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