11-letter words containing sta
- metastasise — Pathology. (of malignant cells or disease-producing organisms) to spread to other parts of the body by way of the blood or lymphatic vessels or membranous surfaces.
- metastasize — Pathology. (of malignant cells or disease-producing organisms) to spread to other parts of the body by way of the blood or lymphatic vessels or membranous surfaces.
- metastatize — (rare, of a, disease, especially, cancer) To metastasize.
- mistakingly — an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
- mistargeted — Simple past tense and past participle of mistarget.
- molestation — to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- monocrystal — A single crystal.
- morningstar — Alternative spelling of morning star.
- mostaccioli — penne
- moustachial — (of a stripe on a beak or snout of an animal) resembling a moustache
- music stand — a pedestal or rack designed to hold a score or sheet of music in position for reading.
- mustachioed — a mustache.
- mustard gas — an oily liquid, C 4 H 8 Cl 2 S, used as a chemical-warfare gas, blistering the skin and damaging the lungs, often causing blindness and death: introduced by the Germans in World War I.
- mustard oil — oil expressed from the seed of mustard, used chiefly in making soap.
- mustard pot — a small pot, of glass, silver, etc, placed on the table to serve mustard
- mystagogues — Plural form of mystagogue.
- nanny state — a government perceived as authoritarian, interfering, or overprotective.
- nanocrystal — A crystalline entity whose size is measured in nanometers; an individual nanometer-sized crystal of such a material.
- narco-state — a country in which the illegal trade in narcotic drugs forms a substantial part of the economy
- night stand — small bedside table
- nightstands — Plural form of nightstand.
- nitrostarch — an orange powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 8 O 2 6 , soluble in ethanol, used in explosives.
- non-starter — If you describe a plan or idea as a non-starter, you mean that it has no chance of success.
- nonconstant — not constant
- nonexistant — Misspelling of nonexistent.
- nonstandard — not standard.
- nonstarters — Plural form of nonstarter.
- nostalgists — Plural form of nostalgist.
- obtestation — The act of obtesting; supplication; protestation.
- on stand-by — in a state of readiness for action or use
- open stance — a batting stance in which the front foot is farther from the inside of the batter's box than the back foot.
- orthostates — orthostat.
- orthostatic — relating to or caused by erect posture.
- outdistance — to leave behind, as in running; outstrip: The winning horse outdistanced the second-place winner by five lengths.
- outstanding — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
- outstations — Plural form of outstation.
- overstaffed — If you say that a place is overstaffed, you think there are more people working there than is necessary.
- painstaking — taking or characterized by taking pains or trouble; expending or showing diligent care and effort; careful: a painstaking craftsman; painstaking research.
- pay station — a machine where you can pay for parking, as in a car park, etc
- pedestalled — an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like.
- pentecostal — of or relating to Pentecost, a Christian festival commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles.
- peristalith — a group of stones encircling a mound, dolmen, or the like.
- peristalsis — the progressive wave of contraction and relaxation of a tubular muscular system, especially the alimentary canal, by which the contents are forced through the system.
- peristaltic — of, relating to, or resembling peristalsis.
- photostated — a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
- photostatic — a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
- plainstanes — the pavement or a paved area in a town or city
- playstation — (games, hardware) The leading family of games consoles, from Sony Corporation consisting of the original Playstation (PS1) and the Playstation 2 (PS2). The basic Playstations consist of a small box containing the processor and a DVD reader, with video outputs to connect to a TV, sockets for two game controllers, and a socket for one or two memory cards. The PS2 also has USB sockets. The PS2 can run PS1 software because the PS2's I/O processor is the same as the PS1's CPU.
- ploughstaff — one of the handles of a plough
- polycrystal — an object composed of randomly oriented crystals, formed by rapid solidification