10-letter words containing s, t, e, r, i
- spirochete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
- spirometer — an instrument for determining the capacity of the lungs.
- spirometry — an instrument for determining the capacity of the lungs.
- spitballer — a pitcher who is known or believed to throw spitballs.
- splintered — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- sporozoite — one of the minute, active bodies into which the spore of certain Sporozoa divides, each developing into an adult individual.
- sportiness — flashy; showy.
- spot price — the price of spot goods or of commodities on the spot market.
- springtime — the season of spring.
- spritelike — an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- sputtering — the act or sound of sputtering.
- square tin — a medium-sized loaf having a crusty top, baked in a tin with a square base
- squaretail — any of several fishes of the genus Tetragonurus, inhabiting deep waters of tropical and temperate seas, having a squarish tail and an armor of tough, bony scales.
- st-nazaire — seaport in NW France, at the mouth of the Loire: pop. 65,000
- st. brieuc — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
- st. helier — a British island in the English Channel: the largest of the Channel Islands. 44 sq. mi. (116 sq. km). Capital: St. Helier.
- st. pierre — two small groups of islands off the S coast of Newfoundland: an overseas territory of France; important base for fishing. 3 sq. mi. (240 sq. km). Capital: St. Pierre.
- stabilizer — a person or thing that stabilizes.
- stadimeter — an instrument for determining the distance between an observer and an object of known height by measurement of the angle subtended by the object.
- staffrider — a person who illegally rides on the outside of a suburban train
- staggering — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
- stair-step — to move or progress in steps of increasing height or level
- stairsteps — a flight of steps
- stannaries — a tin-mining region or district.
- star anise — Also called Chinese anise. a shrub or small tree, Illicium verum, of China, having white flowers that turn purple and bearing anise-scented, star-shaped clusters of carminative fruit.
- star prize — The star prize in a competition is the most valuable prize.
- starfished — lying with arms and legs outstretched; spread-eagled
- starkville — a town in E Mississippi.
- start life — If something starts life or begins life as a particular thing, it is that thing when it first starts to exist.
- starveling — a person, animal, or plant that is starving.
- state bird — a bird chosen as an official symbol of a U.S. state.
- statesider — a person who lives in one of the forty-eight contiguous states of the U.S.
- stationery — writing paper.
- staudinger — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1881–1965, German chemist: Nobel prize 1953.
- staurolite — a mineral, basic iron aluminum silicate, Fe 2 Al 2 O 7 (SiO 4) 4 (OH), occurring in brown to black prismatic crystals, which are often twinned in the form of a cross.
- stealthier — done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive: stealthy footsteps.
- steam iron — an electric iron with a water chamber, which emits steam onto the fabric or garment being ironed.
- steiermark — German name of Styria.
- stelliform — star-shaped.
- stemwinder — a stemwinding watch.
- stentorian — very loud or powerful in sound: a stentorian voice.
- stepsister — one's stepfather's or stepmother's daughter by a previous marriage.
- stereopair — a pair of photographs of the same area taken from slightly different positions so as to give a stereoscopic effect when properly mounted and viewed.
- stereopsis — stereoscopic vision; the ability to perceive depth.
- sterically — of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- sterilized — Something that is sterilized has been made free from bacteria or other microorganisms.
- sterilizer — to destroy microorganisms in or on, usually by bringing to a high temperature with steam, dry heat, or boiling liquid.
- sterlingly — in a sterling way or manner
- sternalgia — pain occurring in or around the sternum
- sternalgic — relating to or having sternalgia