11-letter words containing sta
- postal card — a card sold by the post office with a stamp already printed on it.
- postal code — British. postcode.
- postal vote — a voting slip that can be filled in at home and sent by post
- prestandard — something considered by an authority or by general consent as a basis of comparison; an approved model.
- prestations — a payment in money or in services.
- proof stage — the stage of publishing where trial impressions made from composed type, or print-outs (from a laser printer, etc) are read for the correction of errors
- prostatitis — inflammation of the prostate gland.
- protestable — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- pumpstation — A pumpstation is a place with pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another.
- punji stake — a sharp bamboo stake concealed in high grass at an angle so as to gash the feet and legs of enemy soldiers and often coated with excrement so as to cause an infected wound.
- rastafarian — a follower of Rastafarianism.
- real estate — property, especially in land: three acres of real estate.
- reestablish — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
- reinstation — to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state: to reinstate the ousted chairman.
- restabilize — to stabilize again
- restartable — capable of being restarted
- restatement — to state again or in a new way.
- restationed — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- restaurants — an establishment where meals are served to customers.
- riefenstahl — Leni [ley-nee] /ˈleɪ ni/ (Show IPA), 1902–2003, German film director.
- right stage — the part of the stage that is right of center as one faces the audience.
- rising star — up-and-coming performer
- rogue state — When politicians or journalists talk about a rogue state, they mean a country that they regard as a threat to their own country's security, for example because it supports terrorism.
- sacrocostal — relating to the sacrum and the ribs
- semi-staged — produced with the use of only a limited number of props, costumes, etc.
- sex-starved — deprived of sexual gratification
- silver star — a bronze star with a small silver star at the center, awarded to a soldier who has been cited in orders for gallantry in action, when the citation does not warrant the award of a Medal of Honor or the Distinguished Service Cross.
- simvastatin — a statin, C 25 H 38 O 5, used in the prevention and treatment of heart disease.
- sioux state — a nickname of the state of North Dakota.
- sir stanley — Arthur Penrhyn [pen-rin] /ˈpɛn rɪn/ (Show IPA), (Dean Stanley) 1815–81, English clergyman and author.
- slave state — any state, nation, etc., where slavery is legal or officially condoned.
- solid-state — designating or pertaining to electronic devices, as transistors or crystals, that can control current without the use of moving parts, heated filaments, or vacuum gaps.
- sound stage — a large, soundproof studio used for filming motion pictures.
- space stage — a stage set, often limited to an arrangement of ramps and platforms, in which actors and set pieces are spotlighted against the bare background of a dark or black cyclorama.
- stabilizing — to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
- stable door — a door with an upper and lower leaf that may be opened separately
- stable girl — a girl or woman who looks after or attends horses in stables
- stactometer — stalagmometer.
- stadiometer — an instrument that measures the length of curves, dashes, etc, by running a toothed wheel along them
- stadtholder — stadholder.
- staff nurse — nurse who works on a ward
- stag beetle — any of numerous lamellicorn beetles of the family Lucanidae, some of the males of which have mandibles resembling the antlers of a stag.
- stag's horn — the antlers of a stag used as a material for carved implements
- stage brace — a brace for supporting upright pieces of theatrical scenery.
- stage right — Stage right is the right side of the stage for an actor who is standing facing the audience.
- stage screw — a large, tapered screw fitted with a handle, used to secure braces for scenery to the floor of a stage.
- stagestruck — obsessed with the desire to become an actor or actress.
- stagflation — an inflationary period accompanied by rising unemployment and lack of growth in consumer demand and business activity.
- staggerbush — an ericaceous deciduous shrub, Lyonia mariana, of E North America, having white or pinkish flowers: it is poisonous to livestock
- stake horse — a horse that is regularly entered in stake races.