9-letter words containing l, i, a, t, r, s
- spoliator — a plunderer
- sprigtail — the pintail, Anas acuta.
- spritsail — a sail extended by a sprit.
- st. clair — Arthur, 1736–1818, American Revolutionary War general, born in Scotland: 1st governor of the Northwest Territory, 1787–1802.
- stairless — without or not consisting of stairs
- stairlift — A stairlift is a device that is fitted to a staircase in a house in order to allow an elderly or sick person to go upstairs.
- stairlike — resembling stairs
- stairwell — the vertical shaft or opening containing a stairway.
- star lily — a lily, Lilium concolor, of China, having erect, somewhat fragrant, bright-red flowers.
- staringly — in a staring way
- starlight — the light emanating from the stars.
- startling — creating sudden alarm, surprise, or wonder; astonishing.
- startlish — (of a horse) easily startled
- 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.
- 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
- suctorial — adapted for sucking or suction, as an organ; functioning as a sucker for imbibing or adhering.
- 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.
- tahsildar — (in India) a collector for, or official of, the revenue department.
- tailfirst — with the tail or rear part foremost.
- tailoress — a female tailor
- tap swirl — a device used to direct the flow of water from a tap in a sink
- tarsalgia — pain in the tarsus
- taylorism — a modified form of Calvinism that maintains that every person has a free will, and that makes a distinction between depravity, as the tendency to commit sins, and sin, as a voluntary choice of evil actions.
- tehsildar — person who administrates a tehsil
- tonsillar — a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- tonsorial — of or relating to a barber or barbering: the tonsorial shop.
- torsional — the act of twisting.
- trailside — the side or border of a trail.
- trailsman — a person who follows a trail.
- tramlines — streetcar track
- triallist — a person who takes part in a competition, esp a motorcycle trial
- tribalism — the customs and beliefs of tribal life and society.
- triclosan — a drug used to treat skin infections
- trifocals — glasses with trifocal lenses
- triserial — arranged in three series or rows.
- verbalist — a person skilled in the use of words.
- versatile — capable of or adapted for turning easily from one to another of various tasks, fields of endeavor, etc.: a versatile writer.
- welfarist — the set of attitudes and policies characterizing or tending toward the establishment of a welfare state.