9-letter words containing a, c, l, i
- socialist — an advocate or supporter of socialism.
- socialite — a socially prominent person.
- sociality — social nature or tendencies as shown in the assembling of individuals in communities.
- socialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- solacious — providing solace
- sonically — in a sonic manner
- spacially — spatial.
- sparticle — a hypothetical elementary particle thought to have been produced in the Big Bang
- special k — an animal anaesthetic, ketamine hydrochloride, sold illegally as a hallucinogenic drug
- specially — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- specialty — a special or distinctive quality, mark, state, or condition.
- spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- spiculate — having the form of a spicule.
- st. clair — Arthur, 1736–1818, American Revolutionary War general, born in Scotland: 1st governor of the Northwest Territory, 1787–1802.
- st. lucia — one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- stalactic — consisting of, containing or relating to stalactites
- sterculia — any of various tropical trees of the genus Sterculia, of which some species are grown as ornamentals and some are the source of commercially valuable wood.
- stickable — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- stickball — a form of baseball played in the streets, on playgrounds, etc., in which a rubber ball and a broomstick or the like are used in place of a baseball and bat.
- stoically — impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics: a stoical sufferer.
- subapical — located below the apex.
- subclimax — the development of an ecological community to a stage short of the expected climax because of some factor, as repeated fires in a forest, that arrests the normal succession.
- subsocial — without a definite social structure.
- suctorial — adapted for sucking or suction, as an organ; functioning as a sucker for imbibing or adhering.
- sulcalize — to furrow, make a furrow in; predominantly, to make a furrow in (the tongue), make the surface of (the tongue) concave in order to produce certain phonemes
- sulcation — having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.
- sulphatic — sulphuric, of or pertaining to a sulphate
- sulpician — a member of a society of secular priests founded in France in 1642, engaged chiefly in training men to teach in seminaries.
- supplicat — a petition (to a university) for a degree
- surficial — of or relating to a surface, especially the land surface: a surficial geologic deposit.
- synclinal — sloping downward from opposite directions so as to meet in a common point or line.
- syncytial — a multinucleate mass of cytoplasm that is not separated into cells.
- synodical — of a synod; synodal
- systaltic — rhythmically contracting.
- tactilely — in a tactile manner
- tactilist — an artist whose work strives to appeal to the sense of touch
- tactility — of, pertaining to, endowed with, or affecting the sense of touch.
- tail back — When traffic tails back, a long line of it forms along a road, and moves very slowly or not at all, for example because of road works or an accident.
- tail coat — a man's fitted coat, cut away over the hips and descending in a pair of tapering skirts behind, usually black and worn as part of full evening dress.
- tail cone — a cone-shaped component at the rear of a jet engine, rocket, or missile, usually serving as an exhaust pipe.
- tailpiece — a piece added at the end; an end piece or appendage.
- tailstock — a movable or sliding support for the dead center of a lathe or grinder.
- tallchief — Maria, 1925–2013, U.S. ballet dancer.
- tchambuli — a member of an indigenous people of Papua New Guinea.
- technical — belonging or pertaining to an art, science, or the like: technical skill.
- tectorial — a rooflike structure.
- telically — in a purposeful manner
- tetanical — related to tetanus
- thalassic — of or relating to seas and oceans.
- theriacal — of or relating to a theriac, a mixture once thought to be an antidote to poison such as snake venom or treacle