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9-letter words containing i, t, s, a, l

  • statelily — in a stately or dignified manner
  • stational — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
  • statolith — Zoology. any of the granules of lime, sand, etc., contained within a statocyst.
  • stelazine — a synthetic drug, C21H24F3N3S·2HCl, used as a tranquilizer in treating certain mental disorders
  • sterculia — any of various tropical trees of the genus Sterculia, of which some species are grown as ornamentals and some are the source of commercially valuable wood.
  • sterilant — a sterilizing agent.
  • steroidal — any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
  • stickable — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
  • stickball — a form of baseball played in the streets, on playgrounds, etc., in which a rubber ball and a broomstick or the like are used in place of a baseball and bat.
  • 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).
  • stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • stinkball — stinkpot (def 1).
  • stipulate — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
  • stoically — impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics: a stoical sufferer.
  • strap-oil — a beating
  • strapline — a subheading in a newspaper or magazine article or in any advertisement
  • strayling — a stray
  • strikable — being cause for a strike, as by union members: strikable labor issues.
  • strobilar — of or relating to a strobila
  • stub nail — a short, thick nail.
  • studiable — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
  • suability — liable to be sued; capable of being sued.
  • sublation — to deny or contradict; negate.
  • sublimate — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
  • submittal — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
  • suctorial — adapted for sucking or suction, as an organ; functioning as a sucker for imbibing or adhering.
  • 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.
  • sulfatize — to convert into a sulfate, as by the roasting of ores.
  • sulphatic — sulphuric, of or pertaining to a sulphate
  • suppliant — a person who supplicates; petitioner.
  • supplicat — a petition (to a university) for a degree
  • swingtail — denoting an aircraft with a rear portion that can be opened to assist in loading cargo
  • swordtail — any of several small, brightly colored, viviparous, freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, native to Central America, having the lower part of the caudal fin elongated into a swordlike structure: often kept in aquariums.
  • 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.
  • syncytial — a multinucleate mass of cytoplasm that is not separated into cells.
  • syntality — behavioral characteristics of a group perceived as parallel to or inferable from the personality structure of an individual.
  • systaltic — rhythmically contracting.
  • tableside — the area around or beside a table.
  • tablewise — in the form of a table or list
  • tactilist — an artist whose work strives to appeal to the sense of touch
  • tahsildar — (in India) a collector for, or official of, the revenue department.
  • tail skid — a runner under the tail of an airplane.
  • tail-spin — spin (def 23).
  • tailfirst — with the tail or rear part foremost.
  • tailoress — a female tailor
  • tailslide — the backward descent of an aeroplane after stalling or losing speed while in an upward trajectory
  • tailstock — a movable or sliding support for the dead center of a lathe or grinder.
  • taintless — free from or without taint; pure; innocent.
  • take silk — to become a Queen's (or King's) Counsel
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