9-letter words starting with ST
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter ST. This section showcases how ST at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with ST, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| statement | 11 | (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program | - |
| 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 |
| strongest | 10 | - | - |
| strangely | 13 | in a strange manner | - |
| stupidity | 15 | a stupid mistake | - |
| strangled | 11 | held in check with difficulty | a strangled scream |
| stretched | 15 | extended or spread over a wide area or distance | broad fields lay stretched on both sides of us |
| staircase | 11 | a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps | - |
| starboard | 12 | located on the right side of a ship or aircraft | - |
| strategic | 12 | relating to or concerned with strategy | strategic weapon |
| stressful | 12 | extremely irritating to the nerves | the stressful days before a war |
| straining | 10 | an intense or violent exertion | - |
| stretcher | 14 | a stone that forms the top of wall or building | - |
| strangest | 10 | - | - |
| stability | 14 | the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation | - |
| stimulate | 11 | provide the needed stimulus for | - |
| stripping | 14 | the removal of covering | - |
| storeroom | 11 | a room in which things are stored | - |
| streaming | 12 | the circulation of cytoplasm within a cell | - |
| stairwell | 12 | a vertical well around which there is a stairway | - |
| starlight | 13 | the light of the stars | - |
| 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 |
| stitching | 15 | joining or attaching by stitches | - |
| strangler | 10 | someone who kills by strangling | - |
| stainless | 9 | steel containing chromium that makes it resistant to corrosion | - |
| stopwatch | 19 | a timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race) | - |
| strapping | 14 | muscular and heavily built | a strapping boy of eighteen |
| strutting | 10 | - | - |
| strumming | 14 | - | - |
| styrofoam | 17 | a light resilient foam of polystyrene | - |
| steadfast | 13 | firm and dependable especially in loyalty | a steadfast ally |
| statistic | 11 | a datum that can be represented numerically | - |
| sterilize | 18 | make infertile | in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized |
| statutory | 12 | prescribed or authorized by or punishable under a statute | statutory restrictions |
| stimulant | 11 | a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process | - |
| stalemate | 11 | a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible | - |
| statesman | 11 | a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs | - |
| stateside | 10 | - | - |
| streetcar | 11 | a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity | - |
| stillness | 9 | calmness without winds | - |
| stockroom | 17 | storeroom for storing goods and supplies used in a business | - |
| strenuous | 9 | taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance | a strenuous task |
| strangles | 10 | an acute bacterial disease of horses characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes | - |
| stillborn | 11 | failing to accomplish an intended result | a stillborn plot to assassinate the President |
| storybook | 18 | a book containing a collection of stories (usually for children) | - |
| statewide | 13 | occurring or extending throughout a state | the statewide recycling program |
| stoplight | 15 | a red light on the rear of a motor vehicle that signals when the brakes are applied to slow or stop | - |
| sterility | 12 | the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate | - |
| stonewall | 12 | engage in delaying tactics or refuse to cooperate | The President stonewalled when he realized the plot was being uncovered by a journalist |
| strapless | 11 | a woman's garment that exposes the shoulders and has no shoulder straps | - |
| stringent | 10 | demanding strict attention to rules and procedures | stringent safety measures |
| stringing | 11 | - | - |
| steelhead | 13 | - | - |
| steamboat | 13 | a boat propelled by a steam engine | - |
| stipulate | 11 | specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement | The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life |
| storyline | 12 | the plot of a book or play or film | - |
| strikeout | 13 | an out resulting from the batter getting three strikes | - |
| stockpile | 17 | something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose | - |
| stagehand | 14 | an employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production | - |
| stickball | 17 | a form of baseball played in the streets with a rubber ball and broomstick handle | - |
| stoppable | 15 | capable of being stopped | if we pick up our pace he may be stoppable |
| streamlet | 11 | a small stream | - |
| stabilise | 11 | make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium | - |
| statuette | 9 | a small carved or molded figure | - |
| stonework | 16 | masonry done with stone | - |
| stargazer | 19 | someone indifferent to the busy world | - |
| stateless | 9 | without nationality or citizenship | stateless persons |
| stovepipe | 16 | a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur | - |
| steamship | 16 | a ship powered by one or more steam engines | - |
| stepchild | 17 | a child of your spouse by a former marriage | - |
| stutterer | 9 | someone who speaks with involuntary pauses and repetitions | - |
| stylishly | 18 | in a stylish manner | she was dressed very stylishly |
| stateroom | 11 | a guest cabin | - |
| stratagem | 12 | an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade | - |
| stagnated | 11 | - | - |
| strongman | 12 | a man who performs feats of strength at a fair or circus | - |
| straggler | 11 | someone who strays or falls behind | - |
| staunchly | 17 | in a staunch manner | he staunchly defended his principles |
| steadying | 14 | causing to become steady | had a steadying effect on her nerves |
| stiffness | 15 | the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) | - |
| stockyard | 19 | enclosed yard where cattle, pigs, horses, or sheep are kept temporarily | - |
| stylistic | 14 | of or relating to style (especially in the use of language) | stylistic devices |
| statehood | 13 | - | - |
| sterilise | 9 | make infertile | - |
| stoically | 14 | without emotion; in a stoic manner | he stoically accepted all suffering |
| strongbox | 19 | a strongly made box for holding money or valuables; can be locked | - |
| strontium | 11 | a soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group; turns yellow in air; occurs in celestite and strontianite | - |
| stupefied | 15 | in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock | lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow |
| steamroll | 11 | bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure | The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat |
| stippling | 14 | - | - |
| stripling | 12 | a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity | - |
| struggler | 11 | a person who struggles with difficulties or with great effort | - |
| stampeded | 15 | - | - |
| stenciled | 12 | - | - |
| stevedore | 13 | a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port | - |
| stiffener | 15 | material used for stiffening something | - |
| stingiest | 10 | - | - |
| stonefish | 15 | venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock | - |
| striation | 9 | a stripe or stripes of contrasting color | - |
| stricture | 11 | abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway | - |
| stuporous | 11 | stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion) | - |
| sturdiest | 10 | - | - |
| stabbings | 14 | - | - |
| stabilate | 11 | - | - |
| stableboy | 16 | someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses | - |
| stableman | 13 | someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses | - |
| stablemen | 13 | - | - |
| stablings | 12 | - | - |
| stacation | 11 | - | - |
| staccatos | 13 | - | - |
| stachyses | 17 | - | - |
| stackable | 17 | - | - |
| stackings | 16 | - | - |
| stackless | 15 | - | - |
| stackroom | 17 | - | - |
| stackyard | 19 | - | - |
| staffages | 16 | - | - |
| staffings | 16 | - | - |
| staffroom | 17 | - | - |
| stageable | 12 | - | - |
| stagefuls | 13 | - | - |
| stagehead | 14 | - | - |
| stagelike | 14 | - | - |
| stageries | 10 | - | - |
| stagettes | 10 | - | - |
| staggards | 12 | - | - |
| staggarts | 11 | - | - |
| staggered | 12 | - | - |
| staggerer | 11 | someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall | - |
| staggiest | 11 | - | - |
| staghorns | 13 | - | - |
| staghound | 14 | a large heavy hound formerly used in hunting stags and other large game; similar to but larger than a foxhound | - |
| staginess | 10 | an artificial and mannered quality | - |
| stagnance | 12 | - | - |
| stagnancy | 15 | inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation | - |
| stagnates | 10 | - | - |
| staidness | 10 | a trait of dignified seriousness | - |
| stainable | 11 | capable of being stained (especially of cells and cell parts) | - |
| stainings | 10 | - | - |
| stairfoot | 12 | - | - |
| stairhead | 13 | platform at the top of a staircase | - |
| stairless | 9 | - | - |
| stairlift | 12 | - | - |
| stairlike | 13 | - | - |
| stairstep | 11 | - | - |
| stairways | 15 | - | - |
| stairwise | 12 | - | - |
| stairwork | 16 | - | - |
| stakeouts | 13 | - | - |
| stalactic | 13 | - | - |
| stalagmas | 12 | - | - |
| staleness | 9 | unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed | - |
| stalkiest | 13 | - | - |
| stalkings | 14 | - | - |
| stalkless | 13 | attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk | - |
| stalklike | 17 | - | - |
| stallages | 10 | - | - |
| stallings | 10 | - | - |
| stallions | 9 | - | - |
| stalwarts | 12 | - | - |
| stalworth | 15 | - | - |
| staminate | 11 | capable of fertilizing female organs | - |
| stamineal | 11 | - | - |
| staminode | 12 | - | - |
| staminody | 15 | - | - |
| staminoid | 12 | - | - |
| stammered | 14 | - | - |
| stammerer | 13 | someone who speaks with involuntary pauses and repetitions | - |
| stampeder | 14 | - | - |
| stampedes | 14 | - | - |
| stampedos | 14 | - | - |
| stampings | 14 | - | - |
| stampless | 13 | - | - |
| stanchels | 14 | - | - |
| stanchers | 14 | - | - |
| stanchest | 14 | - | - |
| stanching | 15 | - | - |
| stanchion | 14 | any vertical post or rod used as a support | - |
| standards | 11 | - | - |
| standaway | 16 | - | - |
| standdown | 14 | (military) a temporary stop of offensive military action | - |
| standfast | 13 | - | - |
| standgale | 11 | - | - |
| standings | 11 | - | - |
| standoffs | 16 | - | - |
| standouts | 10 | - | - |
| standover | 13 | - | - |
| standpipe | 14 | a vertical pipe | - |
| stanhopes | 14 | - | - |
| stannates | 9 | - | - |
| stannator | 9 | - | - |
| stannites | 9 | - | - |
| stapedial | 12 | - | - |
| stapedius | 12 | - | - |
| stapelias | 11 | - | - |
| staplings | 12 | - | - |
| staragens | 10 | - | - |
| starburst | 11 | - | - |
| starchers | 14 | - | - |
| starchier | 14 | - | - |
| starchily | 17 | - | - |
| starching | 15 | - | - |
| stardrift | 13 | - | - |
| stardusts | 10 | - | - |
| staretses | 9 | - | - |
| staretzes | 18 | - | - |
| starfruit | 12 | - | - |
| stargazed | 20 | - | - |
| stargazes | 19 | - | - |
| stargazey | 22 | - | - |
| staringly | 13 | - | - |
| starkened | 14 | - | - |
| starkness | 13 | the quality of being complete or utter or extreme | the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections |
| starlings | 10 | - | - |
| starnoses | 9 | - | - |
| starostas | 9 | - | - |
| starriest | 9 | - | - |
| starrings | 10 | - | - |
| starshine | 12 | - | - |
| starships | 14 | - | - |
| starspots | 11 | - | - |
| starstone | 9 | - | - |
| startings | 10 | - | - |
| startlers | 9 | - | - |
| startlier | 9 | - | - |
| startlish | 12 | - | - |
| starvings | 13 | - | - |
| starworts | 12 | - | - |
| stasidion | 10 | - | - |
| stateable | 11 | - | - |
| statelets | 9 | - | - |
| statelier | 9 | - | - |
| statelily | 12 | - | - |
| statesmen | 11 | - | - |
| stational | 9 | - | - |
| stationed | 10 | - | - |
| stationer | 9 | a merchant who sells writing materials and office supplies | - |
| statocyst | 14 | - | - |
| statolith | 12 | - | - |
| statusier | 9 | - | - |
| staumrels | 11 | - | - |
| staunched | 15 | - | - |
| stauncher | 14 | - | - |
| staunches | 14 | - | - |
| stavudine | 13 | - | - |
| stayaways | 18 | - | - |
| staymaker | 18 | - | - |
| staysails | 12 | - | - |
| steadicam | 14 | - | - |
| steadiers | 10 | - | - |
| steadiest | 10 | - | - |
| steadings | 11 | - | - |
| steakette | 13 | - | - |
| stealable | 11 | - | - |
| stealages | 10 | - | - |
| stealings | 10 | - | - |
| stealthed | 13 | - | - |
| steamered | 12 | - | - |
| steamiest | 11 | - | - |
| steamings | 12 | - | - |
| steampunk | 17 | - | - |
| steanings | 10 | - | - |
| steapsins | 11 | - | - |
| stearages | 10 | - | - |
| stearates | 9 | - | - |
| stearines | 9 | - | - |
| stearsman | 11 | - | - |
| stearsmen | 11 | - | - |
| steatites | 9 | - | - |
| steatitic | 11 | - | - |
| steatomas | 11 | - | - |
| steatoses | 9 | - | - |
| steatosis | 9 | - | - |
| steddying | 15 | - | - |
| steedlike | 14 | - | - |
| steedying | 14 | - | - |
| steelbows | 14 | - | - |
| steeliest | 9 | - | - |
| steelings | 10 | - | - |
| steelware | 12 | - | - |
| steelwork | 16 | - | - |
| steelyard | 13 | a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal length | - |
| steenboks | 15 | - | - |
| steenbras | 11 | - | - |
| steenbuck | 17 | - | - |
| steenings | 10 | - | - |
| steenkirk | 17 | - | - |
| steepened | 12 | - | - |
| steepiest | 11 | - | - |
| steepling | 12 | - | - |
| steepness | 11 | the property possessed by a slope that is very steep | - |
| steerable | 11 | capable of being steered or directed | - |
| steerages | 10 | - | - |
| steeriest | 9 | - | - |
| steerings | 10 | - | - |
| steerling | 10 | - | - |
| steersman | 11 | the person who steers a ship | - |
| steersmen | 11 | - | - |
| steevings | 13 | - | - |
| stegnoses | 10 | - | - |
| stegnosis | 10 | - | - |
| stegnotic | 12 | - | - |
| stegodons | 11 | - | - |
| stegodont | 11 | - | - |
| stegomyia | 15 | - | - |
| stegosaur | 10 | herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weapon | - |
| steinbock | 17 | - | - |
| steinboks | 15 | - | - |
| steinings | 10 | - | - |
| steinkirk | 17 | - | - |
| stellated | 10 | - | - |
| stellerid | 10 | - | - |
| stellions | 9 | - | - |
| stellites | 9 | - | - |
| stellular | 9 | - | - |
| stembucks | 19 | - | - |
| stemheads | 15 | - | - |
| stemmatic | 15 | of or relating to a textual stemma | - |
| stemmiest | 13 | - | - |
| stemmings | 14 | - | - |
| stemwares | 14 | - | - |
| stenchful | 17 | - | - |
| stenchier | 14 | - | - |
| stenching | 15 | - | - |
| stenciler | 11 | - | - |
| stenlocks | 15 | - | - |
| stenobath | 14 | - | - |
| stenokies | 13 | - | - |
| stenokous | 13 | - | - |
| stenopaic | 13 | - | - |
| stenosing | 10 | - | - |
| stenotype | 14 | - | - |
| stenotypy | 17 | - | - |
| stentours | 9 | - | - |
| stepbairn | 13 | - | - |
| stepdames | 14 | - | - |
| stephanes | 14 | - | - |
| stepovers | 14 | - | - |
| stepstool | 11 | - | - |
| steradian | 10 | the unit of solid angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites | - |
| stercoral | 11 | - | - |
| sterculia | 11 | any tree of the genus Sterculia | - |
| stereoing | 10 | - | - |
| stereomes | 11 | - | - |
| sterigmas | 12 | - | - |
| sterilant | 9 | - | - |
| sterilely | 12 | - | - |
| sterlings | 10 | - | - |
| sternages | 10 | - | - |
| sternebra | 11 | - | - |
| sternfast | 12 | - | - |
| sternites | 9 | - | - |
| sternitic | 11 | - | - |
| sternmost | 11 | - | - |
| sternness | 9 | uncompromising resolution | - |
| sternport | 11 | - | - |
| sternpost | 11 | (nautical) the principal upright timber at the stern of a vessel | - |
| sternsons | 9 | - | - |
| sternward | 13 | - | - |
| sternways | 15 | - | - |
| steroidal | 10 | of or relating to steroid hormones or their effects | - |
| stewarded | 14 | - | - |
| stewardry | 16 | - | - |
| stewartry | 15 | - | - |
| stewponds | 15 | - | - |
| stibblers | 13 | - | - |
| stibnites | 11 | - | - |
| sticcados | 14 | - | - |
| sticcatos | 13 | - | - |
| sticharia | 14 | - | - |
| sticheron | 14 | - | - |
| stichidia | 15 | - | - |
| stickable | 17 | - | - |
| stickered | 16 | - | - |
| stickfuls | 18 | - | - |
| stickiest | 15 | - | - |
| stickings | 16 | - | - |
| stickjaws | 25 | - | - |
| sticklers | 15 | - | - |
| sticklike | 19 | - | - |
| stickling | 16 | - | - |
| stickouts | 15 | - | - |
| stickpins | 17 | - | - |
| stickseed | 16 | - | - |
| stickweed | 19 | any of several herbaceous plants having seeds that cling to clothing | - |
| stickwork | 22 | - | - |
| stickying | 19 | - | - |
| stictions | 11 | - | - |
| stiffened | 16 | - | - |
| stiffware | 18 | - | - |
| stiflings | 13 | - | - |
| stigmatic | 14 | not astigmatic | - |
| stilbenes | 11 | - | - |
| stilbites | 11 | - | - |
| stilettos | 9 | - | - |
| stillages | 10 | - | - |
| stilliest | 9 | - | - |
| stillings | 10 | - | - |
| stillions | 9 | - | - |
| stillroom | 11 | a pantry or storeroom connected with the kitchen (especially in a large house) for preparing tea and beverages and for storing liquors and preserves and tea etc | - |
| stillsons | 9 | - | - |
| stiltbird | 12 | long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons | - |
| stiltedly | 13 | in a stilted manner | she answered him stiltedly |
| stiltiest | 9 | - | - |
| stiltings | 10 | - | - |
| stiltlike | 13 | - | - |
| stingaree | 10 | - | - |
| stingbull | 12 | - | - |
| stingfish | 16 | - | - |
| stingings | 11 | - | - |
| stingless | 10 | without a sting | - |
| stingrays | 13 | - | - |
| stinkards | 14 | - | - |
| stinkbird | 16 | crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings | - |
| stinkbugs | 16 | - | - |
| stinkeroo | 13 | - | - |
| stinkhorn | 16 | any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales | the foul smell of the stinkhorn attracts insects that carry the spores away on their feet |
| stinkiest | 13 | - | - |
| stinkings | 14 | - | - |
| stinkpots | 15 | - | - |
| stinkweed | 17 | foetid Eurasian weed having round flat pods; naturalized throughout North America | - |
| stinkwood | 17 | - | - |
| stintedly | 13 | - | - |
| stintiest | 9 | - | - |
| stintings | 10 | - | - |
| stintless | 9 | - | - |
| stipiform | 16 | - | - |
| stipitate | 11 | - | - |
| stipplers | 13 | - | - |
| stipulary | 14 | - | - |
| stirabout | 11 | - | - |
| stirrable | 11 | - | - |
| stirrings | 10 | - | - |
| stitchers | 14 | - | - |
| stitchery | 17 | needlework on which you are working with needle and thread | - |
| stithying | 16 | - | - |
| stoccados | 14 | - | - |
| stoccatas | 13 | - | - |
| stockaded | 17 | - | - |
| stockades | 16 | - | - |
| stockages | 16 | - | - |
| stockcars | 17 | - | - |
| stockfish | 21 | fish cured by being split and air-dried without salt | - |
| stockhorn | 18 | an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone | - |
| stockiest | 15 | - | - |
| stockinet | 15 | knit used especially for infants' wear and undergarments | - |
| stockings | 16 | - | - |
| stockists | 15 | - | - |
| stockless | 15 | - | - |
| stocklist | 15 | - | - |
| stocklock | 21 | - | - |
| stockpots | 17 | - | - |
| stocktake | 19 | an instance of stocktaking | the auditor did not attend the stocktake or check the valuations |
| stocktook | 19 | - | - |
| stockwork | 22 | - | - |
| stodgiest | 11 | - | - |
| stoicisms | 13 | - | - |
| stoitered | 10 | - | - |
| stokehold | 17 | (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired | - |
| stokehole | 16 | (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired | - |
| stokesias | 13 | - | - |
| stolidest | 10 | - | - |
| stolidity | 13 | an indifference to pleasure or pain | - |
| stolonate | 9 | - | - |
| stolports | 11 | - | - |
| stomachal | 16 | relating to or involving the stomach | - |
| stomached | 17 | - | - |
| stomacher | 16 | garment consisting of a V-shaped panel of stiff material worn over the chest and stomach in the 16th century | - |
| stomachic | 18 | relating to or involving the stomach | - |
| stomatous | 11 | relating to or constituting plant stomata | - |
| stomodaea | 12 | - | - |
| stomodeal | 12 | - | - |
| stomodeum | 14 | - | - |
| stompiest | 13 | - | - |
| stoneable | 11 | - | - |
| stoneboat | 11 | - | - |
| stonecast | 11 | - | - |
| stonechat | 14 | common European chat with black plumage and a reddish-brown breast | - |
| stonecrop | 13 | any of various northern temperate plants of the genus Sedum having fleshy leaves and red or yellow or white flowers | - |
| stonecuts | 11 | - | - |
| stonehand | 13 | - | - |
| stoneless | 9 | (of fruits having stones) having the stone removed | stoneless dried dates |
| stonelike | 13 | (of bone especially the temporal bone) resembling stone in hardness | - |
| stonerags | 10 | - | - |
| stoneraws | 12 | - | - |
| stoneshot | 12 | - | - |
| stoneware | 12 | ceramic ware that is fired in high heat and vitrified and nonporous | - |
| stonewash | 15 | wash with stones to achieve a worn appearance | stonewash blue jeans |
| stonewort | 12 | any of various submerged aquatic algae of the genus Chara having nodes with whorled filamentlike branches; usually encrusted with calcium carbonate deposits | - |
| stoniness | 9 | - | - |
| stonished | 13 | - | - |
| stonishes | 12 | - | - |
| stonkered | 14 | - | - |
| stookings | 14 | - | - |
| stoolball | 11 | - | - |
| stoopball | 13 | - | - |
| stooshies | 12 | - | - |
| stoozings | 19 | - | - |
| stopbands | 14 | - | - |
