Words Containing STA

2,942 words contain STA anywhere. Scores range up to 34 points (QUINQUECOSTATE), averaging 14.3 points with standard English tile values. Every entry below shows its point value, US and UK dictionary validity, and a definition where available.

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To refrain from doing or indulging in something, especially drinking or voting.

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Past tense of ABSTAIN.

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Agent noun of ABSTAIN.

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Plural of ABSTAINER.

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Present participle of ABSTAIN.

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Third-person singular present tense of ABSTAIN.

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Easy to approach and speak to.

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In Proto-Indo-European, with accent fixed on root syllable.

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Plural of ADJUSTABILITY.

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The quality of being adjustable.

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Capable of being changed or regulated to fit.

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In a manner that allows adjustment.

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An aircraft that stays aloft by buoyancy, like a balloon.

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Related to air pressure and lighter-than-air craft.

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Relating to aerostatics, the study of gases in equilibrium.

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Plural of AEROSTATIC.

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The art or science of navigating balloons in the air.

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Plural of AEROSTATION.

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Plural of AEROSTAT.

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Capable of being converted into forest.

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The process of planting trees on land that did not have forest.

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Plural of AFFORESTATION.

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Growing wild in cultivated fields.

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A vasodilatory drug used to treat erectile dysfunction.

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Plural of ALPROSTADIL.

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Plural of anastasis.

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Resurrection, especially that of Jesus Christ.

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Relating to a printing process using raised zinc plates.

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A drug counteracting histamine effects, used for allergies.

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Plural of ANTIHISTAMINE.

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Relating to antihistamines.

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Plural of ANTIHISTAMINIC.

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Preventing metastasis.

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Plural of antiperistalsis.

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The reverse of normal peristalsis.

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Relating to antiperistalsis.

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Plural of antiperistasis.

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Heightening of an opposing force.

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An antistatic compound.

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Opposed to a particular state or government.

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Preventing the buildup of static electricity.

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Plural of ANTISTATIC.

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One who opposes state intervention in personal or economic affairs.

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Plural of ANTISTATIST.

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Plural of ANTISTAT.

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Plural of apocatastasis.

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Restoration or reestablishment of a prior state.

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Plural of APOSTACY.

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Archaic form of apostasy.

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Plural of APOSTASY.

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The abandonment of a belief, principle, or religion.

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A person who renounces their religion or belief.

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Plural of APOSTATE.

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Relating to apostasy; abandoning one's faith.

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Apostate; abandoning one's beliefs.

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To abandon one's beliefs or allegiance.

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Past tense of APOSTATISE.

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Third-person singular present tense of APOSTATISE.

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Present participle of APOSTATISE.

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To renounce one's beliefs or allegiance.

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QUINQUECOSTATE scores 34 points, the highest in this list using standard English tile values.