10-letter words containing a, r, i, s, t
- start life — If something starts life or begins life as a particular thing, it is that thing when it first starts to exist.
- startingly — in sudden brief snatches, or with a sudden nervous jump or start
- starvation — the act or state of starving; condition of being starved.
- starveling — a person, animal, or plant that is starving.
- 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.
- stationary — standing still; not moving.
- stationery — writing paper.
- staudinger — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1881–1965, German chemist: Nobel prize 1953.
- staurolite — a mineral, basic iron aluminum silicate, Fe 2 Al 2 O 7 (SiO 4) 4 (OH), occurring in brown to black prismatic crystals, which are often twinned in the form of a cross.
- stealthier — done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive: stealthy footsteps.
- steam iron — an electric iron with a water chamber, which emits steam onto the fabric or garment being ironed.
- steiermark — German name of Styria.
- stentorian — very loud or powerful in sound: a stentorian voice.
- stereopair — a pair of photographs of the same area taken from slightly different positions so as to give a stereoscopic effect when properly mounted and viewed.
- sterically — of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- sternalgia — pain occurring in or around the sternum
- sternalgic — relating to or having sternalgia
- stewarding — a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
- sticharion — a white tunic of silk or linen, corresponding to the alb, worn by deacons, priests, and bishops.
- stigmarian — belonging to, resembling, or containing fossils of the genus Sigillaria
- stillatory — a still or distillery where liquid is distilled
- stillwater — a city in N Oklahoma.
- stimulator — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stir-crazy — Informal. restless or frantic because of confinement, routine, etc.: I was stir-crazy after just two months of keeping house.
- strabismic — a disorder of vision due to a deviation from normal orientation of one or both eyes so that both cannot be directed at the same object at the same time; squint; crossed eyes.
- strabismus — a disorder of vision due to a deviation from normal orientation of one or both eyes so that both cannot be directed at the same object at the same time; squint; crossed eyes.
- stracchino — a soft cheese from North Italy
- 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).
- straggling — to stray from the road, course, or line of march.
- straight a — achieving or showing the highest grade or superior accomplishment, especially scholastically: a straight A report card.
- straighten — make straight
- straighter — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- strainedly — in a strained manner
- strainless — to draw tight or taut, especially to the utmost tension; stretch to the full: to strain a rope.
- straitened — to put into difficulties, especially financial ones: His obligations had straitened him.
- stramonium — jimson weed.
- strandline — a mark left by the high tide or a line of seaweed and other debris washed onto the beach by the tide
- strangling — an incident in which someone is strangled
- strap-laid — noting a type of flat cordage made by stitching strands together side by side.
- strapontin — a seat which is folded down to sit on
- strategics — strategy (def 1).
- strategies — Also, strategics. the science or art of combining and employing the means of war in planning and directing large military movements and operations.
- strategise — to make up or determine strategy; plan.
- strategist — an expert in strategy, especially in warfare: Julius Caesar was a great military strategist.
- strategize — to make up or determine strategy; plan.
- stratified — to form or place in strata or layers.
- stratiform — Geology. occurring as a bed or beds; arranged in strata.
- stravaging — Scot., Irish, and North England. to wander aimlessly.
- stravaiger — Scot., Irish, and North England. to wander aimlessly.