5-letter words containing t, s
- starr — Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- stars — any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- start — to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
- stash — to put by or away as for safekeeping or future use, usually in a secret place (usually followed by away): The squirrel stashes away nuts for winter.
- stasi — formerly, the secret police in East Germany
- stat. — (in prescriptions) immediately
- state — the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes: a state of health.
- stats — statistic.
- stave — one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
- stays — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
- std 1 — (standard) The Internet Architecture Board official list of Internet standards.
- std 2 — (networking, standard) The document listing the current Internet Assigned Numbers.
- std 9 — The STD defining File Transfer Protocol (FTP).
- stead — the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute: The nephew of the queen came in her stead.
- steak — a slice of meat or fish, especially beef, cooked by broiling, frying, etc.
- steal — to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, especially secretly or by force: A pickpocket stole his watch.
- steam — water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- stean — an earthenware vessel made of clay or stone, originally made for holding liquid
- stech — to fill or gorge (one's stomach) with food.
- steed — a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- steek — to shut, close, fasten or lock (a window, door, or the like).
- steel — any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- steen — Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- steep — having an almost vertical slope or pitch, or a relatively high gradient, as a hill, an ascent, stairs, etc.
- steer — to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
- steig — William, 1907–2003, U.S. artist.
- stein — Gertrude, 1874–1946, U.S. author in France.
- stela — stele (defs 1–3).
- stele — an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- stell — a shelter for cattle or sheep built on moorland or hillsides
- stems — science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, considered as a group of academic or career fields (often used attributively): degree programs in STEM disciplines; teaching STEM in high school.
- stend — a butcher's tool used to hold open a carcass
- steno — a stenographer.
- stent — Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- step- — indicating relationship through the previous union of a spouse or parent rather than by blood
- steps — a course followed by a person in walking or as walking
- stere — a cubic meter equivalent to 35.315 cubic feet or 1.3080 cubic yards, used to measure cordwood. Abbreviation: st.
- stern — rear of boat
- steve — Stephen Norman ("Steve"; "Lefty") born 1944, U.S. baseball player.
- stews — brothels
- stewy — suitable for, resembling, or related to stew
- steyn — Dale (Willem), born 1983, South African cricketer; a fast bowler and prolific wicket-taker in all forms of international cricket
- steyr — an industrial city in N central Austria, in Upper Austria. Pop: 39 340 (2001)
- stich — a verse or line of poetry.
- stick — a thrust with a pointed instrument; stab.
- sties — a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- stiff — rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
- stijl — a school of art that was founded in the Netherlands in 1917, embraced painting, sculpture, architecture, furniture, and the decorative arts, and was marked especially by the use of black and white with the primary colors, rectangular forms, and asymmetry.
- stilb — a unit of luminance, equal to one candle per square centimeter.
- stile — any of various upright members framing panels or the like, as in a system of paneling, a paneled door, window sash, or chest of drawers. Compare rail1 (def 8).