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9-letter words containing sto

  • ear-stone — a calcium carbonate crystal in the ear of vertebrates
  • egg stone — oolite.
  • egglestonEdward, 1837–1902, U.S. author, editor, and clergyman.
  • elastomer — A natural or synthetic polymer having elastic properties, e.g., rubber.
  • epistoler — One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler.
  • epistolet — a short letter
  • epistolic — Relating to letters or epistles; in the form or style of letters; epistolary.
  • estopping — Present participle of estop.
  • exostoses — Plural form of exostosis.
  • exostosis — A benign outgrowth of cartilaginous tissue on a bone.
  • faldstool — a chair or seat, originally one capable of being folded, used by a bishop or other prelate when officiating in his own church away from his throne or in a church not his own.
  • fat stock — livestock that has been fattened for market.
  • feedstock — raw material for processing or manufacturing industry.
  • festooned — a string or chain of flowers, foliage, ribbon, etc., suspended in a curve between two points.
  • firestoneHarvey Samuel, 1868–1938, U.S. industrialist and rubber manufacturer.
  • firestorm — an atmospheric phenomenon, caused by a large fire, in which the rising column of air above the fire draws in strong winds often accompanied by rain.
  • flag stop — a bus stop at which a bus only stops if there is someone waiting or if someone wants to get off the bus
  • flagstone — Also called flag. a flat stone slab used especially for paving.
  • flowstone — a layered deposit of calcium carbonate, CaCO 3 , left by thin sheets of flowing water, as in a cave.
  • flue stop — a rank of flue pipes in an organ.
  • footstock — tailstock
  • footstone — a stone placed at the foot of a grave.
  • footstool — a low stool upon which to rest one's feet when seated.
  • forestock — (firearms) forearm; handguard.
  • form stop — (in poured-concrete construction) a board placed across a form to retain concrete until it sets.
  • freestone — a fruit having a stone to which the flesh does not cling, as certain peaches and plums.
  • frogstool — a toadstool.
  • full stop — period (defs 10, 11).
  • gallstone — an abnormal stonelike mass, usually of cholesterol, formed in the gallbladder or bile passages.
  • galveston — a seaport in SE Texas, on an island at the mouth of Galveston Bay.
  • gas stove — a stove that uses natural gas as a fuel source
  • gemstones — Plural form of gemstone.
  • germiston — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
  • gladstone — William Ewart [yoo-ert] /ˈyu ərt/ (Show IPA), 1809–98, British statesman: prime minister four times between 1868 and 1894.
  • goffstown — a town in S New Hampshire.
  • goldstone — aventurine.
  • graystone — (uncountable) A type of gray, volcanic rock, typically containing feldspar and iron.
  • greystone — a grey igneous rock of volcanic origin
  • gritstone — A form of sedimentary rock, similar to sandstone but coarser.
  • gunstocks — Plural form of gunstock.
  • hailstone — a pellet of hail.
  • hailstorm — a storm with hail.
  • hardstone — (arts) precious stone or semi-precious stone used to make intaglio, mosaics etc.
  • haustoria — a projection from the hypha of a fungus into the organic matter from which it absorbs nutrients.
  • headstock — the part of a machine containing or directly supporting the moving or working parts, as the assembly supporting and driving the live spindle in a lathe.
  • headstone — a stone marker set at the head of a grave; gravestone.
  • helistops — Plural form of helistop.
  • histogram — a graph of a frequency distribution in which rectangles with bases on the horizontal axis are given widths equal to the class intervals and heights equal to the corresponding frequencies.
  • histology — the branch of biology dealing with the study of tissues.
  • historian — an expert in history; authority on history.
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