9-letter words containing d, e, t, n, s
- side tone — sound diverted from a telephone microphone to the earpiece so that a speaker hears his own voice at the same level and position as that of the respondent
- sit under — to be seated on the right of (the player)
- snotnosed — impudent; insolent; snotty.
- soundbite — short statement, quotation
- splendent — shining or radiant, as the sun.
- split end — an offensive end who lines up some distance outside the formation on the line of scrimmage as a pass receiver.
- st. denis — Saint, died a.d. c280, 1st bishop of Paris: patron saint of France.
- stagehand — a person who moves properties, regulates lighting, etc., in a theatrical production.
- stagnated — to cease to run or flow, as water, air, etc.
- staidness — of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious.
- staminode — a sterile or abortive stamen.
- 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.
- stationed — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- stavudine — an antiviral drug used to treat HIV infections
- step down — serving to reduce or decrease voltage: a step-down transformer.
- step-down — serving to reduce or decrease voltage: a step-down transformer.
- 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.
- stew pond — a fishpond or fishtank
- stiffened — to make stiff.
- stinkweed — any of various rank-smelling plants, as the jimson weed.
- stintedly — in a stinted, scant, or limited manner
- stonehand — a person who arranges type and imposes pages on an imposing stone
- stonkered — to hit hard; knock unconscious.
- strangled — A strangled voice or cry sounds unclear because the throat muscles of the person speaking or crying are tight.
- streisand — Barbra. born 1942, US singer, actress, and film director: the films she has acted in include Funny Girl (1968) and A Star is Born (1976); her films as actress and director include Yentl (1983), Prince of Tides (1990), and The Mirror has Two Faces (1996)
- stridency — making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking: strident insects; strident hinges.
- studentry — students collectively
- succedent — following or succeeding; subsequent.
- suntanned — having a suntan: suntanned strollers on the boardwalk.
- sustained — to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
- sweatband — a band lining the inside of a hat or cap to protect it against sweat from the head.
- sweetened — to make sweet, as by adding sugar.
- syndicate — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- tanalised — having been treated with the trademarked timber preservative Tanalith
- tardiness — late; behind time; not on time: How tardy were you today?
- tarnished — metal: discolored
- ten-speed — a system of gears having ten forward gear ratios, especially on a bicycle.
- tenderers — to present formally for acceptance; make formal offer of: to tender one's resignation.
- tenderest — soft or delicate in substance; not hard or tough: a tender steak.
- tendinous — of the nature of or resembling a tendon.
- tendresse — a feeling of love or tenderness
- the sound — a strait between SW Sweden and Zealand (Denmark), linking the Kattegat with the Baltic: busy shipping lane; spanned by a bridge in 2000. Length of the strait: 113 km (70 miles). Narrowest point: 5 km (3 miles)
- the sudan — a region stretching across Africa south of the Sahara and north of the tropical zone: inhabited chiefly by Negroid tribes rather than Arabs
- the-bends — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
- the-downs — a range of low ridges in S and SW England.
- timidness — lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; timorous; shy.
- tiredness — fatigue