9-letter words containing s, i, l, e, n, t
- hailstone — a pellet of hail.
- hellenist — a person, especially in ancient times, adopting Greek speech, ideas, or customs.
- helminths — Plural form of helminth.
- heseltine — Michael (Ray Dibden) Baron. born 1933, British Conservative politician; secretary of state for defence (1983–86); secretary of state for the environment (1990–92); secretary of state for trade and industry (1992–95); deputy prime minister (1995–97)
- ill-spent — misspent; wasted.
- in itself — per se
- inelastic — not elastic; lacking flexibility or resilience; unyielding.
- influents — Plural form of influent.
- insectile — pertaining to or like an insect.
- inshelter — to put in a shelter
- insolated — to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- insolates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of insolate.
- insolvent — not solvent; unable to satisfy creditors or discharge liabilities, either because liabilities exceed assets or because of inability to pay debts as they mature.
- installed — Simple past tense and past participle of install.
- installer — to place in position or connect for service or use: to install a heating system; to install software on a computer.
- instilled — to infuse slowly or gradually into the mind or feelings; insinuate; inject: to instill courtesy in a child.
- instiller — One who instills.
- insulated — to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound: to insulate an electric wire with a rubber sheath; to insulate a coat with down.
- insulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of insulate.
- insultive — (rare,non-standard) Insulting.
- integrals — Plural form of integral.
- intensely — existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree: intense heat.
- interlisp — (language) A dialect of Lisp developed in 1967 by Bolt, Beranek and Newman (Cambridge, MA) as a descendant of BBN-Lisp. It emphasises user interfaces. It is currently[?] supported by Xerox PARC. Interlisp was one of two main branches of LISP (the other being MACLISP). In 1981 Common LISP was begun in an effort to combine the best features of both. Interlisp includes a Lisp programming environment. It is dynamically scoped. LAMBDA functions evaluate their arguments, NLAMBDA functions do not. Any function could be called with optional arguments. See also AM, CLISP, Interlisp-10, Interlisp-D.
- internals — situated or existing in the interior of something; interior.
- intervals — Plural form of interval.
- involutes — Plural form of involute.
- isolectin — Any of a number of closely related lectins that are difficult to separate, and act together.
- isopentyl — isoamyl.
- jestingly — Said, written or done in jest.
- jetliners — Plural form of jetliner.
- jointless — without a joint; lacking a joint.
- kindliest — Superlative form of kindly.
- kunstlied — an art song, especially as distinguished from a folk song.
- laminates — Plural form of laminate.
- landsleit — fellow Jews; sometimes, specif., those from the same town or village in Europe as oneself
- larcenist — a person who commits larceny.
- latencies — Plural form of latency.
- latensify — to increase the developability of (the latent image on a film or plate) after exposure.
- legations — Plural form of legation.
- legendist — a person who writes or compiles legends.
- lenticels — Plural form of lenticel.
- lichenist — a person who studies lichenology
- licitness — The property of being licit, legalness, appropriateness.
- ligaments — Plural form of ligament.
- lightness — the state or quality of being light or illuminated.
- limestone — a sedimentary rock consisting predominantly of calcium carbonate, varieties of which are formed from the skeletons of marine microorganisms and coral: used as a building stone and in the manufacture of lime.
- liniments — Plural form of liniment.
- listen in — to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
- listen up — pay attention, listen
- listen-in — to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.