9-letter words containing n, o, t, a, l
- sail into — an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- saint leo — Saint (Bruno) 1002–54, German ecclesiastic: pope 1049–54.
- saltation — a dancing, hopping, or leaping movement.
- salvation — the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.
- 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.
- sectional — pertaining or limited to a particular section; local or regional: sectional politics.
- serotinal — pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- siltation — earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- slabstone — a paving stone in the form of a slab; flagstone
- slant-top — (especially of a desk) having a slant front.
- soft loan — A soft loan is a loan with a very low interest rate. Soft loans are usually made to developing countries or to businesses in developing countries.
- soft-land — to cause to land slowly and without jarring impact: to soft-land the module on the planet's surface.
- solutrean — Archaeology. of or designating an Upper Paleolithic European culture c18,000–16,000 b.c., characterized by the making of stone projectile points and low-relief stone sculptures.
- solvation — a compound formed by the interaction of a solvent and a solute.
- southland — a southern area.
- stand oil — a thick oil made by heating linseed oil to temperatures of 600°F and higher, used chiefly as a medium in paints.
- stational — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- stolonate — having stolons; developing from a stolon.
- stonewall — to engage in stonewalling.
- sublation — to deny or contradict; negate.
- 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.
- sulfonate — an ester or salt derived from a sulfonic acid.
- tabellion — a scribe or subordinate notary
- tag along — If someone goes somewhere and you tag along, you go with them, especially when they have not asked you to.
- tail cone — a cone-shaped component at the rear of a jet engine, rocket, or missile, usually serving as an exhaust pipe.
- tailoring — a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- talk down — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- talk into — persuade
- talkathon — an unusually long speech or discussion, especially on a matter of public interest, as a Congressional filibuster or a televised question-and-answer session with a political candidate.
- tangolike — resembling or characteristic of tango music or dance
- tantalous — containing trivalent tantalum.
- tawny owl — a European owl, Strix aluco, having a reddish-brown or grey plumage, black eyes, and a round head
- tenaillon — an outwork shoring up a ravelin
- tensional — the act of stretching or straining.
- tentorial — Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- time loan — a loan repayable at a specified date.
- tolerance — a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.
- tolstoyan — Leo or Lev Nikolaevich [lev nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich;; Russian lyef nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /lɛv ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ əˌvɪtʃ;; Russian ˈlyɛf nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Count, 1828–1910, Russian novelist and social critic.
- tonalitic — relating to or consisting of tonalite
- tonically — a medicine that invigorates or strengthens: a tonic of sulphur and molasses.
- tonle sap — a lake in W Cambodia, draining into the Mekong River.
- tonoplast — a membrane separating a vacuole from the surrounding cytoplasm in a plant cell.
- 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.
- totalling — constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure.
- town hall — a hall or building belonging to a town, used for the transaction of the town's business and often also as a place of public assembly.
- town plan — a comprehensive document which sets out a vision of the physical and social development of a town, including the construction of facilities