9-letter words containing n, a, s, l, i
- sail plan — a side elevation of a sailing vessel showing all sails and spars and some or all of the standing rigging, as if set directly fore-and-aft so that the true proportions are visible: sometimes combined with the rigging plan of the vessel.
- sailoring — the occupation or duties of a sailor.
- sailplane — a very light glider that can be lifted by an upward current of air.
- saint leo — Saint (Bruno) 1002–54, German ecclesiastic: pope 1049–54.
- saintling — a little saint
- saliaunce — an onslaught
- saliently — prominent or conspicuous: salient traits.
- salinized — to treat with salt or render saline.
- salmonoid — resembling a salmon.
- salpingo- — indicating the Fallopian tubes
- salt mine — a mine from which salt is excavated.
- saltation — a dancing, hopping, or leaping movement.
- saltiness — tasting of or containing salt; saline.
- salvation — the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.
- salvemini — Gaetano [gah-e-tah-naw] /ˌgɑ ɛˈtɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1957, Italian historian in the U.S.
- sand lily — a small, stemless lily, Leucocrinum montanum, of the western U.S., having white, fragrant flowers.
- sand pile — a base for a footing in soft soil, made by compacting sand in a cavity left by a wooden pile.
- santolina — any plant of the evergreen Mediterranean genus Santolina, esp S. chamaecyparissus, grown for its silvery-grey felted foliage: family Asteraceae (composites)
- scalation — an arrangement of scales, as on a fish.
- scaliness — a scaly quality or condition
- scan line — (hardware) A horizontal line of pixels generated by a single horizontal sweep of the beam from a monitor's electron gun. The number of scanlines that make up a frame is the vertical resolution.
- scantling — a timber of relatively slight width and thickness, as a stud or rafter in a house frame.
- scaringly — to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
- sciential — having knowledge.
- scintilla — a minute particle; spark; trace: not a scintilla of remorse.
- scrawling — to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner: He scrawled his name hastily across the blackboard.
- sea snail — any of several snailfishes of the genus Liparis, of the North Atlantic.
- seakindly — sailing easily in a rough sea.
- seal ring — a finger ring bearing an incised design for embossing a wax seal.
- searingly — in a searing manner
- sectional — pertaining or limited to a particular section; local or regional: sectional politics.
- selachian — belonging to the Selachii, a group of fishes comprising the sharks, skates, and rays.
- semiangle — half of a particular angle
- semifinal — of or relating to the round preceding the final one in a tournament from which losers are eliminated.
- semilunar — shaped like a half-moon; crescent.
- seminally — pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
- semuncial — of or pertaining to a semuncia or to half an ounce
- sensorial — of or relating to the senses or sensation.
- seriplane — a test for evaluating the quality of raw silk by inspecting it under controlled conditions for variations in the diameter of the yarn and for imperfections and content.
- serotinal — pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- sessional — the sitting together of a court, council, legislature, or the like, for conference or the transaction of business: Congress is now in session.
- sexennial — of or for six years.
- shakingly — the act of a person or thing that shakes.
- shambling — to walk or go awkwardly; shuffle.
- shaveling — Older Use: Disparaging. a clergyman with a shaven or tonsured head.
- shearling — Chiefly British. a yearling sheep that has been shorn once.
- sibilance — hissing.
- siciliana — a graceful folk dance of Sicily.
- siciliano — a graceful folk dance of Sicily.
- sickleman — a person reaping with a sickle