9-letter words containing i, t, s, a, l
- salubrity — favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.
- saluretic — of or relating to a substance that promotes renal excretion of sodium and chloride ions.
- salvation — the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.
- santolina — any plant of the evergreen Mediterranean genus Santolina, esp S. chamaecyparissus, grown for its silvery-grey felted foliage: family Asteraceae (composites)
- saprolite — soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place.
- sartorial — of or relating to tailors or their trade: sartorial workmanship.
- sassolite — the mineral form of boric acid found in the saline deposits of the hot springs near Sasso in Tuscany, H3BO3
- satellite — Astronomy. a natural body that revolves around a planet; a moon.
- satelloid — a low-altitude satellite using engines with small thrust to maintain its orbit.
- satirical — of, pertaining to, containing, or characterized by satire: satirical novels.
- satyrical — Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- sausalito — a town in W California on San Fransisco Bay: resort; formerly artist's colony.
- scalation — an arrangement of scales, as on a fish.
- scaletail — a squirrel in the family Anomaluridae possessing scales on the underside of the tail
- scantling — a timber of relatively slight width and thickness, as a stud or rafter in a house frame.
- scapolite — any of a group of minerals of variable composition, essentially silicates of aluminum, calcium, and sodium, occurring as massive aggregates or tetragonal crystals.
- scarlatti — Alessandro [ah-luh-sahn-droh;; Italian ah-les-sahn-draw] /ˌɑ ləˈsɑn droʊ;; Italian ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), 1659–1725, Italian composer.
- sceptical — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
- scholiast — an ancient commentator on the classics.
- sciential — having knowledge.
- scintilla — a minute particle; spark; trace: not a scintilla of remorse.
- sea blite — any of several halophytic herbs of the genus Suaeda, having fleshy leaves.
- sectarial — distinguishing or differentiating a sect
- sectional — pertaining or limited to a particular section; local or regional: sectional politics.
- sectorial — of or relating to a sector.
- semimetal — an element with properties both of a metal and of a non-metal; a metalloid
- serialist — a writer of serials
- seriality — a serial layout or arrangement; the quality of taking place in series
- serotinal — pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- sexualist — a botanist who employs or advocates Linnaeus' sexual system of classifying plants
- sexuality — sexual character; possession of the structural and functional traits of sex.
- shavetail — U.S. Army. a second lieutenant.
- shiftable — able or designed to be shifted, changed, or removed: shiftable furniture.
- shirttail — the part of a shirt below the waistline.
- shulamite — an epithet meaning “princess,” applied to the bride in the Song of Solomon 6:13.
- sialolith — a hard deposit occurring in a salivary gland
- sibilator — someone who whistles
- sidetable — a small table at the side of a room
- sigillate — (of a ceramic object) having stamped decorations.
- silicates — Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- siltation — earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- simmental — one of a large breed of cattle, yellowish-brown to red and white, originally of Switzerland, used for milk and beef and as a draft animal.
- simulated — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- simulator — a person or thing that simulates.
- simulcast — a program broadcast simultaneously on radio and television, or on more than one station, or in several languages, etc.
- sinistral — of, relating to, or on the left side; left (opposed to dextral).
- skeptical — doubtful about a particular thing: My teacher thinks I can get a scholarship, but I'm skeptical.
- slaistery — resembling slaister
- slantwise — aslant; obliquely.
- slapstick — broad comedy characterized by boisterous action, as the throwing of pies in actors' faces, mugging, and obvious farcical situations and jokes.