10-letter words containing s, i, t, a
- stimulated — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stimulator — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stink ball — stinkpot (def 1).
- stipulated — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- stir-crazy — Informal. restless or frantic because of confinement, routine, etc.: I was stir-crazy after just two months of keeping house.
- stochastic — of or relating to a process involving a randomly determined sequence of observations each of which is considered as a sample of one element from a probability distribution.
- stomatitis — inflammation of the mouth.
- strabismic — a disorder of vision due to a deviation from normal orientation of one or both eyes so that both cannot be directed at the same object at the same time; squint; crossed eyes.
- strabismus — a disorder of vision due to a deviation from normal orientation of one or both eyes so that both cannot be directed at the same object at the same time; squint; crossed eyes.
- stracchino — a soft cheese from North Italy
- stradivari — Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1644?–1737, Italian violinmaker of Cremona (pupil of Nicolò Amati).
- straggling — to stray from the road, course, or line of march.
- straight a — achieving or showing the highest grade or superior accomplishment, especially scholastically: a straight A report card.
- straighten — make straight
- straighter — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- strainedly — in a strained manner
- strainless — to draw tight or taut, especially to the utmost tension; stretch to the full: to strain a rope.
- straitened — to put into difficulties, especially financial ones: His obligations had straitened him.
- stramonium — jimson weed.
- strandline — a mark left by the high tide or a line of seaweed and other debris washed onto the beach by the tide
- strangling — an incident in which someone is strangled
- strap-laid — noting a type of flat cordage made by stitching strands together side by side.
- strapontin — a seat which is folded down to sit on
- strategics — strategy (def 1).
- strategies — Also, strategics. the science or art of combining and employing the means of war in planning and directing large military movements and operations.
- strategise — to make up or determine strategy; plan.
- strategist — an expert in strategy, especially in warfare: Julius Caesar was a great military strategist.
- strategize — to make up or determine strategy; plan.
- stratified — to form or place in strata or layers.
- stratiform — Geology. occurring as a bed or beds; arranged in strata.
- stravaging — Scot., Irish, and North England. to wander aimlessly.
- stravaiger — Scot., Irish, and North England. to wander aimlessly.
- stravinsky — Igor Fëdorovich [ee-gawr fyaw-duh-roh-vich;; Russian ee-guh r fyaw-duh-ruh-vyich] /ˈi gɔr ˌfyɔ dəˈroʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈi gər ˈfyɔ də rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1971, U.S. composer, born in Russia.
- straw wine — a usually rich or sweet wine produced from grapes partially dried on the vine or picked and dried in the sun on a bed of straw or reeds.
- streamline — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
- streamling — a small stream
- streamside — the land on the sides of a stream.
- strelitzia — any southern African perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Strelitzia, cultivated for its showy flowers: includes the bird-of-paradise flower: family Strelitziaceae
- strickland — William, 1787–1854, U.S. architect and engineer.
- stridulate — to produce a shrill, grating sound, as a cricket does, by rubbing together certain parts of the body; shrill.
- strigilate — an instrument with a curved blade, used especially by the ancient Greeks and Romans for scraping the skin at the bath and in the gymnasium.
- strike pay — strike benefit.
- string bag — an openwork bag made of string, especially one with handles.
- stringbean — any of various kinds of bean, as the green bean, the unripe pods of which are used as food, usually after stripping off the fibrous thread along the side.
- stringhalt — a nerve disorder in horses, causing exaggerated flexing movements of the hind legs in walking.
- strip away — remove entirely
- strip farm — a tract of land where strip cropping is done.
- strip mall — a retail complex consisting of stores or restaurants in adjacent spaces in one long building, typically having a narrow parking area directly in front of the stores.
- strip-wash — a thorough, all-over wash with a flannel, sponge, etc, and water but without getting into a bath or shower
- strippable — Mining. of or relating to ore or coal that can be produced by strip mining.