9-letter words containing s, i, l, o
- stand oil — a thick oil made by heating linseed oil to temperatures of 600°F and higher, used chiefly as a medium in paints.
- stational — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- statolith — Zoology. any of the granules of lime, sand, etc., contained within a statocyst.
- 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.
- stillborn — dead when born.
- stillroom — (in a large house) a room for distilling or for the preparation of special foods and drinks.
- stocklist — a list or inventory of all the items in stock
- stockpile — a supply of material, as a pile of gravel in road maintenance.
- stoically — impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics: a stoical sufferer.
- stolidity — not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.
- stoplight — traffic light.
- storyline — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
- stownlins — secretly; stealthily.
- strap-oil — a beating
- strobilar — of or relating to a strobila
- strobilus — a reproductive structure characterized by overlapping scalelike parts, as a pine cone or the fruit of the hop.
- strolling — to walk leisurely as inclination directs; ramble; saunter; take a walk: to stroll along the beach.
- stromboli — an island off the NE coast of Sicily, in the Lipari group.
- styliform — having the shape of an ancient style; stylar.
- stylolite — an irregular columnar structure in certain limestones, the columns being approximately at right angles to the bedding planes.
- stylopize — (of a stylops) to parasitize (a host)
- subfossil — something partly fossilized
- sublation — to deny or contradict; negate.
- subsocial — without a definite social structure.
- subsoiler — one who operates a subsoil plow.
- suctorial — adapted for sucking or suction, as an organ; functioning as a sucker for imbibing or adhering.
- sulcation — having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.
- sulfation — Chemistry. a salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
- sulfonium — the positively charged group H 3 S + , its salts, or their substitute products.
- sulfoxide — a brown liquid, C 1 8 H 2 8 O 3 S, insoluble in water, used as an insecticide synergist.
- supercoil — superhelix.
- sweet oil — olive oil.
- swordbill — a South American hummingbird, Ensifera ensifera, having a slender bill that is longer than its body.
- swordtail — any of several small, brightly colored, viviparous, freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, native to Central America, having the lower part of the caudal fin elongated into a swordlike structure: often kept in aquariums.
- syllogism — Logic. an argument the conclusion of which is supported by two premises, of which one (major premise) contains the term (major term) that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other (minor premise) contains the term (minor term) that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term (middle term) that is excluded from the conclusion. A typical form is “All A is C; all B is A; therefore all B is C.”.
- syllogist — a person who engages in syllogistic argument.
- syllogize — to reason or infer by using syllogisms
- symbolics — the branch of theology dealing with the study of the history and meaning of church creeds and confessions.
- symbolise — to be a symbol of; stand for or represent in the manner of a symbol.
- symbolism — the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character.
- symbolist — a person who uses symbols or symbolism.
- symbolize — to be a symbol of; stand for or represent in the manner of a symbol.
- synodical — of a synod; synodal
- syphiloid — resembling syphilis.
- syphiloma — a tumour or gumma caused by infection with syphilis
- tailoress — a female tailor
- tailstock — a movable or sliding support for the dead center of a lathe or grinder.
- tallowish — resembling tallow; tallow-like
- tasajillo — a bushy or treelike cactus, Opuntia leptocaulis, of the southwestern U.S., having slender, spiny branches, greenish-yellow flowers, and red berrylike fruit.
- taylorism — a modified form of Calvinism that maintains that every person has a free will, and that makes a distinction between depravity, as the tendency to commit sins, and sin, as a voluntary choice of evil actions.