9-letter words containing l, i, s, e, t
- stabilise — to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
- stabilize — to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
- stag line — the men at a social gathering who are not accompanied by a date or dancing partner.
- stagelike — resembling a theatrical stage
- stainless — having no stain; spotless.
- stairless — without or not consisting of stairs
- stairlike — resembling stairs
- stairwell — the vertical shaft or opening containing a stairway.
- stalklike — the stem or main axis of a plant.
- stapedial — the innermost, stirrup-shaped bone of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals, involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear. Also called stirrup. Compare incus (def 1), malleus.
- statelily — in a stately or dignified manner
- steedlike — resembling a steed or spirited horse
- steepling — an ornamental construction, usually ending in a spire, erected on a roof or tower of a church, public building, etc.
- steerling — a young or small steer
- stelazine — a synthetic drug, C21H24F3N3S·2HCl, used as a tranquilizer in treating certain mental disorders
- stellerid — a starfish belonging to the class Asteroidea and having a star-shaped body
- stepchild — a child of one's spouse by a previous marriage.
- 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.
- sterilely — free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic: sterile surgical instruments.
- sterilise — to destroy microorganisms in or on, usually by bringing to a high temperature with steam, dry heat, or boiling liquid.
- sterility — free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic: sterile surgical instruments.
- sterilize — to destroy microorganisms in or on, usually by bringing to a high temperature with steam, dry heat, or boiling liquid.
- 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.
- sticklike — resembling a stick
- stieglitz — Alfred, 1864–1946, U.S. photographer and editor (husband of Georgia O'Keeffe).
- stillness — silence; quiet; hush.
- stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stingless — possessing no sting or stinger
- stintedly — in a stinted, scant, or limited manner
- stintless — without limit or restraint, unstinted
- stipulate — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- stockpile — a supply of material, as a pile of gravel in road maintenance.
- storyline — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
- strapline — a subheading in a newspaper or magazine article or in any advertisement
- strifeful — vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism: to be at strife.
- strikable — being cause for a strike, as by union members: strikable labor issues.
- studiable — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- stylolite — an irregular columnar structure in certain limestones, the columns being approximately at right angles to the bedding planes.
- stylopize — (of a stylops) to parasitize (a host)
- 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.
- subtilize — to elevate in character; sublimate.
- subtitled — with dialogue on screen
- subtitles — a written translation superimposed on a film or television programme that has foreign dialogue
- sulfatize — to convert into a sulfate, as by the roasting of ores.
- surtitles — supertitle.
- sutcliffe — Herbert. 1894–1978, English cricketer, who played for Yorkshire; scorer of 149 centuries and 1000 runs in a season 24 times
- sweet oil — olive oil.
- sylleptic — the use of a word or expression to perform two syntactic functions, especially to modify two or more words of which at least one does not agree in number, case, or gender, as the use of are in Neither he nor we are willing.