairwell — the vertical shaft or opening containing a stairway.
- stalklike — the stem or main axis of a plant.
- 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.
- statelily — in a stately or dignified manner
- stelazine — a synthetic drug, C21H24F3N3S·2HCl, used as a tranquilizer in treating certain mental disorders
- sterculia — any of various tropical trees of the genus Sterculia, of which some species are grown as ornamentals and some are the source of commercially valuable wood.
- sterilant — a sterilizing agent.
- 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.
- stickable — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stipulate — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- strapline — a subheading in a newspaper or magazine article or in any advertisement
- strikable — being cause for a strike, as by union members: strikable labor issues.
- studiable — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- sublimate — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.