9-letter words containing s, a, t, i, f
- manifesto — a public declaration of intentions, opinions, objectives, or motives, as one issued by a government, sovereign, or organization.
- manifests — Plural form of manifest.
- mineshaft — A vertical hole, sunk down through the strata to reach the mineral which was to be mined.
- olfactics — The study of smells and how they are perceived.
- past life — previous incarnation
- pikestaff — the shaft of an infantry pike.
- platyfish — any of several small, yellow-gray freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, especially X. variatus, of Mexico: popular in home aquariums, in which the color varies widely.
- postfixal — of or relating to a postfix, having postfixes
- rankshift — (in systemic linguistics) to use a unit as a constituent of another unit of the same or lower rank on the rank scale, as in using the phrase next door within the phrase the boy next door or the clause that you met yesterday within the phrase the girl that you met yesterday.
- rastafari — Rastafarian (def 1).
- ratifiers — to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction: to ratify a constitutional amendment.
- rijstafel — an assortment of Indonesian side dishes accompanied by rice
- safelight — a darkroom light with a filter that transmits only those rays of the spectrum to which films, printing paper, etc., are not sensitive.
- saintfoin — sainfoin.
- satisfice — to choose or adopt the first satisfactory option that one comes across: the tendency of decision-makers to satisfice rather than look for the optimal solution.
- satisfied — content: a satisfied look.
- satisfies — to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to: The hearty meal satisfied him.
- sea fight — a fight between ships at sea.
- sgraffito — a technique of ornamentation in which a surface layer of paint, plaster, slip, etc., is incised to reveal a ground of contrasting color.
- sheatfish — a large, freshwater catfish, Silurus glanis, inhabiting rivers in central and eastern Europe, sometimes reaching a weight of 400 pounds (181.4 kg).
- shiftable — able or designed to be shifted, changed, or removed: shiftable furniture.
- shitfaced — very drunk.
- soft hail — snow pellets.
- stairfoot — the area at the foot of a flight 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.
- stardrift — the very small continuous change in the direction of movement which is shared by the stars within a particular cluster
- stiff arm — to push away (an opponent) with one's arm out straight
- stiff-arm — straight-arm.
- stiffware — a type of computer software that is difficult to modify
- sulfation — Chemistry. a salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
- sulfatize — to convert into a sulfate, as by the roasting of ores.
- tailfirst — with the tail or rear part foremost.
- trifocals — glasses with trifocal lenses
- unfairest — most unfair
- waitstaff — a staff of waiters or waitresses who wait on tables, as in a restaurant.
- welfarist — the set of attitudes and policies characterizing or tending toward the establishment of a welfare state.
- whipstaff — a bar attached to a ship's tiller to assist with steering