9-letter words containing s, t, a, r, l
- scelerate — a villain, or extremely wicked person; a criminal
- sclerotal — a bony area or plate found in the sclerotic (the eyeball covering) of some animals
- scrutable — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- sectarial — distinguishing or differentiating a sect
- sectorial — of or relating to a sector.
- semestral — (in many educational institutions) a division constituting half of the regular academic year, lasting typically from 15 to 18 weeks.
- serialist — a writer of serials
- seriality — a serial layout or arrangement; the quality of taking place in series
- serotinal — pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- serrulate — finely or minutely serrate, as a leaf.
- severalty — the state of being separate.
- shirttail — the part of a shirt below the waistline.
- shortfall — the quantity or extent by which something falls short; deficiency; shortage.
- shortwall — pertaining to a means of extracting coal when the working face is about a third the length of the longwall system and mining is done by a continuous cutter rather than by longwall machinery.
- sibilator — someone who whistles
- simulator — a person or thing that simulates.
- sinistral — of, relating to, or on the left side; left (opposed to dextral).
- slaistery — resembling slaister
- slaughter — Frank, 1908–2001, U.S. novelist and physician.
- slavocrat — (in the US before the Civil War) a slaveholder, or an advocate of slavery
- slew rate — the rate at which an electronic amplifier can respond to an abrupt change of input level
- solfatara — a fumarole that gives off only sulfurous gases.
- solitaire — Also called patience. any of various games played by one person with one or more regular 52-card packs, part or all of which are usually dealt out according to a given pattern, the object being to arrange the cards in a predetermined manner.
- solutrean — Archaeology. of or designating an Upper Paleolithic European culture c18,000–16,000 b.c., characterized by the making of stone projectile points and low-relief stone sculptures.
- sour salt — crystals of citric acid used as a flavoring in foods, carbonated beverages, and pharmaceuticals.
- sparticle — a hypothetical elementary particle thought to have been produced in the Big Bang
- spiralist — a person or thing that ascends in a spiral structure
- spirality — the spiral nature of a curve
- spiritual — of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
- spoliator — a plunderer
- sportable — capable of being sported or used in sport
- sporulate — to produce spores.
- sprigtail — the pintail, Anas acuta.
- spritsail — a sail extended by a sprit.
- st. clair — Arthur, 1736–1818, American Revolutionary War general, born in Scotland: 1st governor of the Northwest Territory, 1787–1802.
- stairless — without or not consisting of stairs
- stairlift — A stairlift is a device that is fitted to a staircase in a house in order to allow an elderly or sick person to go upstairs.
- stairlike — resembling stairs
- stairwell — the vertical shaft or opening containing a stairway.
- stalworth — stalwart.
- star lily — a lily, Lilium concolor, of China, having erect, somewhat fragrant, bright-red flowers.
- staringly — in a staring way
- starlight — the light emanating from the stars.
- startling — creating sudden alarm, surprise, or wonder; astonishing.
- startlish — (of a horse) easily startled
- stavropol — a territory of the Russian Federation in Europe, N of the Caucasus. 29,600 sq. mi. (76,960 sq. km).
- steelware — products made from steel
- steelyard — a portable balance with two unequal arms, the longer one having a movable counterpoise and the shorter one bearing a hook or the like for holding the object to be weighed.
- stellular — having the form of a small star or small stars.
- stercoral — stercoraceous