9-letter words containing n, a, s, l, i
- stalinism — the principles of communism associated with Joseph Stalin, characterized especially by the extreme suppression of dissident political or ideological views, the concentration of power in one person, and an aggressive international policy.
- stalinist — of or relating to Joseph Stalin or Stalinism.
- stand oil — a thick oil made by heating linseed oil to temperatures of 600°F and higher, used chiefly as a medium in paints.
- stanislav — former name of Ivano-Frankovsk.
- staringly — in a staring way
- startling — creating sudden alarm, surprise, or wonder; astonishing.
- stational — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- stelazine — a synthetic drug, C21H24F3N3S·2HCl, used as a tranquilizer in treating certain mental disorders
- sterilant — a sterilizing agent.
- 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).
- stinkball — stinkpot (def 1).
- strapline — a subheading in a newspaper or magazine article or in any advertisement
- strayling — a stray
- stub nail — a short, thick nail.
- subalpine — pertaining to the regions at the foot of the Alps.
- sublation — to deny or contradict; negate.
- sublinear — of, consisting of, or using lines: linear design.
- subniveal — beneath the snow
- sudaminal — pertaining to a sudamen or sudamina; comprising sudamina
- 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.
- sulpician — a member of a society of secular priests founded in France in 1642, engaged chiefly in training men to teach in seminaries.
- suppliant — a person who supplicates; petitioner.
- swaziland — a kingdom in SE Africa between S Mozambique and the E Republic of South Africa: formerly a British protectorate. 6704 sq. mi. (17,363 sq. km). Capital: Mbabane.
- swingtail — denoting an aircraft with a rear portion that can be opened to assist in loading cargo
- 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.
- synclinal — sloping downward from opposite directions so as to meet in a common point or line.
- syncytial — a multinucleate mass of cytoplasm that is not separated into cells.
- synedrial — relating to a synedrion
- synodical — of a synod; synodal
- syntality — behavioral characteristics of a group perceived as parallel to or inferable from the personality structure of an individual.
- syringeal — of, relating to, or connected with the syrinx.
- tail-spin — spin (def 23).
- taintless — free from or without taint; pure; innocent.
- talkiness — the quality or condition of being talky; wordiness
- tanalised — having been treated with the trademarked timber preservative Tanalith
- tantalise — to torment with, or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed.
- tantalism — a form of punishment similar to or as severe as that suffered by Tantalus
- teasingly — to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
- tensional — the act of stretching or straining.
- 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.
- trailsman — a person who follows a trail.
- tramlines — streetcar track
- triclosan — a drug used to treat skin infections
- uninstall — to remove (a software program) from a computer or computer system.
- uniserial — in or relating to a single series
- unisexual — of or relating to one sex only.
- unispiral — having one spiral.