9-letter words containing s, i, n, t
- atonalist — a composer who composes without knowingly or being aware of alluding to a particular tone or scale
- attainers — Plural form of attainer.
- attesting — to bear witness to; certify; declare to be correct, true, or genuine; declare the truth of, in words or writing, especially affirm in an official capacity: to attest the truth of a statement.
- attornies — Plural form of attorny.
- auditions — Plural form of audition.
- aughtlins — in the least; to the least degree.
- augustine — Saint. 354–430 ad, one of the Fathers of the Christian Church; bishop of Hippo in North Africa (396–430), who profoundly influenced both Catholic and Protestant theology. His most famous works are Confessions, a spiritual autobiography, and De Civitate Dei, a vindication of the Christian Church. Feast day: Aug 28
- austenite — a solid solution of carbon in face-centred-cubic gamma iron, usually existing above 723°C
- austinite — (rare, mineral) A secondary mineral found in the oxidized zone of some arsenic-rich base-metal deposits.
- autolysin — any agent that produces autolysis
- avisement — the careful consideration or observation of something
- axanthism — (zoology) Absence of yellow pigmentation.
- axminster — a type of patterned carpet with a cut pile
- b-setting — a shutter setting in which the shutter remains open until the shutter control is released
- bacterins — a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.
- balanitis — inflammation of the glans penis, usually due to infection
- band list — a list of Canadian Indians formally recognized as belonging to a band
- banisters — the railing and supporting balusters on a staircase; balustrade
- bannister — Sir Roger (Gilbert). born 1929, British athlete and doctor: first man to run a mile in under four minutes (1954)
- baptisand — Alternative spelling of baptizand.
- baptising — Present participle of baptise.
- baritones — Plural form of baritone.
- bartizans — Plural form of bartizan.
- basaltine — a black or brown-green mineral (Ca, Mg, Fe)SiO3
- base unit — any of the fundamental units in a system of measurement. The base SI units are the metre, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, candela, and mole
- bassanite — (mineral) A saline evaporite, consisting of calcium sulphate, found at Vesuvius.
- bassinets — Plural form of bassinet.
- bastinade — bastinado.
- bastinado — punishment or torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with a stick
- bastioned — Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.
- battiness — the characteristic of being batty; craziness; insanity; eccentricity
- beastings — beestings
- beatinest — most remarkable or unusual: This is the beatinest town I ever did see.
- bechstein — Karl. 1826–1900, German piano maker; founder (1853) of the Bechstein company of piano manufacturers in Berlin
- bee-sting — a sting from a bee
- beestings — the first milk secreted by the mammary glands of a cow or similar animal immediately after giving birth; colostrum
- behmenist — Boehmenist.
- bernstein — Leonard. 1918–90, US conductor and composer, whose works include The Age of Anxiety (1949), the score of the musical West Side Story (1957), and Mass (1971)
- besetting — tempting, harassing, or assailing (esp in the phrase besetting sin)
- biestings — beestings
- bilestone — gallstone.
- bisection — to cut or divide into two equal or nearly equal parts.
- bisontine — relating to bison
- bissonata — a coarse woolen cloth constructed in plain weave and dyed black or brown, used in the manufacture of clerical vestments.
- boatswain — a petty officer on a merchant ship or a warrant officer on a warship who is responsible for the maintenance of the ship and its equipment
- bostonian — a person from Boston
- botulinus — an anaerobic bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, whose toxins (botulins) cause botulism: family Bacillaceae
- bowstring — the string of an archer's bow, usually consisting of three strands of hemp
- brainstem — the stalklike part of the brain consisting of the medulla oblongata, the midbrain, and the pons Varolii
- breasting — Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.