9-letter words containing a, t, o, n, i
- saltation — a dancing, hopping, or leaping movement.
- salvation — the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.
- sanatoria — a hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases, as tuberculosis or various nervous or mental disorders.
- sanbenito — an ornamented garment worn by a condemned heretic at an auto-da-fé.
- sanctions — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- santolina — any plant of the evergreen Mediterranean genus Santolina, esp S. chamaecyparissus, grown for its silvery-grey felted foliage: family Asteraceae (composites)
- santonica — the dried flower heads of any of several species of wormwood, belonging to the genus Artemisia, used as a vermifuge.
- santorini — a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- sarmiento — a city in E Argentina, a suburb of Buenos Aires.
- satiation — to supply with anything to excess, so as to disgust or weary; surfeit.
- satinwood — the satiny wood of an East Indian tree, Chloroxylon swietenia, of the rue family, used especially for making furniture.
- satyricon — a satirical novel, interspersed with verse, written in the 1st century a.d. by Petronius, extant in fragments.
- saxitoxin — a powerful neurotoxin, C 1 0 H 1 7 N 7 O 4 , produced by the dinoflagellate Gonyaulax catenella, the causative agent of red tide.
- scalation — an arrangement of scales, as on a fish.
- scazontic — relating to or consisting of scazons
- sectional — pertaining or limited to a particular section; local or regional: sectional politics.
- senhorita — a Portuguese term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- sensation — the operation or function of the senses; perception or awareness of stimuli through the senses.
- septation — a division between cavities or parts of an organism by partitions or septa
- seriation — the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
- serotinal — pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- serration — serrated condition or form.
- sigmatron — a machine for generating X-rays
- signatory — having signed, or joined in signing, a document: the signatory powers to a treaty.
- siltation — earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- simionato — Giulietta [joo-lyet-tah] /dʒuˈlyɛt tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1910–2010, Italian mezzo-soprano.
- sinuation — a winding; sinuosity.
- siphonate — (of molluscs) having a syphon
- sitomania — abnormal craving for food.
- situation — manner of being situated; location or position with reference to environment: The situation of the house allowed for a beautiful view.
- sociation — an association
- solvation — a compound formed by the interaction of a solvent and a solute.
- sonicator — a device for treatment with ultrasound
- sortation — the process or result of sorting things, especially computationally or mechanically.
- spiration — the act of breathing
- staminode — a sterile or abortive stamen.
- staminody — the metamorphosis of any of various flower organs, as a sepal or a petal, into a stamen.
- staminoid — like a stamen
- stanchion — an upright bar, beam, post, or support, as in a window, stall, ship, etc.
- stand oil — a thick oil made by heating linseed oil to temperatures of 600°F and higher, used chiefly as a medium in paints.
- stasidion — a choir stall in an Orthodox church.
- stational — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- stationed — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- stationer — a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
- stenopaic — (of an optic device) having a narrow opening devised to improve eyesight by limiting obscurations
- stinkaroo — something markedly inferior in quality: a stinkaroo of a motion picture.
- stratonic — of or relating to an army
- striation — striated condition or appearance.
- strontian — strontianite.
- subaction — an act of subduing