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9-letter words containing st

  • assistant — Assistant is used in front of titles or jobs to indicate a slightly lower rank. For example, an assistant director is one rank lower than a director in an organization.
  • assistful — (archaic) helpful.
  • assisting — to give support or aid to; help: Please assist him in moving the furniture.
  • assistive — providing a means of reducing a physical impairment
  • asterisks — Plural form of asterisk.
  • asterisms — Plural form of asterism.
  • asterixis — (pathology) An abnormal muscular tremor characterized by involuntary jerking of the hands.
  • asteroids — Plural form of asteroid.
  • asthmatic — People who suffer from asthma are sometimes referred to as asthmatics.
  • astichous — having a structure or layout that is not in rows
  • astomatal — having no stoma
  • astonying — Present participle of astony.
  • astounded — If you are astounded by something, you are very shocked or surprised that it could exist or happen.
  • astrachan — a fur of young lambs, with lustrous, closely curled wool, from Astrakhan.
  • astraddle — with a leg on either side of something
  • astragali — Plural form of astragalus.
  • astragals — Plural form of astragal.
  • astrakhan — Astrakhan is black or grey curly fur from the skins of lambs. It is used for making coats and hats.
  • astrangia — a genus of corals forming small, encrusting colonies, found in shallow waters off both coasts of the U.S.
  • astrantia — a hardy flowering plant from the genus Astrantia and family Apiaceae. It produces tiny flowers in the mid-summer months and dies back after flowering every year
  • astricted — Simple past tense and past participle of astrict.
  • astringed — to compress; bind together; constrict.
  • astringer — a styptic or constrictive substance
  • astrocyte — any of the star-shaped cells in the tissue supporting the brain and spinal cord (neuroglia)
  • astrodome — a transparent dome on the top of an aircraft, through which observations can be made, esp of the stars
  • astrofell — (in the works of Spenser) an unidentified plant, commonly believed to be akin to an aster
  • astrogate — (science fiction, intransitive) To astronavigate; to control and guide a spacecraft.
  • astroglia — The group of star-shaped glial cells in the brain and spinal cord.
  • astrolabe — an instrument used by early astronomers to measure the altitude of stars and planets and also as a navigational aid. It consists of a graduated circular disc with a movable sighting device
  • astrology — Astrology is the study of the movements of the planets, sun, moon, and stars in the belief that these movements can have an influence on people's lives.
  • astronaut — An astronaut is a person who is trained for travelling in a spacecraft.
  • astronomy — Astronomy is the scientific study of the stars, planets, and other natural objects in space.
  • astroturf — Astroturf is a type of artificial fiber that is used instead of grass on some sports fields.
  • astucious — Subtle; cunning; astute.
  • asystoles — Plural form of asystole.
  • asystolic — Pertaining to asystole.
  • atavistic — Atavistic feelings or behaviour seem to be very primitive, like the feelings or behaviour of our earliest ancestors.
  • atheistic — Atheistic means connected with or holding the belief that there is no God.
  • athelstan — ?895–939 ad, king of Wessex and Mercia (924–939 ad), who extended his kingdom to include most of England
  • atomistic — of atoms or atomism
  • atonalist — a composer who composes without knowingly or being aware of alluding to a particular tone or scale
  • attesting — to bear witness to; certify; declare to be correct, true, or genuine; declare the truth of, in words or writing, especially affirm in an official capacity: to attest the truth of a statement.
  • augustine — Saint. 354–430 ad, one of the Fathers of the Christian Church; bishop of Hippo in North Africa (396–430), who profoundly influenced both Catholic and Protestant theology. His most famous works are Confessions, a spiritual autobiography, and De Civitate Dei, a vindication of the Christian Church. Feast day: Aug 28
  • austemper — to harden (steel) by heating and quenching to render it austenitic.
  • austenite — a solid solution of carbon in face-centred-cubic gamma iron, usually existing above 723°C
  • austerely — severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding: an austere teacher.
  • austerity — Austerity is a situation in which people's living standards are reduced because of economic difficulties.
  • austinite — (rare, mineral) A secondary mineral found in the oxidized zone of some arsenic-rich base-metal deposits.
  • australia — a country and the smallest continent, situated between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific: a former British colony, now an independent member of the Commonwealth, constitutional links with Britain formally abolished in 1986; consists chiefly of a low plateau, mostly arid in the west, with the basin of the Murray River and the Great Dividing Range in the east and the Great Barrier Reef off the NE coast. Official language: English. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: dollar. Capital: Canberra. Pop: 23 029 674 (2013 est). Area: 7 682 300 sq km (2 966 150 sq miles)
  • austrasia — the eastern region of the kingdom of the Merovingian Franks that had its capital at Metz and lasted from 511 ad until 814 ad. It covered the area now comprising NE France, Belgium, and western Germany
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