9-letter words containing a, b, s
- scoopable — able to be scooped
- scrabbled — to scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands.
- scrambler — a person or thing that scrambles.
- scrapable — to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
- scrapbook — an album in which pictures, newspaper clippings, etc., may be pasted or mounted.
- scrape by — If someone scrapes by, they earn just enough money to live on with difficulty.
- screwable — able to be screwed
- screwball — Slang. an eccentric or whimsically eccentric person; a nut.
- screwbean — a small tree or shrub of the south-western United States that has edible pods
- scribable — able to be written or written on
- scrub jay — a crestless jay, Aphelocoma coerulescens, of the western and southern U.S. and Mexico, having blue and grayish plumage.
- scrub oak — any of several oaks, as Quercus ilicifolia and Q. prinoides, characterized by a scrubby manner of growth, usually found in dry, rocky soil.
- scrubland — land on which the natural vegetation is chiefly scrub.
- scrutable — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- scumboard — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.
- scuzzball — Also called scuzzball [skuhz-bawl] /ˈskʌzˌbɔl/ (Show IPA), scuzzbucket [skuhz-buhk-it] /ˈskʌzˌbʌk ɪt/ (Show IPA). a dirty, grimy, sordid, or repulsive person or thing.
- scybalous — of or relating to scybalum
- sea blite — any of several halophytic herbs of the genus Suaeda, having fleshy leaves.
- sea bread — ship biscuit; hardtack.
- sea bream — any of numerous marine sparid fishes, as Pagellus centrodontus, inhabiting waters off the coasts of Europe.
- sea robin — any of various gurnards, especially certain American species of the genus Prionotus, having large pectoral fins used to move across the ocean bottom.
- sea squab — the blowfish: used especially on menus as a euphemism.
- seabottle — a translucent seaweed
- seat back — the part of a chair or seat that you rest your back against
- seat belt — a belt or strap in an automobile, airplane, etc., fastened around or sometimes diagonally across the midsection to keep the person safely secured, as during a sudden stop.
- sebaceous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling tallow or fat; fatty; greasy.
- sebastian — Saint, died a.d. 288? Roman martyr.
- seborrhea — an excessive and abnormal discharge from the sebaceous glands.
- securable — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- see about — to perceive with the eyes; look at.
- self-bias — voltage developed on an electrode in a vacuum tube circuit as a result of current flowing through a resistor in a lead to the cathode or to a grid.
- sell-back — an act or instance of selling something previously purchased.
- semblable — a person or thing that resembles or matches another; counterpart.
- semblance — outward aspect or appearance.
- semiurban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
- separable — capable of being separated, parted, or dissociated.
- serbonian — of, relating to, or designating the large marshy tract of land in the northern part of ancient Egypt in which entire armies are said to have been swallowed up.
- set about — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- sevenbark — wild hydrangea.
- severable — capable of being severed.
- sex abuse — rape, sexual assault, or sexual molestation.
- shabbatot — Jewish Sabbaths and festivals
- shabbiest — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
- shadberry — the fruit of a shadbush.
- shadowbox — to make the motions of attack and defense, as in boxing, as a training or conditioning procedure.
- shaggable — sexually attractive
- shambling — to walk or go awkwardly; shuffle.
- shambolic — very disorganized; messy or confused: I’ve had a shambolic year, the worst ever.
- shankbone — a large bone in the lower leg between the knee and the foot of an animal; the tibia
- shark bay — a large inlet on the W coast of Western Australia, 800 km (500 miles) north of Perth; the coastline is over 1500 km (930 miles) long and has two large shallow embayments and numerous islands; noted for its large sea-grass beds, stromatolites, and colonies of dugong; a World Heritage site. Area: 2.2 million hectares. Pop: 900 (2014 est)