9-letter words containing ate
- seedeater — any of numerous small, tropical American finches, especially of the genus Sporophila.
- segholate — a noun in Hebrew that has a long vowel in the first syllable and a short seghol in the second syllable
- segregate — to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; isolate: to segregate exceptional children; to segregate hardened criminals.
- self-hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
- self-mate — a move that will cause a player's king to be mated within a certain number of subsequent moves.
- separated — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- separates — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- serrulate — finely or minutely serrate, as a leaf.
- shamateur — a sportsperson who is officially an amateur but accepts payment
- shogunate — the office or rule of a shogun.
- sigillate — (of a ceramic object) having stamped decorations.
- silicates — Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- simulated — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- siphonate — (of molluscs) having a syphon
- skate-ski — to glide over snow on skate skis.
- skatepark — A skatepark is an area that is designed for people to practise skateboarding.
- slatelike — resembling slate
- slew rate — the rate at which an electronic amplifier can respond to an abrupt change of input level
- soleplate — a plate upon which studding is erected.
- sonsonate — a city in SW El Salvador.
- sorediate — having soredia
- soul mate — a person with whom one has a strong affinity, shared values and tastes, and often a romantic bond: I married my soul mate; you don't get much luckier than that.
- southgate — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- spartiate — a member of the ruling class of ancient Laconia; a Spartan citizen. Compare Helot (def 1), Perioeci.
- spatulate — shaped like a spatula; rounded more or less like a spoon.
- spec rate — (benchmark) Results of the throughput measurement using SPEC benchmark suites CINT92 and CFP92. With the throughput measurement method, several copies of a given benchmark are executed. The method is particularly suitable for multiprocessor systems. The results, called SPEC rate, express how many jobs of a particular type (characterised by the individual benchmark) can be executed in a given time (The SPEC reference time happens to be a week, the execution times are normalized with respect to a VAX 11/780). The SPEC rates therefore characterise the capacity of a system for compute-intensive jobs of similar characteristics. See also SPEC ratio.
- speculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- spiculate — having the form of a spicule.
- spinulate — having a spine or spines
- sporulate — to produce spores.
- spot rate — trading: immediate price
- stabilate — a collection of living organisms, gathered on one occasion and preserved for a particular use
- stagnated — to cease to run or flow, as water, air, etc.
- stalemate — Chess. a position of the pieces in which a player cannot move any piece except the king and cannot move the king without putting it in check.
- staminate — having a stamen or stamens.
- state aid — financial support extended by a state government to a local institution serving the public, as a school or library.
- state-run — controlled by the government
- statehood — the status or condition of being a state, especially a state of the U.S.
- stateless — lacking nationality.
- statelily — in a stately or dignified manner
- statement — something stated.
- stateroom — a private room or compartment on a ship, train, etc.
- stateside — being in or toward the continental U.S.
- statesman — a person who is experienced in the art of government or versed in the administration of government affairs.
- statesmen — a person who is experienced in the art of government or versed in the administration of government affairs.
- statewide — extending throughout all parts of a state in the U.S.: a statewide search.
- stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stipitate — having or supported by a stipe: a stipitate ovary.
- stipulate — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- stolonate — having stolons; developing from a stolon.