9-letter words containing e, a, s, t, r
- slaughter — Frank, 1908–2001, U.S. novelist and physician.
- slew rate — the rate at which an electronic amplifier can respond to an abrupt change of input level
- smart set — sophisticated, fashionable people as a group: a shop catering to the smart set.
- smartarse — a clever person, esp one who parades his knowledge offensively
- smartness — to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
- 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.
- snakeroot — any of various plants whose roots have been regarded as a remedy for snakebites, as the herb Aristolochia serpentaria (Virginia snakeroot) having a medicinal rhizome and rootlets, and the white-flowered Polygala senega (Seneca snakeroot) having a medicinal root.
- solitaire — Also called patience. any of various games played by one person with one or more regular 52-card packs, part or all of which are usually dealt out according to a given pattern, the object being to arrange the cards in a predetermined manner.
- solutrean — Archaeology. of or designating an Upper Paleolithic European culture c18,000–16,000 b.c., characterized by the making of stone projectile points and low-relief stone sculptures.
- sonnetary — relating to sonnets
- sorediate — having soredia
- sörenstam — Annika (ˈænɪka). born 1970, Swedish golfer; winner of the US Women's Open (1995, 1996, 2006), the LPGA Championship (2003, 2004, 2005), and the British Women's Open (2003)
- spaceport — a site at which spacecraft are tested, launched, sheltered, maintained, etc.
- sparteine — a bitter, poisonous, liquid alkaloid obtained from certain species of broom, especially Cytisus scoparius, used in medicine to stimulate the heart and also the uterine muscles in childbirth.
- sparterie — things made from esparto
- spartiate — a member of the ruling class of ancient Laconia; a Spartan citizen. Compare Helot (def 1), Perioeci.
- sparticle — a hypothetical elementary particle thought to have been produced in the Big Bang
- spattered — to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
- spearmint — an aromatic herb, Mentha spicata, having lance-shaped leaves used for flavoring.
- spearwort — any of several buttercups having lance-shaped leaves and small flowers, as Ranunculus ambigens, of the eastern U.S., growing in mud.
- spec rate — (benchmark) Results of the throughput measurement using SPEC benchmark suites CINT92 and CFP92. With the throughput measurement method, several copies of a given benchmark are executed. The method is particularly suitable for multiprocessor systems. The results, called SPEC rate, express how many jobs of a particular type (characterised by the individual benchmark) can be executed in a given time (The SPEC reference time happens to be a week, the execution times are normalized with respect to a VAX 11/780). The SPEC rates therefore characterise the capacity of a system for compute-intensive jobs of similar characteristics. See also SPEC ratio.
- spectator — a weekly periodical (1711–12, 1714) issued by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.
- spermatia — Botany. the nonmotile male gamete of a red alga.
- spermatic — of, relating to, or resembling sperm; seminal; generative.
- spermatid — Cell Biology. one of the cells that result from the meiotic divisions of a spermatocyte and mature into spermatozoa.
- spermato- — indicating sperm
- sphaerite — an aluminium phosphate
- spiraster — a part of a living sponge
- sportable — capable of being sported or used in sport
- sportance — pleasurable or playful activities
- sporulate — to produce spores.
- spot rate — trading: immediate price
- spreathed — sore; chapped
- spymaster — an espionage agent who directs a network of subordinate agents.
- staggered — to walk, move, or stand unsteadily.
- stagirite — a native or inhabitant of Stagira.
- stagyrite — a native or inhabitant of Stagira.
- staircase — a flight of stairs with its framework, banisters, etc., or a series of such flights.
- stairhead — the top of a staircase; top landing.
- stairless — without or not consisting of stairs
- stairlike — resembling stairs
- stairstep — a step in a staircase.
- stairwell — the vertical shaft or opening containing a stairway.
- stairwise — by steps or in the manner of steps
- 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
- stare out — If you stare someone out, you look steadily into their eyes for such a long time that they feel that they have to turn their eyes away from you.
- stargazer — a person who stargazes, as an astronomer or astrologer.
- starquake — a rapid change in the mass distribution or shape of a pulsar, resulting in a fluctuation of the pulsar's pulse rate or radiation intensity.