9-letter words containing st
- annalists — Plural form of annalist.
- anoestrus — a period of sexual inactivity between two periods of oestrus in many mammals
- ante-post — In gambling, ante-post bets are placed before the day of a particular race or competition.
- anticaste — Lb sociology Opposing the social system of caste.
- anticosti — an island of E Canada, in the Gulf of St Lawrence; part of Quebec. Area: 7881 sq km (3043 sq miles)
- antipasta — Misspelling of antipasto.
- antipasti — a course of appetizers consisting of an assortment of foods, as olives, anchovies, sliced sausage, peppers, and artichoke hearts.
- antipasto — Antipasto is the sort of food that is often served at the beginning of an Italian meal, for example cold meats and vegetables in olive oil.
- antispast — a group of four syllables, two short and two long, in a metric foot
- antistate — opposed to or acting against state authority
- antistick — acting to prevent adhesion
- antistory — a story which does not conform to the established conventions of storytelling
- antistyle — a style that rejects or subverts conventional style
- antitrust — In the United States, antitrust laws are intended to stop large firms taking over their competitors, fixing prices with their competitors, or interfering with free competition in any way.
- apatheist — (religion) A person who may accept the existence of a god, but who does not care about that god's existence.
- apiarists — Plural form of apiarist.
- apneustic — of or relating to apneusis
- apologist — An apologist is a person who writes or speaks in defence of a belief, a cause, or a person's life.
- apostates — Plural form of apostate.
- apostille — a marginal annotation or note.
- apostolic — Apostolic means belonging or relating to a Christian religious leader, especially the Pope.
- apostolos — a book containing parts of the Epistles and parts of the Acts of the Apostles.
- apriorist — a person who believes in apriorism
- aquarists — Plural form of aquarist.
- arbalests — Plural form of arbalest.
- arborists — Plural form of arborist.
- archivist — An archivist is a person whose job is to collect, sort, and care for historical documents and records.
- archstone — a wedge-shaped stone forming the curved part of an arch
- areostyle — (of columned buildings) having a wide intercolumniation equal to four or more diameters of one of the columns
- aristaeus — a son of Apollo and Cyrene: protector of herds and fields
- aristarch — a severe critic.
- aristides — known as Aristides the Just. ?530–?468 bc, Athenian general and statesman, who played a prominent part in the Greek victories over the Persians at Marathon (490), Salamis (480), and Plataea (479)
- aristotle — a bottle
- arm-twist — to subject to arm-twisting: The unions arm-twisted the government into negotiating by threatening widespread strikes.
- armistice — An armistice is an agreement between countries who are at war with one another to stop fighting and to discuss ways of making peace.
- armstrong — Edwin Howard. 1890–1954, US electrical engineer; invented the superheterodyne radio receiver and the FM radio
- army list — an official list of all serving commissioned officers of the army and reserve officers liable for recall
- aroostook — river in N Me., flowing into the St. John River in New Brunswick, Canada: c. 140 mi (225 km)
- arrantest — Superlative form of arrant.
- arrestant — a substance that stops a chemical reaction
- arresters — Plural form of arrester.
- arresting — attracting attention; striking
- arrestive — tending to arrest
- arrestors — Plural form of arrestor.
- arriviste — You describe someone as an arriviste when you are criticizing them because they are trying very hard to belong to an influential or important social group which you feel they have no right to belong to.
- arsonists — Plural form of arsonist.
- asbestine — Mineralogy. a fibrous mineral, either amphibole or chrysotile, formerly used for making incombustible or fireproof articles.
- asbestoid — Mineralogy. a fibrous mineral, either amphibole or chrysotile, formerly used for making incombustible or fireproof articles.
- asbestous — having the look, structure or qualities of asbestos
- assist at — to be present at; attend