9-letter words containing s, e, t, n, a
- stationer — a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
- stauncher — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- stavanger — a seaport in SW Norway.
- stavudine — an antiviral drug used to treat HIV infections
- steampunk — a subgenre of science fiction and fantasy featuring advanced machines and other technology based on steam power of the 19th century and taking place in a recognizable historical period or a fantasy world.
- steel pan — steel drum.
- steenbras — a variety of sea bream, Lithognathos lithognathos, valued as a food fish in South Africa
- steersman — a person who steers a ship; helmsman.
- stelazine — a synthetic drug, C21H24F3N3S·2HCl, used as a tranquilizer in treating certain mental disorders
- stenobath — a stenobathic organism.
- stenopaic — (of an optic device) having a narrow opening devised to improve eyesight by limiting obscurations
- stepdance — a dance in which the steps are the most important characteristic, specifically a solo dance with intricate, vigorous steps, often performed with the hands kept in the pockets.
- stephanie — a female given name.
- steradian — a solid angle at the center of a sphere subtending a section on the surface equal in area to the square of the radius of the sphere. Abbreviation: sr.
- sterilant — a sterilizing agent.
- sternebra — a bone or segment of the breastbone or sternum
- sternfast — a rope for securing a boat at stern to another boat, dock, or buoy
- sternward — toward the stern; astern.
- stevenage — a town in N Hertfordshire, in SE England.
- stingaree — a stingray.
- stolonate — having stolons; developing from a stolon.
- stone age — the period in the history of humankind, preceding the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, and marked by the use of stone implements and weapons: subdivided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods.
- stone axe — a primitive axe made of chipped stone
- stone saw — an untoothed iron saw used to cut stone
- stoneboat — a type of sleigh used for moving rocks from fields, for hauling milk cans, etc
- stonechat — any of several small Old World birds, especially of the genus Saxicola, as S. torquata.
- stoneface — living stones.
- stonehand — a person who arranges type and imposes pages on an imposing stone
- stonewall — to engage in stonewalling.
- stoneware — a hard, opaque, vitrified ceramic ware.
- stonewash — to wash (cloth) with pebbles or stones so as to give the appearance of wear.
- strangely — unusual, extraordinary, or curious; odd; queer: a strange remark to make.
- strangest — unusual, extraordinary, or curious; odd; queer: a strange remark to make.
- strangled — A strangled voice or cry sounds unclear because the throat muscles of the person speaking or crying are tight.
- strangler — to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord.
- strangles — distemper1 (def 1b).
- stranraer — a market town in SW Scotland, in W Dumfries and Galloway: fishing port with a ferry service to Northern Ireland. Pop: 10 851 (2001)
- strapline — a subheading in a newspaper or magazine article or in any advertisement
- streaking — a long, narrow mark, smear, band of color, or the like: streaks of mud.
- streaming — a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- streisand — Barbra. born 1942, US singer, actress, and film director: the films she has acted in include Funny Girl (1968) and A Star is Born (1976); her films as actress and director include Yentl (1983), Prince of Tides (1990), and The Mirror has Two Faces (1996)
- subaltern — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subjacent — situated or occurring underneath or below; underlying.
- sublunate — almost crescent-shaped
- submental — situated beneath the chin
- substance — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
- subtenant — a person who rents land, a house, or the like, from a tenant.
- succinate — a salt or ester of succinic acid.
- sulfonate — an ester or salt derived from a sulfonic acid.
- sultanate — the office or rule of a sultan.