9-letter words containing i, s, a, t, n
- stelazine — a synthetic drug, C21H24F3N3S·2HCl, used as a tranquilizer in treating certain mental disorders
- stenopaic — (of an optic device) having a narrow opening devised to improve eyesight by limiting obscurations
- stephanie — a female given name.
- 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.
- sterilant — a sterilizing agent.
- stimulant — Physiology, Medicine/Medical. something that temporarily quickens some vital process or the functional activity of some organ or part: Adrenalin is a stimulant for the heart. Compare depressant (def 4).
- stingaree — a stingray.
- stinkaroo — something markedly inferior in quality: a stinkaroo of a motion picture.
- stinkball — stinkpot (def 1).
- straining — to draw tight or taut, especially to the utmost tension; stretch to the full: to strain a rope.
- stranding — to form (a rope, cable, etc.) by twisting strands together.
- strapline — a subheading in a newspaper or magazine article or in any advertisement
- strapping — powerfully built; robust.
- stratonic — of or relating to an army
- strayling — a stray
- streaking — a long, narrow mark, smear, band of color, or the like: streaks of mud.
- streaming — a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- 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)
- striation — striated condition or appearance.
- strontian — strontianite.
- strychnia — Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline poison, C 2 1 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , obtained chiefly by extraction from the seeds of nux vomica, formerly used as a central nervous system stimulant.
- stub nail — a short, thick nail.
- subaction — an act of subduing
- sublation — to deny or contradict; negate.
- succinate — a salt or ester of succinic acid.
- suctorian — a suctorial animal.
- sulcation — having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.
- sulfation — Chemistry. a salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
- summation — the act or process of summing.
- supinator — a muscle used in supination.
- suppliant — a person who supplicates; petitioner.
- sustained — to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
- sustainer — a person or thing that sustains.
- swingbeat — a type of modern dance music that combines soul, rhythm and blues, and hip-hop
- swingboat — a piece of fairground equipment consisting of a boat-shaped carriage for swinging in
- swingtail — denoting an aircraft with a rear portion that can be opened to assist in loading cargo
- switchman — a person who has charge of a switch on a railroad.
- sylvanite — a mineral, gold silver telluride, (AuAg)Te 2 , silver-white with metallic luster, often occurring in crystals so arranged as to resemble written characters: an ore of gold.
- sympathin — a substance released at certain sympathetic nerve endings: thought to be identical with adrenaline
- synanthic — relating to synanthy
- syncytial — a multinucleate mass of cytoplasm that is not separated into cells.
- 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.
- syntactic — of or relating to syntax: syntactic errors in English; the syntactic rules for computer source code.
- syntality — behavioral characteristics of a group perceived as parallel to or inferable from the personality structure of an individual.
- tacitness — understood without being openly expressed; implied: tacit approval.
- tackiness — not tasteful or fashionable; dowdy.
- taeniasis — infestation with tapeworms.
- tail-spin — spin (def 23).
- taintless — free from or without taint; pure; innocent.
- taiwanese — of or relating to Taiwan or its people.