9-letter words containing s, a, t, r, i
- saturnism — lead poisoning (def 1b).
- saturnist — a dull, gloomy, or saturnine person thought to be born under the influence of Saturn
- satyrical — Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- satyricon — a satirical novel, interspersed with verse, written in the 1st century a.d. by Petronius, extant in fragments.
- sawtimber — trees suitable for sawing into planks, boards, etc.
- scarlatti — Alessandro [ah-luh-sahn-droh;; Italian ah-les-sahn-draw] /ˌɑ ləˈsɑn droʊ;; Italian ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), 1659–1725, Italian composer.
- scenarist — a writer of motion-picture or television scenarios.
- scratchie — a scratchcard
- sectarial — distinguishing or differentiating a sect
- sectarian — of or relating to sectaries or sects.
- sectorial — of or relating to a sector.
- securitan — a person believing they are secure
- senhorita — a Portuguese term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- septarian — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- septarium — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- serialist — a writer of serials
- seriality — a serial layout or arrangement; the quality of taking place in series
- seriation — the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
- serotinal — pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- serrating — Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw: a serrate leaf.
- serration — serrated condition or form.
- sex ratio — the proportional distribution of the sexes in a population aggregate, expressed as the number of males per 100 females.
- sextarius — an ancient Roman measurement for volume
- sgraffito — a technique of ornamentation in which a surface layer of paint, plaster, slip, etc., is incised to reveal a ground of contrasting color.
- shaharith — the religious service celebrated by Jews every morning.
- shirtband — a band of material sewn into a shirt for stiffening, finishing, or the like, as a neckband to which the collar is sewn or buttoned.
- shirttail — the part of a shirt below the waistline.
- shorthair — a domestic cat with a coat of short, thick hair; a cat of a shorthaired breed.
- sibilator — someone who whistles
- sidetrack — any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
- sigmatron — a machine for generating X-rays
- signatory — having signed, or joined in signing, a document: the signatory powers to a treaty.
- signature — a person's name, or a mark representing it, as signed personally or by deputy, as in subscribing a letter or other document.
- simulator — a person or thing that simulates.
- sinistral — of, relating to, or on the left side; left (opposed to dextral).
- sitarists — a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sky train — elevated railway system
- slaistery — resembling slaister
- solitaire — Also called patience. any of various games played by one person with one or more regular 52-card packs, part or all of which are usually dealt out according to a given pattern, the object being to arrange the cards in a predetermined manner.
- sonicator — a device for treatment with ultrasound
- sorediate — having soredia
- sortation — the process or result of sorting things, especially computationally or mechanically.
- spagyrist — an alchemist
- spartanic — (usually lowercase) suggestive of the ancient Spartans; sternly disciplined and rigorously simple, frugal, or austere.
- sparteine — a bitter, poisonous, liquid alkaloid obtained from certain species of broom, especially Cytisus scoparius, used in medicine to stimulate the heart and also the uterine muscles in childbirth.
- sparterie — things made from esparto
- spartiate — a member of the ruling class of ancient Laconia; a Spartan citizen. Compare Helot (def 1), Perioeci.
- sparticle — a hypothetical elementary particle thought to have been produced in the Big Bang
- spearmint — an aromatic herb, Mentha spicata, having lance-shaped leaves used for flavoring.
- spermatia — Botany. the nonmotile male gamete of a red alga.