10-letter words containing a, s, e, t, r, i
- spermatium — Botany. the nonmotile male gamete of a red alga.
- spermatoid — resembling sperm.
- sphalerite — a very common mineral, zinc sulfide, ZnS, usually containing some iron and a little cadmium, occurring in yellow, brown, or black crystals or cleavable masses with resinous luster: the principal ore of zinc and cadmium; blackjack.
- spirantize — to change into or pronounce as a spirant.
- spitballer — a pitcher who is known or believed to throw spitballs.
- square tin — a medium-sized loaf having a crusty top, baked in a tin with a square base
- squaretail — any of several fishes of the genus Tetragonurus, inhabiting deep waters of tropical and temperate seas, having a squarish tail and an armor of tough, bony scales.
- st-nazaire — seaport in NW France, at the mouth of the Loire: pop. 65,000
- stabilizer — a person or thing that stabilizes.
- stadimeter — an instrument for determining the distance between an observer and an object of known height by measurement of the angle subtended by the object.
- staffrider — a person who illegally rides on the outside of a suburban train
- staggering — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
- stair-step — to move or progress in steps of increasing height or level
- stairsteps — a flight of steps
- stannaries — a tin-mining region or district.
- star anise — Also called Chinese anise. a shrub or small tree, Illicium verum, of China, having white flowers that turn purple and bearing anise-scented, star-shaped clusters of carminative fruit.
- star prize — The star prize in a competition is the most valuable prize.
- starfished — lying with arms and legs outstretched; spread-eagled
- starkville — a town in E Mississippi.
- start life — If something starts life or begins life as a particular thing, it is that thing when it first starts to exist.
- 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.
- 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.
- stillwater — a city in N Oklahoma.
- 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.
- strandline — a mark left by the high tide or a line of seaweed and other debris washed onto the beach by the tide
- 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.
- stravaiger — Scot., Irish, and North England. to wander aimlessly.
- straw wine — a usually rich or sweet wine produced from grapes partially dried on the vine or picked and dried in the sun on a bed of straw or reeds.