9-letter words containing a, c, e, s, o
- smokejack — an apparatus for turning a roasting spit, set in motion by the current of ascending gases in a chimney.
- snowscape — landscape covered with snow.
- so-called — called or designated thus: the so-called Southern bloc.
- socialise — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- socialite — a socially prominent person.
- socialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- sociative — expressing accompaniment or association
- somascope — a medical instrument used to inspect internal organs for disease
- someplace — somewhere.
- soul cake — a round, sweet bun or small, oval cake, traditionally made to celebrate All Souls' Day.
- sovenance — memory
- soy sauce — a salty, fermented sauce prepared from soybeans, used in East Asian cuisine.
- space out — the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- spaceport — a site at which spacecraft are tested, launched, sheltered, maintained, etc.
- spaceshot — a launch of a space vehicle beyond the earth's atmosphere.
- spectator — a weekly periodical (1711–12, 1714) issued by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.
- sportance — pleasurable or playful activities
- stenopaic — (of an optic device) having a narrow opening devised to improve eyesight by limiting obscurations
- stercoral — stercoraceous
- stocktake — to count and check the goods on hand in a shop or business
- stomacher — a richly ornamented garment covering the stomach and chest, worn by both sexes in the 15th and 16th centuries, and later worn under a bodice by women.
- stonechat — any of several small Old World birds, especially of the genus Saxicola, as S. torquata.
- stoneface — living stones.
- storecard — A storecard is a plastic card that you use to buy goods on credit from a particular store or group of stores.
- subdeacon — a member of the clerical order next below that of deacon.
- suboctave — an octave below another octave
- sucralose — a white, crystalline powder, C 12 H 19 Cl 3 O 8 , produced synthetically from sucrose, about 600 times as sweet as sucrose but having no calories.
- suffocate — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- syncopate — Music. to place (the accents) on beats that are normally unaccented. to treat (a passage, piece, etc.) in this way.
- taoiseach — The prime minister of the Republic of Ireland is called the Taoiseach.
- taxaceous — belonging to the Taxaceae, the yew family of plants.
- tenacious — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
- the coast — in the U.S., the Pacific coast
- theaceous — belonging to the Theaceae, the tea family of plants.
- theocrasy — a mixture of religious forms and deities by worshipers.
- topcastle — a large fighting top used in medieval ships.
- townscape — a scene or view, either pictorial or natural, of a town or city.
- transcode — (language) An early system on the Ferut computer.
- ulmaceous — belonging to the Ulmaceae, the elm family of plants.
- unsolaced — not comforted
- vasectomy — excision of the vas deferens, or of a portion of it: performed to effect sterility in men.
- veracious — habitually speaking the truth; truthful; honest: a veracious witness.
- videocast — a television broadcast of the video only.
- vinaceous — of, relating to, or resembling wine or grapes.
- vitaceous — belonging to the Vitaceae, the grape family of plants.
- vitascope — one of the first motion-picture projectors, developed by Thomas Edison.
- vocalised — to make vocal; utter; articulate; sing.
- vocalness — of, relating to, or uttered with the voice: the vocal mechanism; vocal criticism.
- volcanoes — a vent in the earth's crust through which lava, steam, ashes, etc., are expelled, either continuously or at irregular intervals.
- vouchsafe — to grant or give, as by favor, graciousness, or condescension: to vouchsafe a reply to a question.