9-letter words containing sta
- pakistani — a native or inhabitant of Pakistan.
- peronista — Peronist.
- photostat — 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.
- pikestaff — the shaft of an infantry pike.
- pistachio — the nut of a Eurasian tree, Pistacia vera, of the cashew family, containing an edible, greenish kernel.
- pistareen — peseta (def 2).
- pole star — Polaris.
- pole-star — Polaris.
- postaudit — an audit of accounting records, conducted at some interval of time after a transaction or a series of transactions has already occurred.
- postaxial — pertaining to or situated behind the axis of the body, especially the posterior side of the axis of a limb.
- prostasis — (in a classical temple) a pronaos or prostas before a cella.
- prostatic — Also, prostatic [pro-stat-ik] /prɒˈstæt ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the prostate gland.
- prostato- — prostate gland
- protistan — any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- protostar — an early stage in the evolution of a star, after the beginning of the collapse of the gas cloud from which it is formed, but before sufficient contraction has occurred to permit initiation of nuclear reactions at its core.
- rastafari — Rastafarian (def 1).
- red state — a state of the U.S. that usually votes Republican.
- reichstag — the lower house of the parliament during the period of the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic.
- reinstall — to place in position or connect for service or use: to install a heating system; to install software on a computer.
- reinstate — to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state: to reinstate the ousted chairman.
- resistant — resisting.
- resistate — any of the class of sediments, as sand or sandstone, consisting chiefly of minerals resistant to weathering.
- restaging — a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- restained — a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- restarter — something or someone which restarts
- restating — to state again or in a new way.
- restation — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- rickstand — a platform on which to put or make a rick or haystack
- rijstafel — an assortment of Indonesian side dishes accompanied by rice
- ringstand — a stand on which laboratory equipment is placed
- rock star — a rock-'n'-roll star or celebrity.
- rootstalk — a rhizome.
- sacristan — Also called sacrist [sak-rist, sey-krist] /ˈsæk rɪst, ˈseɪ krɪst/ (Show IPA). an official in charge of the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., of a church or a religious house.
- sea stack — a pillarlike mass of rock detached by wave action from a cliff-lined shore and surrounded by water.
- see stars — to see or seem to see bright moving pinpoints of light, as from a blow on the head, increased blood pressure, etc
- soopstake — sweeping up all stakes
- sörenstam — Annika (ˈænɪka). born 1970, Swedish golfer; winner of the US Women's Open (1995, 1996, 2006), the LPGA Championship (2003, 2004, 2005), and the British Women's Open (2003)
- stab kick — a rapid kick of the ball from one player to another member of his team
- stabilate — a collection of living organisms, gathered on one occasion and preserved for a particular use
- stabilise — to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
- stability — the state or quality of being stable.
- stabilize — to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
- stableboy — a person who works in a stable.
- stableman — a person who works in a stable.
- stackable — capable of being stacked, especially easily: stackable chairs.
- stackless — without or not using a stack
- stackroom — an area in a library where books are not on open shelves
- staffroom — room for teachers at school
- stag hunt — a hunt carried out to find and kill stags
- stag line — the men at a social gathering who are not accompanied by a date or dancing partner.