9-letter words containing sto
- sob story — an excessively sentimental human-interest story.
- solo stop — any of various organ stops designed to imitate a solo performance on a particular musical instrument
- starstone — a precious stone which has been cut in such a way that it reflects light in a starlike pattern
- stepstool — a low set of hinged steps, often folding into or under a stool, used typically in a kitchen for reaching high shelves.
- stock boy — a boy or man responsible for replenishing stock, as on the shelves of a grocery store.
- stock car — a standard model of automobile changed in various ways for racing purposes.
- stockfish — fish, as the cod or haddock, cured by splitting and drying in the air without salt.
- stockholm — a kingdom in N Europe, in the E part of the Scandinavian Peninsula. 173,732 sq. mi. (449,964 sq. km). Capital: Stockholm.
- stockhorn — pibgorn.
- stockiest — of solid and sturdy form or build; thick-set and, usually, short.
- stockinet — Also, stockinet. a stretchy, machine-knitted fabric used for making undergarments, infants' wear, etc.
- stockless — having no stock, as an anchor.
- stocklist — a list or inventory of all the items in stock
- stockpile — a supply of material, as a pile of gravel in road maintenance.
- stockport — borough of Greater Manchester, in NW England.
- stockroom — a room in which a stock of materials or goods is kept for use or sale.
- stocktake — to count and check the goods on hand in a shop or business
- stockwood — (Arthur) Mervyn. 1913–95, British Anglican prelate; bishop of Southwark (1959–80)
- stockwork — a method of working in a mine where the ore is found in clusters rather than in veins
- stockyard — an enclosure with pens, sheds, etc., connected with a slaughterhouse, railroad, market, etc., for the temporary housing of cattle, sheep, swine, or horses.
- stoically — impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics: a stoical sufferer.
- stokehold — Also, stokehold [stohk-hohld] /ˈstoʊkˌhoʊld/ (Show IPA). fireroom.
- stokehole — Also, stokehold [stohk-hohld] /ˈstoʊkˌhoʊld/ (Show IPA). fireroom.
- stokowski — Leopold Antoni Stanislaw [lee-uh-pohld ahn-toh-nee stah-nee-slahf] /ˈli əˌpoʊld ɑnˈtoʊ ni stɑˈni slɑf/ (Show IPA), 1882–1977, U.S. orchestra conductor, born in England.
- stolidity — not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.
- stolonate — having stolons; developing from a stolon.
- stomachal — a medication that is good for the stomach
- stomacher — a richly ornamented garment covering the stomach and chest, worn by both sexes in the 15th and 16th centuries, and later worn under a bodice by women.
- stomachic — of or relating to the stomach; gastric.
- stomatomy — stomatotomy.
- stomatous — stomatal.
- stomodeum — a depression in the ectoderm of the oral region of a young embryo, which develops into the mouth and oral cavity.
- stone age — the period in the history of humankind, preceding the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, and marked by the use of stone implements and weapons: subdivided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods.
- stone axe — a primitive axe made of chipped stone
- stone saw — an untoothed iron saw used to cut stone
- stoneboat — a type of sleigh used for moving rocks from fields, for hauling milk cans, etc
- stonechat — any of several small Old World birds, especially of the genus Saxicola, as S. torquata.
- stonecrop — any plant of the genus Sedum, especially a mosslike herb, S. acre, having small, fleshy leaves and yellow flowers, frequently growing on rocks and walls.
- stoneface — living stones.
- stonefish — a tropical scorpion fish, Synanceja verrucosa, having dorsal-fin spines from which a deadly poison is discharged.
- stonehand — a person who arranges type and imposes pages on an imposing stone
- stoneshot — a stone's throw or the distance a person can throw a stone
- stonewall — to engage in stonewalling.
- stoneware — a hard, opaque, vitrified ceramic ware.
- stonewash — to wash (cloth) with pebbles or stones so as to give the appearance of wear.
- stonework — any construction, as walls or the like, of stone; stone masonry.
- stonewort — any of a plantlike group of green algae constituting the class Charophyceae, having a jointed body frequently encrusted with lime and usually attached to the bottom in fresh water.
- stoniness — full of or abounding in stones or rock: a stony beach.
- stonkered — to hit hard; knock unconscious.
- stony pit — a disease of pears, caused by a virus and characterized by deformed, pitted fruit.