11-letter words containing sta
- devastating — If you describe something as devastating, you are emphasizing that it is very harmful or damaging.
- devastation — Devastation is severe and widespread destruction or damage.
- devastators — Plural form of devastator.
- distantiate — to put or keep at an emotional or intellectual distance
- distantness — The state or quality of being distant or remote.
- distasteful — unpleasant, offensive, or causing dislike: a distasteful chore.
- double star — two stars that appear as one if not viewed through a telescope with adequate magnification, such as two stars that are separated by a great distance but are nearly in line with each other and an observer (optical double star) or those that are relatively close together and comprise a single physical system (physical double star)
- egg custard — sweet custard made with milk and egg and baked
- eisenstaedt — Alfred. 1898–1995, US photographer, born in Germany; noted for his photograph of a sailor kissing a woman in Times Square, New York on V-J Day in 1945
- equidistant — At equal distances.
- established — (of a custom, belief, practice, or institution) Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.
- establisher — A person who establishes something.
- establishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of establish.
- false start — in a race
- false-start — to leave the starting line or position too early and thereby necessitate repeating the signal to begin a race.
- falstaffian — of, relating to, or having the qualities of Falstaff, especially his robust, bawdy humor, good-natured rascality, and brazen braggadocio: Falstaffian wit.
- far distant — at, to, or from a great distance in space or time
- fashionista — a very fashionable person, especially one who works in the fashion industry.
- fiesta ware — molded, opaque-glazed earthenware produced in a wide range of colors from 1936 to 1969.
- fingerstall — a covering used to protect a finger.
- firestarter — One who starts fires.
- first state — Delaware (used as a nickname).
- flare stack — A flare stack is a high vertical pipe for carrying unwanted gas so it can be burned off.
- fluvastatin — A drug of the statin class, used to treat hypercholesterolemia and to prevent cardiovascular disease.
- for a start — to begin with, in the first place
- forestalled — Simple past tense and past participle of forestall.
- forestaller — A person who forestalls, especially one who buys goods before they can be sold on the open market in anticipation of rising prices.
- forestation — the planting of forests.
- forinstance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- forstalling — Present participle of forstall.
- fredrikstad — a port in SE Norway at the entrance to Oslo Fjord. Pop: 69 867 (2004 est)
- free stater — a native or inhabitant of a Free State.
- fruit stall — a market stall that sells a variety of edible fruits
- fungistatic — (of a substance or preparation) inhibiting the growth of a fungus.
- gammerstang — an awkwardly tall person, esp a woman
- gangsta rap — a type of rap music whose lyrics feature violence, sexual exploits, and the like.
- gas station — service station (def 1).
- gestational — the process, state, or period of gestating.
- gestatorial — related to carrying
- grandstands — Plural form of grandstand.
- grape stake — a post used in vineyards to support wires along which grapevines are trained.
- green stamp — Citizens Band Radio Slang. a speeding ticket. Usually, Green Stamps. money; currency.
- gulf states — the oil-producing states around the Persian Gulf: Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman
- gustatorily — in a gustatory manner
- gustavus ii — (Gustavus Adolphus"Lion of the North") 1594–1632, king of Sweden 1611–32: national military hero (grandson of Gustavus I).
- gustavus iv — (Gustavus Adolphus) 1778–1837, king of Sweden 1792–1809 (son of Gustavus III).
- gustavus vi — (Gustaf Adolf) 1882–1973, king of Sweden 1950–73 (son of Gustavus V).
- gyrostatics — the science that deals with the laws of rotating bodies.
- haemostasis — Alternative spelling of hemostasis.
- haemostatic — That promotes haemostasis.