9-letter words containing s, a, t, r, i
- resistate — any of the class of sediments, as sand or sandstone, consisting chiefly of minerals resistant to weathering.
- resituate — to put in or on a particular site or place; locate.
- restaging — a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- restained — a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- restating — to state again or in a new way.
- restation — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- restraint — a restraining action or influence: freedom from restraint.
- retailers — the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- retiarius — a gladiator equipped with a net for casting over his opponent.
- rheotaxis — oriented movement of an organism in response to a current of fluid, especially water.
- rhotacism — Historical Linguistics. a change of a speech sound, especially (s), to (r), as in the change from Old Latin lases to Latin lares.
- rib roast — a cut of beef taken from the small end of the ribs and containing a large rib eye and two or more ribs.
- rib steak — club steak.
- rickstand — a platform on which to put or make a rick or haystack
- rijstafel — an assortment of Indonesian side dishes accompanied by rice
- ringstand — a stand on which laboratory equipment is placed
- risktaker — a person or corporation inclined to take risks: The management trainees were exhorted to become risktakers.
- ritualism — adherence to or insistence on ritual.
- ritualist — a student of or authority on ritual practices or religious rites.
- rogations — solemn supplications, esp in a form of ceremony prescribed by the Church
- rosinante — the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.
- rotavirus — a double-stranded RNA virus of the genus Rotavirus, family Reoviridae, that is a major cause of infant diarrhea.
- rusticana — objects, such as agricultural implements, garden furniture, etc, relating to the countryside or made in imitation of rustic styles
- rusticate — to go to the country.
- sacrality — sacredness
- sacristan — Also called sacrist [sak-rist, sey-krist] /ˈsæk rɪst, ˈseɪ krɪst/ (Show IPA). an official in charge of the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., of a church or a religious house.
- sagittary — a centaur with a bow, as Chiron.
- salimeter — salinometer.
- salivator — any agent that causes salivation.
- salubrity — favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.
- saluretic — of or relating to a substance that promotes renal excretion of sodium and chloride ions.
- samaritan — an inhabitant of Samaria.
- sanatoria — a hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases, as tuberculosis or various nervous or mental disorders.
- sanitaria — an institution for the preservation or recovery of health, especially for convalescence; health resort.
- sanitizer — a substance or preparation for killing germs, designed for use especially on food-processing equipment.
- santorini — a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- saprolite — soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place.
- sarasvati — the Hindu goddess of learning and the arts.
- sarcastic — of, relating to, or characterized by sarcasm: a sarcastic reply.
- sarcoptic — related to or caused by itch-mites that cause mange in animals
- sarmatian — the ancient name of a region in E Europe, between the Vistula and the Volga.
- sarmiento — a city in E Argentina, a suburb of Buenos Aires.
- sartorial — of or relating to tailors or their trade: sartorial workmanship.
- sartorius — a long, flat, narrow muscle extending obliquely from the front of the hip to the inner side of the tibia, assisting in bending the hip or knee joint and in rotating the thigh outward: the longest muscle in humans.
- satirical — of, pertaining to, containing, or characterized by satire: satirical novels.
- satirized — to attack or ridicule with satire.
- satirizes — to attack or ridicule with satire.
- saturnian — of or relating to the planet Saturn.
- saturniid — any of several large, brightly colored moths of the family Saturniidae, comprising the giant silkworm moths.
- saturnine — sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.