9-letter words containing a, c, r, s, i
- slice bar — a long-handled instrument with a blade at the end, for clearing away or breaking up clinkers, coal, etc., in a furnace.
- smiercase — any soft cheese suitable for spreading or eating with a spoon, especially a sour cottage cheese.
- sociogram — a sociometric diagram representing the pattern of relationships between individuals in a group, usually expressed in terms of which persons they prefer to associate with.
- sonicator — a device for treatment with ultrasound
- spartanic — (usually lowercase) suggestive of the ancient Spartans; sternly disciplined and rigorously simple, frugal, or austere.
- sparticle — a hypothetical elementary particle thought to have been produced in the Big Bang
- spermatic — of, relating to, or resembling sperm; seminal; generative.
- spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- squirarch — a person who believes in government by squires
- st. clair — Arthur, 1736–1818, American Revolutionary War general, born in Scotland: 1st governor of the Northwest Territory, 1787–1802.
- staircase — a flight of stairs with its framework, banisters, etc., or a series of such flights.
- stepchair — a set of steps folding into a chair.
- 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.
- strategic — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- stratonic — of or relating to an army
- strychnia — Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline poison, C 2 1 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , obtained chiefly by extraction from the seeds of nux vomica, formerly used as a central nervous system stimulant.
- subarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately south of the Arctic Circle; subpolar.
- suctorial — adapted for sucking or suction, as an organ; functioning as a sucker for imbibing or adhering.
- suctorian — a suctorial animal.
- surfacing — the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
- surficial — of or relating to a surface, especially the land surface: a surficial geologic deposit.
- suribachi — an extinct volcano on Iwo Jima island: World War II battle 1945.
- sybaritic — (usually lowercase) pertaining to or characteristic of a sybarite; characterized by or loving luxury or sensuous pleasure: to wallow in sybaritic splendor.
- sympatric — originating in or occupying the same geographical area.
- theatrics — (used with a singular verb) the art of staging plays and other stage performances.
- tovarisch — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
- trachinus — a weever fish
- trackside — located next to a railroad track.
- tracksuit — a sweat suit, usually with a long-sleeved jacket and long pants, worn by athletes, especially runners, before and after actual competition or during workouts.
- trainsick — ill with train sickness.
- transonic — close to the speed of propagation of sound; moving at 700–780 miles per hour (1127–1255 km/h) at sea level.
- triclosan — a drug used to treat skin infections
- trifocals — glasses with trifocal lenses
- triphasic — having or existing in three phases.
- tsaristic — czarist.
- tzaristic — czarist.
- uraniscus — a starlike ornament, as in a coffer of a ceiling.
- varicosis — the formation of a varix or varices.
- variscite — a secondary mineral, hydrated phosphate of aluminum, Al(PO 4)⋅2H 2 O, occurring mainly as massive, bluish-green nodules: sometimes used as a gem.
- veracious — habitually speaking the truth; truthful; honest: a veracious witness.
- vesicular — of or relating to a vesicle or vesicles.
- vicarious — performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another: vicarious punishment.
- viscerate — to remove the bowels or intestines of
- voracious — craving or consuming large quantities of food: a voracious appetite.
- wildcards — Plural form of wildcard.
- wiseacres — Plural form of wiseacre.
- wisecrack — a smart or facetious remark.
- xeriscape — environmental design of residential and park land using various methods for minimizing the need for water use.
- yardstick — a stick a yard long, commonly marked with subdivisions, used for measuring.
- zacharias — Douay Bible. Zechariah.