10-letter words containing t, d, i, s
- stemwinder — a stemwinding watch.
- stencilled — a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- step aside — move to one side
- sterilized — Something that is sterilized has been made free from bacteria or other microorganisms.
- stewarding — a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
- stichidium — a podlike branch containing tetraspores, found in some rose algae
- stick down — seal with an adhesive
- sticky end — a single-stranded end of DNA or RNA having a nucleotide base sequence complementary to that of another strand, enabling the two strands to be connected by base pairing: produced in the laboratory with the use of restriction enzymes for genetic engineering purposes.
- stilettoed — wearing stiletto heels
- stillicide — a right or duty relating to the drainage of water from the eaves of a roof onto adjacent land
- stimulated — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stipulated — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- stir-fried — stir-fried.
- stockinged — a close-fitting covering for the foot and part of the leg, usually knitted, of wool, cotton, nylon, silk, or similar material.
- stockrider — a cowboy.
- stodginess — heavy, dull, or uninteresting; tediously commonplace; boring: a stodgy Victorian novel.
- stolidness — not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.
- 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).
- strainedly — in a strained manner
- straitened — to put into difficulties, especially financial ones: His obligations had straitened him.
- strandline — a mark left by the high tide or a line of seaweed and other debris washed onto the beach by the tide
- strap-laid — noting a type of flat cordage made by stitching strands together side by side.
- stratified — to form or place in strata or layers.
- streamside — the land on the sides of a stream.
- 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.
- stridulous — Also, stridulant. making or having a harsh or grating sound.
- strindberg — Johan August [yoo-hahn ou-goo st] /ˈyu hɑn ˈaʊ gʊst/ (Show IPA), 1849–1912, Swedish novelist, dramatist, and essayist.
- stringendo — to be performed with increasing speed
- strip bond — a bond that has been stripped into its principal certificate and interest coupons, each part to be sold separately.
- strip down — remove paint or wallpaper from
- strobiloid — resembling a strobila
- stromateid — any of numerous small marine fishes of the family Stromateidae, having a laterally compressed body and an expanded muscular esophagus, often lined with teeth.
- studiously — disposed or given to diligent study: a studious boy.
- stultified — to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous.
- stupidness — lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
- sturbridge — a town in central Massachusetts: reconstruction of early American village.
- sturdiness — strongly built; stalwart; robust: sturdy young athletes.
- stylohyoid — of, relating to, or situated between the styloid process of the temporal bone and the hyoid bone.
- sub-editor — A sub-editor is a person whose job it is to check and correct articles in newspapers or magazines before they are printed.
- subdialect — a division of a larger dialect
- subduction — an act or instance of subducting; subtraction or withdrawal.
- submediant — the sixth tone of a diatonic scale, being midway between the subdominant and the upper tonic.
- sudatorium — a hot-air bath for inducing sweating.
- suit-dress — a costume ensemble for women, consisting of a dress and matching coat or jacket.
- summertide — summer time
- surge tide — a powerful and often destructive tide that may occur when an abnormally high tide (e.g. at the autumn equinox) coincides with high wind and low atmospheric pressure
- switchyard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
- swordstick — a hollow walking stick containing a short sword or dagger
- syndicated — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.