9-letter words containing i, s, a, t, n
- platonism — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- platonist — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- pointsman — a railway switchman.
- protistan — any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- proustian — of, relating to, or resembling Marcel Proust, his writings, or the middle-class and aristocratic worlds he described.
- pulsating — throbbing
- pulsation — the act of pulsating; beating or throbbing.
- quaintest — Superlative form of quaint.
- quantiles — Plural form of quantile.
- quantised — Mathematics, Physics. to restrict (a variable quantity) to discrete values rather than to a continuous set of values.
- quantizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quantize.
- quatrains — Plural form of quatrain.
- quintains — Plural form of quintain.
- rainspout — waterspout (def 1).
- rainstick — a musical instrument consisting of a tube filled with sand or pebbles, which is inverted to produce a sound
- rainstorm — a storm with heavy rain.
- rainswept — (of a place) open to or characterized by frequent heavy rain
- rankshift — (in systemic linguistics) to use a unit as a constituent of another unit of the same or lower rank on the rank scale, as in using the phrase next door within the phrase the boy next door or the clause that you met yesterday within the phrase the girl that you met yesterday.
- ranterism — a radical 17th-century Christian doctrine based on a personal relationship with the Holy Spirit and disregard of formal worship
- reinstall — to place in position or connect for service or use: to install a heating system; to install software on a computer.
- reinstate — to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state: to reinstate the ousted chairman.
- relations — an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect.
- resistant — resisting.
- restaging — a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- restained — a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- restating — to state again or in a new way.
- restation — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- restraint — a restraining action or influence: freedom from restraint.
- rickstand — a platform on which to put or make a rick or haystack
- ringstand — a stand on which laboratory equipment is placed
- rogations — solemn supplications, esp in a form of ceremony prescribed by the Church
- rosinante — the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.
- rusticana — objects, such as agricultural implements, garden furniture, etc, relating to the countryside or made in imitation of rustic styles
- sabbatine — of or relating to Saturdays
- sacristan — Also called sacrist [sak-rist, sey-krist] /ˈsæk rɪst, ˈseɪ krɪst/ (Show IPA). an official in charge of the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., of a church or a religious house.
- sagenitic — relating to sagenite
- sahaptian — a family of North American Indian languages consisting of Sahaptin and Nez Percé
- sail into — an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- saint leo — Saint (Bruno) 1002–54, German ecclesiastic: pope 1049–54.
- saintfoin — sainfoin.
- sainthood — the character or status of a saint.
- saintling — a little saint
- saintship — the qualities or status of a saint.
- saliently — prominent or conspicuous: salient traits.
- salt mine — a mine from which salt is excavated.
- saltation — a dancing, hopping, or leaping movement.
- saltiness — tasting of or containing salt; saline.
- salvation — the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.
- samaritan — an inhabitant of Samaria.
- sanatoria — a hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases, as tuberculosis or various nervous or mental disorders.