9-letter words containing s, t, e, l
- strangely — unusual, extraordinary, or curious; odd; queer: a strange remark to make.
- strangled — A strangled voice or cry sounds unclear because the throat muscles of the person speaking or crying are tight.
- strangler — to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord.
- strangles — distemper1 (def 1b).
- strapless — without a strap or straps.
- strapline — a subheading in a newspaper or magazine article or in any advertisement
- strawless — without a straw or without straw
- streamlet — a small stream; rivulet.
- streetful — the amount of people or things a street can hold
- stressful — full of stress or tension: the stressful days before a war.
- strifeful — vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism: to be at strife.
- strikable — being cause for a strike, as by union members: strikable labor issues.
- strokable — appearing pleasant to stroke
- strongyle — any nematode of the family Strongylidae, parasitic as an adult in the intestine of mammals, especially horses.
- struggled — to contend with an adversary or opposing force.
- struggler — to contend with an adversary or opposing force.
- stub axle — a short axle that carries one of the front steered wheels of a motor vehicle and is capable of limited angular movement about a kingpin
- studiable — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- stuffless — without stuff
- stylebook — a book containing rules of usage in typography, punctuation, etc., employed by printers, editors, and writers.
- styleless — lacking style
- stylobate — a course of masonry, part of the stereobate, forming the foundation for a colonnade, especially the outermost colonnade.
- 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)
- subaltern — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- sublethal — almost lethal or fatal: a sublethal dose of poison.
- subletter — a person who sublets
- sublimate — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- sublunate — almost crescent-shaped
- subluxate — to partially dislocate
- submental — situated beneath the chin
- subtilize — to elevate in character; sublimate.
- subtitled — with dialogue on screen
- subtitles — a written translation superimposed on a film or television programme that has foreign dialogue
- succulent — full of juice; juicy.
- sulfatase — any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of sulfuric acid esters.
- sulfatize — to convert into a sulfate, as by the roasting of ores.
- sulfonate — an ester or salt derived from a sulfonic acid.
- sulfurate — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur, the fumes of burning sulfur, etc.
- sulphuret — to treat or combine with sulphur
- sultanate — the office or rule of a sultan.
- sultaness — sultana (defs 2, 3).
- supersalt — a salt with an excess of acid over base
- supertalk — Silicon Beach Software. A superset of HyperTalk used in SuperCard.
- surmullet — a goatfish, especially one of the European species used for food.
- surtitles — supertitle.
- sutcliffe — Herbert. 1894–1978, English cricketer, who played for Yorkshire; scorer of 149 centuries and 1000 runs in a season 24 times
- sweet oil — olive oil.
- sweetleaf — a shrub or small tree, Symplocos tinctoria, of the eastern coast of the U.S., having lance-shaped leaves, yellowish, fragrant flowers, and orange or brown fruit.
- sweetmeal — (of biscuits) sweet and wholemeal