9-letter words containing ster
- esterases — Plural form of esterase.
- esterházy — a noble Hungarian family that produced many soldiers, diplomats, and patrons of the arts. Prince Miklós József Esterházy (1714–90) rebuilt the family castle of Esterháza and employed Haydn as his musical director (1766–90)
- exhauster — (obsolete) exhaust, exhaust pipe.
- festering — Present participle of fester.
- fillister — a rabbet or groove, as one on a window sash to hold the glass and putty.
- finistere — a department in W France. 2714 sq. mi. (7030 sq. km). Capital: Quimper.
- flustered — to put into a state of agitated confusion: His constant criticism flustered me.
- flyposter — a poster, esp unauthorized, put up to publicize something
- foresters — Plural form of forester.
- fosterage — the act of fostering or rearing another's child as one's own.
- fostering — Encourage or promote the development of (something, typically something regarded as good).
- fraudster — A person who practices fraud; a swindler.
- gamesters — Plural form of gamester.
- gangsters — Plural form of gangster.
- gannister — ganister
- ginastera — Alberto [ahl-ber-taw] /ɑlˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1916–83, Argentine composer.
- glistered — Simple past tense and past participle of glister.
- godsister — The daughter of one's godparent.
- harvester — a person who harvests; reaper.
- hesternal — (rare) Of or pertaining to yesterday.
- hollister — a town in W California.
- holstered — a sheathlike carrying case for a firearm, attached to a belt, shoulder sling, or saddle.
- hoopsters — Plural form of hoopster.
- hucksters — Plural form of huckster.
- huckstery — the business of a huckster
- hysterics — Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
- hysteroid — resembling hysteria.
- imposters — Plural form of imposter.
- isosteric — Chemistry. having the same number of valence electrons in the same configuration but differing in the kinds and numbers of atoms.
- jambuster — (Canada, Manitoba and northwestern Ontario) A doughnut filled with jam.
- jokesters — Plural form of jokester.
- lancaster — the English royal family that reigned 1399–1461, descended from John of Gaunt (Duke of Lancaster), and that included Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI. Compare York (def 1).
- lankester — Sir Edwin Ray, 1847–1929, English zoologist and writer.
- leicester — 1st Earl of, Robert Dudley.
- listerism — an antiseptic method introduced by Joseph Lister, involving the spraying of the parts under operation with a carbolic acid solution.
- listerize — to treat (a patient, disease, etc.) using the methods of Joseph Lister.
- lobstered — Simple past tense and past participle of lobster.
- lobsterer — a person who catches lobsters
- lustering — the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.
- lusterous — Misspelling of lustrous.
- magisters — Plural form of magister.
- magistery — an agency or substance, as in alchemy, to which faculties of healing, transformation, etc., are ascribed.
- maltsters — Plural form of maltster.
- masterate — A master's degree.
- masterdom — complete control; mastery
- masterful — dominating; self-willed; imperious.
- mastering — a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something: a master of six languages; to be master of one's fate.
- masterson — William Barclay ("Bat") 1853–1921, U.S. frontier law officer.
- mcalester — a city in E Oklahoma.
- ministers — Plural form of minister.