9-Letter Words Containing: I,S,T,A,N

• approximate (a signal varying continuously in amplitude) by one whose amplitude is restricted to a prescribed set of discrete values

• apply quantum theory to; restrict the number of possible values of (a quantity) or states of (a physical entity or system) so that certain variables can assume only certain discrete magnitudes that are integral multiples of a common factor

• a powerful neurotoxin produced by certain dinoflagellates found in red tides; it can accumulate in mollusks that feed on the dinoflagellates and cause food poisoning to humans

• crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings

• third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy

• indulge in fantasies

• portray in the mind

• a compound made up of a ring of four carbon atoms and one sulfur atom and one nitrogen atom

• The epenthesis (insertion) of a vowel; svarabhakti: for example, the middle ‘-a-’ in thataway, or use of infixes -i- and -o- in coining English words on classical roots.