9-letter words containing s, e, t, l, d
- satelloid — a low-altitude satellite using engines with small thrust to maintain its orbit.
- sheltered — protected or shielded from storms, missiles, etc., by a wall, roof, barrier, or the like.
- sidelight — an item of incidental information.
- sidetable — a small table at the side of a room
- simulated — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- slit-eyed — with eyes nearly closed
- slithered — to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise: The box slithered down the chute.
- solicited — to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: He solicited aid from the minister.
- splendent — shining or radiant, as the sun.
- split end — an offensive end who lines up some distance outside the formation on the line of scrimmage as a pass receiver.
- spot-weld — to weld (two pieces of metal) together in a small area or spot by the application of heat and pressure.
- stall-fed — (of animals) confined to and fed in a stall, especially for fattening.
- stapedial — the innermost, stirrup-shaped bone of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals, involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear. Also called stirrup. Compare incus (def 1), malleus.
- steedlike — resembling a steed or spirited horse
- steelhead — a silvery rainbow trout that migrates to the sea before returning to fresh water to spawn.
- steelyard — a portable balance with two unequal arms, the longer one having a movable counterpoise and the shorter one bearing a hook or the like for holding the object to be weighed.
- stellerid — a starfish belonging to the class Asteroidea and having a star-shaped body
- stepchild — a child of one's spouse by a previous marriage.
- steroidal — any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- stintedly — in a stinted, scant, or limited manner
- stokehold — Also, stokehold [stohk-hohld] /ˈstoʊkˌhoʊld/ (Show IPA). fireroom.
- straddler — to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart; stand or sit astride.
- stradella — Alessandro [ah-les-sahn-draw] /ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), 1645?–82? Italian composer.
- strangled — A strangled voice or cry sounds unclear because the throat muscles of the person speaking or crying are tight.
- struggled — to contend with an adversary or opposing force.
- studiable — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- subtitled — with dialogue on screen
- sweetveld — (in South Africa) a type of grazing characterized by high-quality grass
- tableside — the area around or beside a table.
- tailslide — the backward descent of an aeroplane after stalling or losing speed while in an upward trajectory
- tanalised — having been treated with the trademarked timber preservative Tanalith
- tasselled — Tasselled means decorated with tassels.
- tediously — marked by monotony or tedium; long and tiresome: tedious tasks; a tedious journey.
- tehsildar — person who administrates a tehsil
- televised — broadcast on TV
- the lords — the House of Lords in the British Parliament
- the wolds — a range of chalk hills in NE England: consists of the Yorkshire Wolds to the north, separated from the Lincolnshire Wolds by the Humber estuary
- threshold — the sill of a doorway.
- tidepools — tidal pool.
- tool shed — a small building where tools are stored, often in the backyard of a house.
- trailside — the side or border of a trail.
- treadless — (of a tyre etc) having no tread
- trellised — noting armor having diagonally crisscrossed strips of leather enframing metal plates, the whole being sewn to a flexible backing.
- unsaluted — not saluted; not addressed
- unsettled — not settled; not fixed or stable; without established order; unorganized; disorganized: an unsettled social order; still unsettled in their new home.
- unslanted — to veer or angle away from a given level or line, especially from a horizontal; slope.
- unstalked — without a stalk or stalks.
- unstifled — to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression.
- unstilled — not quieted or stilled; not calmed or appeased
- wasteland — land that is uncultivated or barren.