9-letter words containing st
- diastemic — a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks.
- diastolic — (of blood pressure) indicating the arterial pressure during the interval between heartbeats.
- diasystem — a linguistic system forming a common denominator for a group or set of dialects.
- diatomist — a person specializing in the study of diatoms
- dicastery — A term used by the Vatican corresponding to ministry or department as subdivisions of the papal Curia, referring to the administrative departments of the Vatican City State, as well as strictly ecclesiastical departments; more often termed congregation.
- dick test — a skin test for determining whether a person is immune or susceptible to scarlet fever
- die-stamp — to produce words or decoration on (a surface) by using a steel die so that the printed images stand in relief
- diestocks — Plural form of diestock.
- digastric — (of a muscle) having two bellies with an intermediate tendon.
- digestant — a substance that promotes digestion.
- digesters — Plural form of digester.
- digesting — Present participle of digest.
- digestion — the process in the alimentary canal by which food is broken up physically, as by the action of the teeth, and chemically, as by the action of enzymes, and converted into a substance suitable for absorption and assimilation into the body.
- digestive — serving for or pertaining to digestion; having the function of digesting food: the digestive tract.
- dimestore — Alternative spelling of dime store.
- dioestrus — diestrus.
- dioristic — defining
- dipsticks — Plural form of dipstick.
- dipterist — an expert on flies belonging to the order Diptera
- directest — Superlative form of direct.
- disadjust — (transitive) to undo an adjustment.
- disasters — Plural form of disaster.
- disesteem — to hold in low regard; think unfavorably of.
- disforest — To disafforest.
- disgusted — to cause loathing or nausea in.
- dishonest — not honest; disposed to lie, cheat, or steal; not worthy of trust or belief: a dishonest person.
- disinfest — to rid of insects, rodents, etc.
- disinvest — to engage in disinvestment.
- dislustre — to lose or remove lustre
- dismasted — Simple past tense and past participle of dismast.
- disposest — (archaic) Archaic second-person singular form of dispose.
- dist atty — District Attorney
- distaffer — a woman, especially in a field or place usually or generally dominated by men: the first distaffer to have a seat on the stock exchange.
- distained — to discolor; stain; sully.
- distanced — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- distances — Plural form of distance.
- distantly — far off or apart in space; not near at hand; remote or removed (often followed by from): a distant place; a town three miles distant from here.
- distasted — Simple past tense and past participle of distaste.
- distastes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of distaste.
- distemper — Art. a technique of decorative painting in which glue or gum is used as a binder or medium to achieve a mat surface and rapid drying. (formerly) the tempera technique.
- distended — increased, as in size, volume, etc.; expanded; dilated: the distended nostrils of the terrified horse.
- distender — One who, or that which, distends.
- disthrone — (obsolete, transitive) To dethrone; to remove from the throne.
- distiches — Alternative spelling of distichs Plural form of distich.
- distilled — obtained or produced by distillation.
- distiller — an apparatus for distilling, as a condenser; still.
- distingue — having an air of distinction; distinguished.
- distorted — not truly or completely representing the facts or reality; misrepresented; false: She has a distorted view of life.
- distorter — One that distorts.
- distracts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of distract.