9-letter words containing d, a, t, s, e
- shattered — to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
- shitfaced — very drunk.
- shorthead — a brachycephalic person.
- side meat — salt pork and bacon taken from the sides of a hog.
- sidetable — a small table at the side of a room
- sidetrack — any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
- simulated — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- sketchpad — sketchbook (def 1).
- smartweed — any of several weeds of the genus Polygonum, having a smarting, acrid juice.
- smattered — to speak (a language, words, etc.) with superficial knowledge or understanding.
- sorediate — having soredia
- spadefoot — spadefoot toad.
- spattered — to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
- speedboat — a motorboat designed for high speeds.
- spermatid — Cell Biology. one of the cells that result from the meiotic divisions of a spermatocyte and mature into spermatozoa.
- spreathed — sore; chapped
- stagehand — a person who moves properties, regulates lighting, etc., in a theatrical production.
- staggered — to walk, move, or stand unsteadily.
- stagnated — to cease to run or flow, as water, air, etc.
- staidness — of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious.
- stairhead — the top of a staircase; top landing.
- stall-fed — (of animals) confined to and fed in a stall, especially for fattening.
- staminode — a sterile or abortive stamen.
- stampeder — a sudden, frenzied rush or headlong flight of a herd of frightened animals, especially cattle or horses.
- standover — practising or relating to acts of threatening, intimidating or extorting money from people by force
- standpipe — a vertical pipe or tower into which water is pumped to obtain a required head.
- 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.
- stapedius — the small muscle in the inner ear attached to and controlling the stapes
- state aid — financial support extended by a state government to a local institution serving the public, as a school or library.
- statehood — the status or condition of being a state, especially a state of the U.S.
- stateside — being in or toward the continental U.S.
- statewide — extending throughout all parts of a state in the U.S.: a statewide search.
- stationed — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- stavudine — an antiviral drug used to treat HIV infections
- steadfast — fixed in direction; steadily directed: a steadfast gaze.
- steadicam — a mechanism for steadying a handheld camera, consisting of a shock-absorbing arm to which the camera is attached and a harness worn by the camera operator
- steadiest — firmly placed or fixed; stable in position or equilibrium: a steady ladder.
- steelhead — a silvery rainbow trout that migrates to the sea before returning to fresh water to spawn.
- steelyard — a portable balance with two unequal arms, the longer one having a movable counterpoise and the shorter one bearing a hook or the like for holding the object to be weighed.
- stepdance — a dance in which the steps are the most important characteristic, specifically a solo dance with intricate, vigorous steps, often performed with the hands kept in the pockets.
- steradian — a solid angle at the center of a sphere subtending a section on the surface equal in area to the square of the radius of the sphere. Abbreviation: sr.
- sternward — toward the stern; astern.
- 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.
- stewarded — a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
- stewardry — the office or position of a steward or overseer
- stonehand — a person who arranges type and imposes pages on an imposing stone
- stop bead — a strip of molding along the inside of a window frame for holding a sliding sash.
- storecard — A storecard is a plastic card that you use to buy goods on credit from a particular store or group of stores.
- stourhead — a Palladian mansion near Mere in Wiltshire: built (1722) for Henry Hoare; famous for its landscaped gardens laid out (1741) by Flitcroft
- straddler — to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart; stand or sit astride.