9-letter words containing S
Embark on an exploration of 9-letter words that contain the letter S. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate S within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| something | 15 | An indeterminate or unknown event. | - |
| sometimes | 13 | - | - |
| somewhere | 17 | in or at or to some place | she must be somewhere |
| yesterday | 16 | the day immediately before today | it was in yesterday's newspapers |
| president | 12 | the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization | - |
| dangerous | 11 | involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm | a dangerous criminal |
| situation | 9 | a condition or position in which you find yourself | the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils |
| seriously | 12 | in a serious manner | a play dealing seriously with the question of divorce |
| listening | 10 | the act of hearing attentively | you can learn a lot by just listening |
| otherwise | 15 | in another and different manner | she thought otherwise |
| professor | 14 | someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university | - |
| ourselves | 12 | An emphasized form of the pronoun of the first person plural; used as a subject, usually with we; also, alone in the predicate, in the nominative or the objective case. | - |
| screaming | 14 | sharp piercing cry | her screaming attracted the neighbors |
| obviously | 17 | unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') | the answer is obviously wrong |
| necessary | 14 | anything indispensable | - |
| fantastic | 14 | ludicrously odd | fantastic Halloween costumes |
| breakfast | 18 | eat an early morning meal | We breakfast at seven |
| surprised | 12 | taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment | surprised by her student's ingenuity |
| expensive | 21 | high in price or charging high prices | expensive clothes |
| happiness | 16 | state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy | - |
| destroyed | 14 | destroyed physically or morally | - |
| insurance | 11 | written contract or certificate of insurance | - |
| delicious | 12 | greatly pleasing or entertaining | a delicious joke |
| basically | 16 | in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature | He is basically dishonest |
| mountains | 11 | - | - |
| disappear | 14 | cease to exist | - |
| assistant | 9 | a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose | my invaluable assistant |
| secretary | 14 | a person to whom a secret is entrusted | - |
| suffering | 16 | feelings of mental or physical pain | - |
| inspector | 13 | an investigator who observes carefully | - |
| christian | 14 | a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination | - |
| newspaper | 16 | the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher | when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper |
| sacrifice | 16 | the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity | - |
| statement | 11 | (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program | - |
| desperate | 12 | fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless | a desperate illness |
| sensitive | 12 | hurting | - |
| searching | 15 | having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect | searching insights |
| religious | 10 | concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church | religious texts |
| terrorist | 9 | a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities | - |
| explosion | 18 | a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction | - |
| miserable | 13 | of very poor quality or condition | - |
| surrender | 10 | the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions) | - |
| impressed | 14 | deeply or markedly affected or influenced | - |
| satisfied | 13 | allayed | - |
| existence | 18 | the state or fact of existing | laws in existence for centuries |
| depressed | 13 | lower than previously | the market is depressed |
| exhausted | 20 | drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted | the day's shopping left her exhausted |
| satellite | 9 | man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon | - |
| answering | 13 | replying | an answering glance |
| separated | 12 | being or feeling set or kept apart from others | thought of herself as alone and separated from the others |
| represent | 11 | perform (a play), especially on a stage | - |
| invisible | 14 | not prominent or readily noticeable | the invisible man |
| scientist | 11 | a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences | - |
| precisely | 16 | indicating exactness or preciseness | he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do |
| backwards | 21 | in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal | - |
| signature | 10 | a distinguishing style | - |
| someplace | 15 | in or at or to some place | - |
| communist | 15 | a socialist who advocates communism | - |
| structure | 11 | the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships | sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family |
| spiritual | 11 | a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States | - |
| transport | 11 | the act of moving something from one location to another | - |
| rehearsal | 12 | a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert) | he missed too many rehearsals |
| published | 17 | formally made public | published accounts |
| worthless | 15 | morally reprehensible | - |
| suspected | 14 | believed likely | a suspected thief |
| relations | 9 | mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups | - |
| discovery | 18 | the act of discovering something | - |
| elsewhere | 15 | - | - |
| requested | 19 | asked for | the requested aid is forthcoming |
| institute | 9 | set up or lay the groundwork for | - |
| confusion | 14 | a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused | - |
| possessed | 12 | influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion | by love possessed |
| recognise | 12 | express greetings upon meeting someone | - |
| finishing | 16 | a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance) | - |
| dismissed | 13 | having lost your job | - |
| warehouse | 15 | a storehouse for goods and merchandise | - |
| testimony | 14 | something that serves as evidence | his effort was testimony to his devotion |
| respected | 14 | receiving deferential regard | a respected family |
| suspended | 13 | (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment | suspended matter such as silt or mud... |
| conscious | 13 | intentionally conceived | a conscious effort to speak more slowly |
| fashioned | 16 | planned and made or fashioned artistically | beautifully fashioned dresses |
| broadcast | 14 | cause to become widely known | broadcast the news |
| scoundrel | 12 | a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately | - |
| terrorism | 11 | the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear | - |
| described | 15 | represented in words especially with sharpness and detail | the vividly described wars |
| fireworks | 19 | - | - |
| whistling | 16 | the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture | - |
| residence | 12 | a large and imposing house | - |
| personnel | 11 | group of people willing to obey orders | - |
| confusing | 15 | lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity | sent confusing signals to Iraq |
| disturbed | 13 | afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief | lapsed into disturbed sleep |
| essential | 9 | anything indispensable | the essentials of the good life |
| passenger | 12 | a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it | - |
| apologise | 12 | acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing | - |
| messenger | 12 | a person who carries a message | - |
| salvation | 12 | (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil | - |
| associate | 11 | make a logical or causal connection | - |
| anonymous | 14 | having no known name or identity or known source | anonymous authors |
| orchestra | 14 | a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players | - |
| spreading | 13 | process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space | - |
| chemistry | 19 | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions | - |
| wrestling | 13 | the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down | - |
| collapsed | 14 | - | - |
| batteries | 11 | - | - |
| slaughter | 13 | the savage and excessive killing of many people | - |
| therapist | 14 | a person skilled in a particular type of therapy | - |
| classical | 13 | of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture | classical mythology |
| increased | 12 | made greater in size or amount or degree | - |
| curiosity | 14 | something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting | - |
| embarrass | 13 | cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious | - |
| establish | 14 | institute, enact, or establish | - |
| obsession | 11 | an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will | - |
| sentenced | 12 | - | - |
| specially | 16 | to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common | an especially (or specially) cautious approach to the danger |
| household | 16 | a social unit living together | It was a good Christian household |
| marvelous | 14 | too improbable to admit of belief | - |
| exclusive | 21 | not divided or shared with others | they have exclusive use of the machine |
| strongest | 10 | - | - |
| supported | 14 | held up or having the weight borne especially from below | supported joints in a railroad track have ties directly under the rail ends |
| briefcase | 16 | a case with a handle; for carrying papers or files or books | - |
| scheduled | 16 | planned or scheduled for some certain time or times | the scheduled meeting |
| translate | 9 | make sense of a language | - |
| landscape | 14 | a genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery | - |
| lifestyle | 15 | a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes | - |
| materials | 11 | - | - |
| hilarious | 12 | marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter | hilarious broad comedy |
| counselor | 11 | a lawyer who pleads cases in court | - |
| classroom | 13 | a room in a school where lessons take place | - |
| moustache | 16 | an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip | - |
| sensation | 9 | someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | - |
| promising | 14 | likely to turn out well in the future | the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career |
| offensive | 18 | causing or able to cause nausea | - |
| righteous | 13 | characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice | the...prayer of a righteous man availeth much |
| universal | 12 | (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages | - |
| instantly | 12 | without any delay | - |
| selection | 11 | the person or thing chosen or selected | - |
| substance | 13 | the property of holding together and retaining its shape | - |
| explosive | 21 | liable to lead to sudden change or violence | an explosive issue |
| suspicion | 13 | an impression that something might be the case | - |
| shattered | 13 | ruined or disrupted | our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity |
| testament | 11 | a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die | - |
| dimension | 12 | a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished | - |
| scattered | 12 | lacking orderly continuity | scattered thoughts |
| specialty | 16 | an asset of special worth or utility | - |
| realistic | 11 | representing what is real; not abstract or ideal | realistic portraiture |
| handcuffs | 21 | - | - |
| ambitious | 13 | requiring full use of your abilities or resources | ambitious schedule |
| spaghetti | 15 | pasta in the form of long strings | - |
| sincerely | 14 | written formula for ending a letter | - |
| submarine | 13 | a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States | - |
| superstar | 11 | someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | - |
| pointless | 11 | not having a point especially a sharp point | my pencils are all pointless |
| injustice | 18 | the practice of being unjust or unfair | - |
| discharge | 16 | remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave | - |
| seventeen | 12 | being one more than sixteen | - |
| strangely | 13 | in a strange manner | - |
| insulting | 10 | expressing extreme contempt | - |
| secondary | 15 | coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil | - |
| shameless | 14 | feeling no shame | a shameless imposter |
| publisher | 16 | a firm in the publishing business | - |
| followers | 15 | a group of followers or enthusiasts | - |
| mysteries | 14 | - | - |
| squealing | 19 | having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge | - |
| psychotic | 21 | a person afflicted with psychosis | - |
| stupidity | 15 | a stupid mistake | - |
| transform | 14 | change or alter in form, appearance, or nature | This experience transformed her completely |
| sustained | 10 | (of an electric arc) continuous | - |
| poisoning | 12 | the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance | - |
| poisonous | 11 | having the qualities or effects of a poison | - |
| defensive | 16 | an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive') | - |
| extension | 16 | the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to | the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos |
| fisherman | 17 | someone whose occupation is catching fish | - |
| classmate | 13 | an acquaintance that you go to school with | - |
| monastery | 14 | the residence of a religious community | - |
| splitting | 12 | resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree | - |
| surviving | 16 | still in existence | the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil |
| prettiest | 11 | - | - |
| heartless | 12 | lacking in feeling or pity or warmth | - |
| arresting | 10 | commanding attention | an arresting drawing of people turning into animals |
| squeaking | 23 | having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge | - |
| countless | 11 | too numerous to be counted | countless hours |
| expressed | 19 | precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication | - |
| forensics | 14 | scientific tests or techniques used in the investigation of crimes | - |
| physician | 19 | a licensed medical practitioner | - |
| installed | 10 | - | - |
| strangled | 11 | held in check with difficulty | a strangled scream |
| groceries | 12 | - | - |
| amusement | 13 | an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention | - |
| diagnosis | 11 | identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon | - |
| smuggling | 14 | secretly importing prohibited goods or goods on which duty is due | - |
| astronaut | 9 | a person trained to travel in a spacecraft | the Russians called their astronauts cosmonauts |
| socialist | 11 | advocating or following the socialist principles | socialistic government |
| constable | 13 | a police officer of the lowest rank | - |
| backstage | 18 | concealed from public view or attention | - |
| mechanics | 18 | the technical aspects of doing something | the mechanics of prose style |
| priceless | 13 | having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth | - |
| mechanism | 18 | the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction | he determined unique mechanisms for the photochemical reactions |
| sexuality | 19 | the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles | - |
| spaceship | 18 | a spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction) | - |
| superhero | 14 | - | - |
| isolation | 9 | the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others | - |
| criticism | 15 | disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings | the senator received severe criticism from his opponent |
| economics | 15 | the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management | - |
| occasions | 13 | something you have to do | he minded his own specialized occasions |
| organised | 11 | being a member of or formed into a labor union | - |
| communism | 17 | a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership | - |
| exquisite | 25 | delicately beautiful | an exquisite cameo |
| greatness | 10 | unusual largeness in size or extent or number | - |
| alongside | 11 | side by side | - |
| sanctuary | 14 | area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing | - |
| telescope | 13 | a magnifier of images of distant objects | - |
| successor | 13 | a person who follows next in order | he was President Lincoln's successor |
| preserved | 15 | kept intact or in a particular condition | - |
| releasing | 10 | emotionally purging (of e.g. art) | - |
| housewife | 18 | a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income | - |
| stretched | 15 | extended or spread over a wide area or distance | broad fields lay stretched on both sides of us |
| distorted | 11 | having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented | - |
| excessive | 21 | unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings | - |
| admission | 12 | the fee charged for admission | - |
| observing | 15 | quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception | - |
| notorious | 9 | known widely and usually unfavorably | a notorious gangster |
| undressed | 11 | having removed clothing | - |
| estimated | 12 | - | - |
| southeast | 12 | the southeastern region of the United States | - |
| upsetting | 12 | causing an emotional disturbance | an upsetting experience |
| sweetness | 12 | a pleasingly sweet olfactory property | - |
| dumplings | 15 | small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough | - |
| expertise | 18 | skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge | - |
| bourgeois | 12 | conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class | a bourgeois mentality |
| awareness | 12 | having knowledge of | he had no awareness of his mistakes |
| sculpture | 13 | creating figures or designs in three dimensions | - |
| punishing | 15 | characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | set a punishing pace |
| leftovers | 15 | food remaining from a previous meal | he had leftovers for dinner last night |
| processed | 14 | freed from impurities by processing | - |
| inspiring | 12 | stimulating or exalting to the spirit | - |
| consulate | 11 | diplomatic building that serves as the residence or workplace of a consul | - |
| disguised | 12 | having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading | - |
| intensive | 12 | a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies | - |
| diagnosed | 12 | - | - |
| addressed | 12 | (of mail) marked with a destination | I throw away all mail addressed to `resident' |
| necessity | 14 | anything indispensable | - |
| screening | 12 | the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it | - |
| scratches | 16 | - | - |
| spectacle | 15 | a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself | - |
| intensity | 12 | chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue | - |
| justified | 20 | having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins | - |
| extensive | 19 | large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity | an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England |
| masculine | 13 | a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male | - |
| offspring | 18 | any immature animal | - |
| sincerity | 14 | the trait of being serious | - |
| switching | 18 | the act of changing one thing or position for another | - |
| horoscope | 16 | a diagram of the positions of the planets and signs of the zodiac at a particular time and place | - |
| bookstore | 15 | a shop where books are sold | - |
| sovereign | 13 | a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right | - |
| staircase | 11 | a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps | - |
| spotlight | 15 | a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer | - |
| penthouse | 14 | an apartment located on the top floors of a building | - |
| whispered | 18 | spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords | a long whispered conversation |
| precision | 13 | the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance | note the meticulous precision of his measurements |
| proposing | 14 | - | - |
| holocaust | 14 | the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime from 1941 until 1945 | - |
| descended | 14 | - | - |
| bloodshed | 16 | indiscriminate slaughter | the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder |
| assembled | 14 | - | - |
| sparkling | 16 | used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide | sparkling wines |
| starboard | 12 | located on the right side of a ship or aircraft | - |
| submitted | 14 | - | - |
| destroyer | 13 | a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to | a destroyer of the environment |
| northeast | 12 | the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees | - |
| ownership | 17 | the act of having and controlling property | - |
| robberies | 13 | - | - |
| collision | 11 | (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together | the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction |
| glamorous | 12 | having an air of allure, romance and excitement | glamorous movie stars |
| obsessive | 14 | characterized by or constituting an obsession | obsessive gambling |
| senseless | 9 | not marked by the use of reason | a senseless act |
| strategic | 12 | relating to or concerned with strategy | strategic weapon |
| powerless | 14 | lacking power | - |
| northwest | 15 | coming from the northwest | northwesterly winds |
| sentiment | 11 | a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty | - |
| stressful | 12 | extremely irritating to the nerves | the stressful days before a war |
| improvise | 16 | perform without preparation | - |
| measuring | 12 | the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate |
| sarcastic | 13 | expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds | - |
| straining | 10 | an intense or violent exertion | - |
| stretcher | 14 | a stone that forms the top of wall or building | - |
| construct | 13 | make by combining materials and parts | Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer |
| disgusted | 12 | having a strong distaste from surfeit | grew more and more disgusted |
| shivering | 16 | a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever | - |
| southwest | 15 | the southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado | - |
| squeezing | 28 | the act of gripping and pressing firmly | - |
| strangest | 10 | - | - |
| threshold | 16 | the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway | - |
| raspberry | 16 | a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt | - |
| emptiness | 13 | an empty area or space | the emptiness of outer space |
| celestial | 11 | relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven | celestial beings |
| monstrous | 11 | shockingly brutal or cruel | no excess was too monstrous for them to commit |
| seemingly | 15 | from appearances alone | the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned |
| stability | 14 | the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation | - |
| diversion | 13 | an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack | - |
| ferocious | 14 | marked by extreme and violent energy | a ferocious beating |
| handshake | 20 | grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract) | - |
| withstand | 16 | stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something | - |
| shrieking | 17 | sharp piercing cry | - |
| synthetic | 17 | not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially | synthetic leather |
| peninsula | 11 | a large mass of land projecting into a body of water | - |
| diversity | 16 | noticeable heterogeneity | a diversity of possibilities |
| expansion | 18 | adding information or detail | - |
| suffocate | 17 | become stultified, suppressed, or stifled | - |
| dishonest | 13 | capable of being corrupted | dishonest politicians |
| endlessly | 13 | continuing forever without end | - |
| scrambled | 16 | thrown together in a disorderly fashion | a scrambled plan of action |
| socialism | 13 | an economic system based on state ownership of capital | - |
| synagogue | 14 | (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation | - |
| threesome | 14 | three people considered as a unit | - |
| postponed | 14 | - | - |
| designing | 12 | concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest | a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue |
| gibberish | 17 | unintelligible talking | - |
| impulsive | 16 | determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason | - |
| oppressed | 14 | burdened psychologically or mentally | oppressed by a sense of failure |
| separates | 11 | - | - |
| testified | 13 | - | - |
| disgraced | 14 | suffering shame | - |
| drugstore | 11 | a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold | - |
| hairstyle | 15 | the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) | - |
| scapegoat | 14 | someone who is punished for the errors of others | - |
| skinheads | 17 | a youth subculture that appeared first in England in the late 1960s as a working-class reaction to the hippies; hair was cropped close to the scalp; wore work-shirts and short jeans (supported by suspenders) and heavy red boots; involved in attacks against Asians and football hooliganism | - |
| reservoir | 12 | lake used to store water for community use | - |
| insisting | 10 | continual and persistent demands | - |
| grandiose | 11 | affectedly genteel | - |
| nervously | 15 | in an anxiously nervous manner | we watched the stock market nervously |
| outskirts | 13 | outlying areas (as of a city or town) | they lived on the outskirts of Houston |
| secretive | 14 | inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information | - |
| intrusion | 9 | any entry into an area not previously occupied | - |
| luxurious | 16 | displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses | enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs |
| delirious | 10 | marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion | a crowd of delirious baseball fans |
| disregard | 12 | refuse to acknowledge | - |
| presently | 14 | at this time or period; now | he is presently our ambassador to the United Nations |
| physicist | 19 | a scientist trained in physics | - |
| ingenious | 10 | showing inventiveness and skill | an ingenious solution to the problem |
| jellyfish | 25 | large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles | - |
| consuming | 14 | very strong; urgently felt | politics is his consuming passion |
| blasphemy | 21 | blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character | - |
| cleansing | 12 | acting like an antiseptic | - |
| advertise | 13 | call attention to | Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS |
| monsignor | 12 | (Roman Catholic Church) an ecclesiastical title of honor bestowed on some priests | - |
| obnoxious | 18 | causing disapproval or protest | - |
| sleepless | 11 | always watchful | - |
| sophomore | 16 | used of the second year in United States high school or college | the sophomore class |
| prescribe | 15 | issue commands or orders for | - |
| resistant | 9 | disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority | - |
| hypocrisy | 22 | an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction | - |
| discarded | 14 | thrown away | - |
| scarecrow | 16 | an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds | - |
| stimulate | 11 | provide the needed stimulus for | - |
| unanimous | 11 | in complete agreement | a unanimous decision |
| reasoning | 10 | thinking that is coherent and logical | - |
| clubhouse | 16 | a building that is occupied by a social club | the clubhouse needed a new roof |
| overslept | 14 | - | - |
| midsummer | 16 | June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point | - |
| scripture | 13 | the sacred writings of the Christian religions | - |
| prosecute | 13 | carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in | - |
| crossword | 15 | a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle | - |
| accessory | 16 | clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing | - |
| syndicate | 15 | an association of companies for some definite purpose | - |
| supervise | 14 | watch and direct | - |
| restraint | 9 | the state of being physically constrained | dogs should be kept under restraint |
| historian | 12 | a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it | - |
| franchise | 17 | a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area | - |
| ancestral | 11 | inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent | ancestral home |
| anarchist | 14 | an advocate of anarchism | - |
| merciless | 13 | having or showing no mercy | the merciless enemy |
| schooling | 15 | the process of being formally educated at a school | - |
| stripping | 14 | the removal of covering | - |
| rehearsed | 13 | - | - |
| cherished | 18 | characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for | a cherished friend |
| misplaced | 16 | lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place | misplaced tickets |
| murderous | 12 | characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being | murderous thugs |
| paralysis | 14 | loss of the ability to move a body part | - |
| splashing | 15 | the act of scattering water about haphazardly | - |
| storeroom | 11 | a room in which things are stored | - |
| thrashing | 16 | the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows | - |
| psychosis | 19 | any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted | - |
| repressed | 12 | characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions | repressed rage turned his face scarlet |
| horseback | 20 | on the back of a horse | he rode horseback to town |
| livestock | 18 | any animals kept for use or profit | - |
| desirable | 12 | worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse | - |
| youngster | 13 | a young person of either sex | `tiddler' is a British term for youngster |
| spiderman | 14 | - | - |
| spokesman | 17 | a male spokesperson | - |
| streaming | 12 | the circulation of cytoplasm within a cell | - |
| hostility | 15 | the feeling of a hostile person | he could no longer contain his hostility |
| displayed | 16 | - | - |
| blindness | 12 | the state of being blind or lacking sight | - |
| apparatus | 13 | equipment designed to serve a specific function | - |
| nostalgia | 10 | longing for something past | - |
| nostalgic | 12 | unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons | - |
| seduction | 12 | an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone | - |
| shrinking | 17 | process or result of becoming less or smaller | - |
| sunflower | 15 | any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays | - |
| repulsive | 14 | so extremely ugly as to be terrifying | a repulsive mask |
| malicious | 13 | having the nature of or resulting from malice | malicious gossip |
| bracelets | 13 | - | - |
| consensus | 11 | agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole | the lack of consensus reflected differences in theoretical positions |
| craziness | 20 | foolish or senseless behavior | - |
| farmhouse | 17 | house for a farmer and family | - |
| solicitor | 11 | a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes | - |
| penniless | 11 | not having enough money to pay for necessities | - |
| intensely | 12 | to a great depth psychologically or emotionally | she loved him intensely |
| limousine | 11 | large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur | - |
| guitarist | 10 | a musician who plays the guitar | - |
| emphasize | 25 | to stress, single out as important | Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet |
| seductive | 15 | tending to entice into a desired action or state | - |
| ravishing | 16 | stunningly beautiful | a ravishing blonde |
| housework | 19 | the work of cleaning and running a house | - |
| arthritis | 12 | inflammation of a joint or joints | - |
| riverside | 13 | the bank of a river | - |
| purposely | 16 | with intention; in an intentional manner | - |
| horseshit | 15 | obscene words for unacceptable behavior | - |
| investing | 13 | the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit | - |
| hesitated | 13 | - | - |
| grotesque | 19 | ludicrously odd | a grotesque reflection in the mirror |
| aesthetic | 14 | (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful | - |
| visionary | 15 | not practical or realizable; speculative | visionary schemes for getting rich |
| wasteland | 13 | an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation | - |
| sleepover | 14 | an occasion of spending a night away from home or having a guest spend the night in your home (especially as a party for children) | - |
| speculate | 13 | invest at a risk | - |
| stairwell | 12 | a vertical well around which there is a stairway | - |
| unusually | 12 | to a remarkable degree or extent | she was unusually tall |
| polishing | 15 | the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it | every Sunday he gave his car a good polishing |
| pestering | 12 | causing irritation or annoyance | swarms of pestering gnats |
| ludicrous | 12 | broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce | ludicrous green hair |
| marseille | 11 | a port city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean | - |
| dissolved | 14 | (of solid matter) reduced to a liquid form | add the dissolved gelatin |
| galapagos | 13 | a group of islands in the Pacific off South America; owned by Ecuador; known for unusual animal life | - |
| visualize | 21 | make visible | With this machine, ultrasound can be visualized |
| sasquatch | 23 | large hairy humanoid creature said to live in wilderness areas of the United States and Canada | - |
| starlight | 13 | the light of the stars | - |
| vandalism | 15 | willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others | - |
| priestess | 11 | a woman priest | - |
| hepatitis | 14 | inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin | - |
| oblivious | 14 | failing to keep in mind | oblivious old age |
| severance | 14 | the act of severing | - |
| stabilize | 20 | make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium | The drug stabilized her blood pressure |
| startling | 10 | so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm | Sydney's startling new Opera House |
| tombstone | 13 | a stone that is used to mark a grave | - |
| submerged | 15 | beneath the surface of the water | submerged rocks |
| astronomy | 14 | the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole | - |
| menopause | 13 | the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends | - |
| wholesale | 15 | ignoring distinctions | wholesale destruction |
| skeptical | 17 | marked by or given to doubt | a skeptical attitude |
| immensely | 16 | to an exceedingly great extent or degree | was immensely more important to the project as a scientist than as an administrator |
| dismissal | 12 | official notice that you have been fired from your job | - |
| biologist | 12 | (biology) a scientist who studies living organisms | - |
| moonshine | 14 | the light of the Moon | - |
| similarly | 14 | in like or similar manner | He was similarly affected |
| ecosystem | 16 | a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment | - |
| fantasize | 21 | indulge in fantasies | - |
| astrology | 13 | a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon | - |
| adversary | 16 | someone who offers opposition | - |
| saxophone | 21 | a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore | - |
| plastered | 12 | very drunk | - |
| inquiries | 18 | - | - |
| hazardous | 22 | involving risk or danger | skydiving is a hazardous sport |
| courteous | 11 | exhibiting courtesy and politeness | - |
| adversity | 16 | a state of misfortune or affliction | debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity |
| sorceress | 11 | a woman sorcerer | - |
| potassium | 13 | a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite | - |
| landslide | 11 | a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff | - |
| ballistic | 13 | relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity | ballistic missile |
| assurance | 11 | a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something | an assurance of help when needed |
| sheltered | 13 | protected from danger or bad weather | a sheltered harbor |
| smilingly | 15 | with smiles; in a smiling manner | the girl reminded her smilingly of their childhood spent together |
| frivolous | 15 | not serious in content or attitude or behavior | a frivolous novel |
| assailant | 9 | someone who attacks | - |
| supposing | 14 | - | - |
| resurrect | 11 | return from the dead | - |
| restoring | 10 | - | - |
| digestion | 11 | learning and coming to understand ideas and information | his appetite for facts was better than his digestion |
| dismantle | 12 | take off or remove | - |
| espionage | 12 | the systematic use of spies to get military or political secrets | - |
| oversight | 16 | a mistake resulting from inattention | - |
| paralysed | 15 | - | - |
| shipwreck | 23 | an accident that destroys a ship at sea | - |
| vanishing | 16 | a sudden disappearance from sight | - |
| surrogate | 10 | providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties | surrogate father |
| pressured | 12 | - | - |
| recession | 11 | the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service | - |
| customary | 16 | commonly used or practiced; usual | took his customary morning walk |
| commissar | 15 | an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit | - |
| freestyle | 15 | a race (as in swimming) in which each contestant has a free choice of the style to use | - |
| boundless | 12 | seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent | children with boundless energy |
| misguided | 14 | poorly conceived or thought out | - |
| observant | 14 | quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception | - |
| scenarios | 11 | - | - |
| scrubbing | 16 | the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water | - |
| simpleton | 13 | a person lacking intelligence or common sense | - |
| squatting | 19 | the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels | - |
| supporter | 13 | a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose | - |
| residency | 15 | the act of dwelling in a place | - |
| pesticide | 14 | a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects) | - |
