10-letter words containing t, a, i, l, e, s
- serial ata — Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
- sertraline — a drug, C 17 H 17 NCl 2 ·HCl, of the SSRI class, used in the treatment of depression.
- sewability — the ability to be sewn or stitched
- sexivalent — hexavalent.
- sheathbill — either of two white sea birds, Chionis alba or C. minor, of the colder parts of the Southern Hemisphere: so called from the horny sheath covering the base of the upper bill.
- shrievalty — the office, term, or jurisdiction of a sheriff.
- side plate — a small plate used for bread or other accompaniments to a meal
- side table — a table intended to be placed against a wall.
- side-table — a table intended to be placed against a wall.
- signalment — a detailed description, especially of distinctive features, of a person for identification, usually for police purposes.
- silentiary — someone who keeps silence in court
- silvertail — a person of affluence or influence.
- similative — implying likeness
- simulative — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- single tax — a tax, as on land, that constitutes the sole source of public revenue.
- skaithless — without injury or damage
- slathering — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- slipstream — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- sluicegate — an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- small-time — of modest or insignificant size, importance, or influence: a small-time politician.
- snail kite — a bird of prey, Rostrhamus sociabilis, that travels in flocks in the American tropics and feeds on snails.
- societally — noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- sparkliest — tending to sparkle; animated; lively: a row of sparkly cheerleaders.
- specialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
- speciality — specialty.
- spermatial — relating to the male reproductive cells of certain red algae and fungi
- sphalerite — a very common mineral, zinc sulfide, ZnS, usually containing some iron and a little cadmium, occurring in yellow, brown, or black crystals or cleavable masses with resinous luster: the principal ore of zinc and cadmium; blackjack.
- spiculated — covered with spicules or needle-like
- spiflicate — to destroy; annihilate
- spitballer — a pitcher who is known or believed to throw spitballs.
- splenative — relating to the spleen or spleenful
- split cane — bamboo split into strips of triangular section, tapered, and glued to form a stiff but flexible hexagonal rod: used, esp formerly, for making fishing rods
- split page — (in a newspaper) a page replacing one of an earlier edition and containing chiefly the same material in altered form.
- split peas — peas that are dried and split and used in soups, pease pudding, or as a vegetable
- splittable — to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two.
- spoliative — blood-diminishing
- 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.
- stabilised — to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
- stabilizer — a person or thing that stabilizes.
- stablished — establish.
- stalactite — a deposit, usually of calcium carbonate, shaped like an icicle, hanging from the roof of a cave or the like, and formed by the dripping of percolating calcareous water.
- stalagmite — a deposit, usually of calcium carbonate, more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed on the floor of a cave or the like by the dripping of percolating calcareous water.
- staphyline — having a form resembling a bunch of grapes
- 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 line — A state line is a border between two states within a country.
- 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.
- stealingly — in a stealthy or elusive manner; by stealing
- stealthier — done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive: stealthy footsteps.