9-letter words containing s, e, t, n, a
- 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.
- servantry — servants collectively, esp the servants of a particular establishment as a body
- sextantal — pertaining to the weight standard that determined the worth of Roman coins
- sexvalent — hexavalent or having a valency of six
- shark net — a net for catching sharks
- sheathing — the act of a person who sheathes.
- shogunate — the office or rule of a shogun.
- signature — a person's name, or a mark representing it, as signed personally or by deputy, as in subscribing a letter or other document.
- simmental — one of a large breed of cattle, yellowish-brown to red and white, originally of Switzerland, used for milk and beef and as a draft animal.
- siphonate — (of molluscs) having a syphon
- slabstone — a paving stone in the form of a slab; flagstone
- slantwise — aslant; obliquely.
- slave ant — an ant taken as a larva or pupa by ants of another species and becoming a working member of the captor colony.
- smartness — to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
- snake pit — a mental hospital marked by squalor and inhumane or indifferent care for the patients.
- snakebite — the bite of a snake, especially of one that is venomous.
- snakeroot — any of various plants whose roots have been regarded as a remedy for snakebites, as the herb Aristolochia serpentaria (Virginia snakeroot) having a medicinal rhizome and rootlets, and the white-flowered Polygala senega (Seneca snakeroot) having a medicinal root.
- sneeze at — to emit air or breath suddenly, forcibly, and audibly through the nose and mouth by involuntary, spasmodic action.
- soapstone — a massive variety of talc with a soapy or greasy feel, used for hearths, washtubs, tabletops, carved ornaments, etc.
- 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.
- sonnetary — relating to sonnets
- sonsonate — a city in SW El Salvador.
- sörenstam — Annika (ˈænɪka). born 1970, Swedish golfer; winner of the US Women's Open (1995, 1996, 2006), the LPGA Championship (2003, 2004, 2005), and the British Women's Open (2003)
- 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.
- spearmint — an aromatic herb, Mentha spicata, having lance-shaped leaves used for flavoring.
- spinulate — having a spine or spines
- sportance — pleasurable or playful activities
- stableman — a person who works in a stable.
- stag line — the men at a social gathering who are not accompanied by a date or dancing partner.
- stagehand — a person who moves properties, regulates lighting, etc., in a theatrical production.
- stagnance — not flowing or running, as water, air, etc.
- stagnated — to cease to run or flow, as water, air, etc.
- staidness — of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious.
- stainless — having no stain; spotless.
- staleness — not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- staminate — having a stamen or stamens.
- staminode — a sterile or abortive stamen.
- stanchest — staunch2 .
- standover — practising or relating to acts of threatening, intimidating or extorting money from people by force
- standpipe — a vertical pipe or tower into which water is pumped to obtain a required head.
- starshine — starlight
- starstone — a precious stone which has been cut in such a way that it reflects light in a starlike pattern
- state-run — controlled by the government
- statement — something stated.
- statesman — a person who is experienced in the art of government or versed in the administration of government affairs.
- statesmen — a person who is experienced in the art of government or versed in the administration of government affairs.
- stathenry — the electrostatic unit of inductance, equivalent to 8.9876 × 10 11 henries and equal to the inductance of a circuit in which an electromotive force of one statvolt is produced by a current in the circuit which varies at the rate of one statampere per second.
- stationed — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.