9-letter words containing sta
- -stamened — having a specified number or type of stamens
- -statured — having a certain kind of stature
- abstained — to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (usually followed by from): to abstain from eating meat.
- abstainer — a person who abstains from something regarded as improper or unhealthy, especially the drinking of alcoholic beverages.
- aerostats — Plural form of aerostat.
- air stack — stack (def 13).
- al-fustat — a city in N Egypt, near the modern city of Cairo, founded in the 7th century a.d.
- all-state — selected on the basis of merit to represent one's state, often in a competition: an all-state debater; a pitcher on the all-state team.
- anastasia — Grand Duchess. 1901–?18, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, believed to have been executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918, although several women subsequently claimed to be her
- anastasis — the episode in Christian theology in which Jesus is believed to have descended into Hell, often referred to as the 'harrowing of Hell'
- antipasta — Misspelling of antipasto.
- antistate — opposed to or acting against state authority
- apostates — Plural form of apostate.
- aristaeus — a son of Apollo and Cyrene: protector of herds and fields
- aristarch — a severe critic.
- arrestant — a substance that stops a chemical reaction
- assistant — Assistant is used in front of titles or jobs to indicate a slightly lower rank. For example, an assistant director is one rank lower than a director in an organization.
- athelstan — ?895–939 ad, king of Wessex and Mercia (924–939 ad), who extended his kingdom to include most of England
- autopista — a Spanish motorway
- autostart — (transitive, intransitive, computing) To start automatically.
- backstabs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstab.
- backstage — In a theatre, backstage refers to the areas behind the stage.
- backstall — the loss of power and tendency to drop of a kite in low winds
- backstamp — a mark stamped on the back of an envelope by a post office to indicate the date and place of its arrival
- backstays — Plural form of backstay.
- ballistae — an ancient military engine for throwing stones or other missiles.
- bandstand — A bandstand is a platform with a roof where a military band or a brass band can play in the open air.
- bantustan — (formerly, in South Africa) an area reserved for occupation by a Black African people, with limited self-government; abolished in 1993
- bastardly — of no value; worthless.
- bastardry — malicious or cruel behaviour
- bay state — Massachusetts
- beanstalk — the stem of a bean plant
- bed-stand — night table.
- bicoastal — Someone or something that is bicoastal lives or occurs on both the east coast and the west coast of the U.S.
- bierstadt — Albert1830-1902; U.S. painter, born in Germany
- biostable — resistant to the effects of microorganisms
- biostatic — the branch of biology dealing with the structure of organisms in relation to their functions (opposed to biodynamics).
- boa vista — a town in N Brazil, capital of the state of Roraima, on the Rio Branco. Pop: 275 000 (2005 est)
- bookstack — Usually, bookstacks. stack (def 4).
- bookstall — A bookstall is a long table from which books and magazines are sold, for example at a conference or in a street market.
- bookstand — a cradle for holding an open book so that it may be read comfortably
- bop stack — A BOP stack is one of two or more units which control well pressure, and contain the wellhead and blowout preventers.
- box stall — a small stall with four walls for holding a horse
- buckstays — a beam held by stays to the exterior of a masonry wall, as that of a furnace or boiler, to keep the adjacent areas of the wall from being forced outward.
- bundestag — (in Germany and formerly in West Germany) the legislative assembly, which is elected by universal adult suffrage and elects the federal chancellor
- bystander — A bystander is a person who is present when something happens and who sees it but does not take part in it.
- cab stand — A cab stand is a place where taxis wait for passengers, for example, at an airport or outside a station.
- cabstands — Plural form of cabstand.
- camstairy — perverse or unruly
- caskstand — a frame on which a cask rests
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