9-letter words containing st
- auteurist — a filmmaker whose individual style and complete control over all elements of production give a film its personal and unique stamp.
- autistics — Plural form of autistic.
- autopista — a Spanish motorway
- autoplast — autograft.
- autopsist — a surgeon who specializes in conducting autopsies
- autostart — (transitive, intransitive, computing) To start automatically.
- awesomest — Superlative form of awesome.
- awestrike — to inspire great awe in
- awestruck — If someone is awestruck, they are very impressed and amazed by something.
- axminster — a type of patterned carpet with a cut pile
- ayr stone — a fine-grained stone used for polishing marble and as a whetstone.
- baby step — (in the game of giant steps) the shortest step permitted a player, executed by placing the heel of one foot against the toe of the other and drawing the back foot up to the front foot.
- back rest — a support for the back of something
- backblast — A dangerous blast of hot air behind a rocket or missile when it is fired.
- backlists — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backlist.
- backrests — Plural form of backrest.
- backstabs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstab.
- backstage — In a theatre, backstage refers to the areas behind the stage.
- backstall — the loss of power and tendency to drop of a kite in low winds
- backstamp — a mark stamped on the back of an envelope by a post office to indicate the date and place of its arrival
- backstays — Plural form of backstay.
- backstops — Plural form of backstop.
- backstory — the events which take place before, and which help to bring about, the events portrayed in a film
- backstrap — A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe.
- bad taste — lack of discernment
- bakestone — a flat stone placed in or near an oven or fire, for baking cakes on
- baleboste — a capable, efficient housewife, especially a traditional Jewish one, devoted to maintaining a well-run home.
- balladist — someone who composes or performs ballads
- ballasted — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- ballaster — someone who supplies ballast for a ship; someone who ballasts
- ballastic — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- ballistae — an ancient military engine for throwing stones or other missiles.
- ballister — (obsolete) A crossbow.
- ballistic — Ballistic means relating to ballistics.
- ballsiest — Superlative form of ballsy.
- balusters — Plural form of baluster.
- band list — a list of Canadian Indians formally recognized as belonging to a band
- bandobust — (in India and Pakistan) an arrangement
- bandstand — A bandstand is a platform with a roof where a military band or a brass band can play in the open air.
- banisters — the railing and supporting balusters on a staircase; balustrade
- bankstown — a city in SE Australia, a suburb of Sydney.
- bannister — Sir Roger (Gilbert). born 1929, British athlete and doctor: first man to run a mile in under four minutes (1954)
- bantustan — (formerly, in South Africa) an area reserved for occupation by a Black African people, with limited self-government; abolished in 1993
- baptistic — Of or for baptism; baptismal.
- baptistry — a part of a Christian church in which baptisms are carried out
- bar joist — a welded steel joist having an open web consisting of a single bent bar running in a zigzag pattern between horizontal upper and lower chords.
- bar-stool — a high backless seat found chiefly in bars, at the serving counter
- barbastel — a type of insectivorous forest bat, Barbastellus communis, native to Europe and known for its hairy lips
- barmaster — (historical) A local judge among miners.
- barnstorm — When people such as politicians or performers barnstorm, they travel around the country making speeches or giving shows.