9-letter words containing e, a, s, t, r
- sacrament — Ecclesiastical. a visible sign of an inward grace, especially one of the solemn Christian rites considered to have been instituted by Jesus Christ to symbolize or confer grace: the sacraments of the Protestant churches are baptism and the Lord's Supper; the sacraments of the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches are baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, matrimony, penance, holy orders, and extreme unction.
- saleratus — sodium bicarbonate used in cookery; baking soda.
- salimeter — salinometer.
- salometer — salinometer.
- salt tree — athel tree.
- salt-free — containing or involving no salt
- saltpeter — the form of potassium nitrate, KNO 3 , that occurs naturally, used in the manufacture of fireworks, fluxes, gunpowder, etc.; niter.
- saltpetre — the form of potassium nitrate, KNO 3 , that occurs naturally, used in the manufacture of fireworks, fluxes, gunpowder, etc.; niter.
- saltwater — of or relating to salt water.
- saluretic — of or relating to a substance that promotes renal excretion of sodium and chloride ions.
- salvatore — a male given name.
- sanitizer — a substance or preparation for killing germs, designed for use especially on food-processing equipment.
- santander — Francisco de Paula [frahn-sees-kaw th e pou-lah] /frɑnˈsis kɔ ðɛ ˈpaʊ lɑ/ (Show IPA), 1792–1840, South American soldier and statesman: president of New Granada 1832–37.
- saprolite — soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place.
- sarmentum — a slender running stem; runner.
- sarmiento — a city in E Argentina, a suburb of Buenos Aires.
- satirized — to attack or ridicule with satire.
- satirizes — to attack or ridicule with satire.
- satu-mare — a city in NW Romania.
- saturable — capable of being saturated.
- saturated — saturated.
- saturater — a person or thing that saturates.
- saturnine — sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
- sauntered — to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll: sauntering through the woods.
- sauternes — a semisweet white wine of California, commonly sold as a jug wine.
- sawtimber — trees suitable for sawing into planks, boards, etc.
- scarpetto — a type of shoe traditionally worn by Alpine climbers
- scattered — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
- scatterer — to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds.
- scelerate — a villain, or extremely wicked person; a criminal
- scenarist — a writer of motion-picture or television scenarios.
- schvartze — a term used by some Jewish people to refer to a black person.
- sclerotal — a bony area or plate found in the sclerotic (the eyeball covering) of some animals
- scrapegut — a fiddle player
- scratcher — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- scratches — Old Scratch; Satan.
- scratchie — a scratchcard
- scrutable — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- sea aster — a composite perennial plant of salt marshes, Aster tripolium, having yellow and purple flowers like those of the related Michaelmas daisy
- sea front — an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- sea otter — a marine otter, Enhydra lutris, of the shores of the northern Pacific, with a very valuable fur: now greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
- sea route — a route followed by ships
- sea trout — any of various species of trout inhabiting salt water, as the salmon trout, Salmo trutta.
- sea water — Sea water is salt water from the sea.
- seastrand — seashore.
- seaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
- secateurs — scissors or shears, especially pruning shears.
- secretage — the use of mercury in treating or felting furs
- secretary — a person, usually an official, who is in charge of the records, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and related affairs of an organization, company, association, etc.: the secretary of the Linguistic Society of America.
- sectarial — distinguishing or differentiating a sect