10-letter words starting with st
- strongroom — a fireproof, burglarproof room in which valuables are kept.
- strophiole — a small growth on some plants' seeds
- strophulus — a papular eruption of the skin, especially in infants, occurring in several forms and usually harmless.
- structural — of or relating to structure; pertaining or essential to a structure.
- structured — having and manifesting a clearly defined structure or organization.
- structures — mode of building, construction, or organization; arrangement of parts, elements, or constituents: a pyramidal structure.
- struggling — to contend with an adversary or opposing force.
- strung out — severely debilitated from alcohol or drugs.
- strung-out — severely debilitated from alcohol or drugs.
- struthious — resembling or related to the ostriches or other ratite birds.
- strychnine — Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline poison, C 2 1 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , obtained chiefly by extraction from the seeds of nux vomica, formerly used as a central nervous system stimulant.
- stubbornly — unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
- stuccowork — moldings, decorative work, or a finish made of stucco.
- stuck pipe — Stuck pipe happens when part of the drillpipe cannot be turned or moved up or down.
- stud poker — a variety of poker in which each player is dealt one card face down in the first round and one card face up in each of the next four rounds, each of the last four rounds being followed by a betting interval. Compare seven-card stud.
- studebaker — Clement, 1831–1901, U.S. wagon maker and pioneer automobile designer.
- studiously — disposed or given to diligent study: a studious boy.
- study hall — (in some schools) a room used solely or chiefly for studying.
- study room — a room, esp in a boarding school, used for studying
- study tour — a trip or tour taken by a group of people in order to study something, such as a language
- stuff gown — a woollen gown worn by a barrister who has not taken silk
- stuff shot — dunk shot.
- stuffed up — sinuses, nose: congested
- stuffiness — close; poorly ventilated: a stuffy room.
- stultified — to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous.
- stumblebum — a clumsy, second-rate prizefighter.
- stump farm — a farm that was started on previously forested land covered with the stumps of felled trees.
- stump foot — a foot continuing the surfaces of a square leg in an outward flare.
- stunningly — causing, capable of causing, or liable to cause astonishment, bewilderment, or a loss of consciousness or strength: a stunning blow.
- stunt kite — a kite held by two hands and having two lines
- stuntwoman — A stuntwoman is a woman whose job is to do dangerous things, either for publicity, or in a movie instead of an actor so that the actor does not risk being injured.
- stupefying — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- stupendous — causing amazement; astounding; marvelous: stupendous news.
- stupidness — lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
- stupration — an act of ravishing or a violation
- sturbridge — a town in central Massachusetts: reconstruction of early American village.
- sturdiness — strongly built; stalwart; robust: sturdy young athletes.
- stuyvesant — Peter, 1592–1672, Dutch colonial administrator in the Americas: last governor of New Netherlands 1646–64.
- stylistics — the study and description of the choices of linguistic expression that are characteristic of a group or an individual in specific communicative settings, especially in literary works.
- stylograph — a fountain pen in which the writing point is a fine, hollow tube instead of a nib.
- stylohyoid — of, relating to, or situated between the styloid process of the temporal bone and the hyoid bone.
- stylometry — the study of the style of something such as a written text so as to determine the author
- stylophone — a type of battery-powered electronic instrument played with a steel-tipped penlike stylus