9-letter words containing a, c, s, u
- scrutable — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- scrutator — a person who investigates.
- scuddaler — a leader of festivities
- 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 scout — (often initial capital letters) a member of a scouting program that provides training in boating and other water activities.
- seal cull — an operation designed to reduce the number of seals by slaughtering some of them
- sebaceous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling tallow or fat; fatty; greasy.
- secateurs — scissors or shears, especially pruning shears.
- secularly — of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
- securable — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- securance — the act or process of securing
- securitan — a person believing they are secure
- semuncial — of or pertaining to a semuncia or to half an ounce
- sequacity — following with smooth or logical regularity.
- setaceous — bristlelike; bristle-shaped.
- sharp-cut — cut so as to have a sharp edge: a tool with a sharp-cut blade.
- simulacra — a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance.
- simulacre — simulacrum.
- simulcast — a program broadcast simultaneously on radio and television, or on more than one station, or in several languages, etc.
- skull cap — A skull cap is a small close-fitting cap.
- skull-cap — a small, brimless close-fitting cap, often made of silk or velvet, worn on the crown of the head, as for religious functions.
- sluiceway — a channel controlled by a sluice gate.
- solacious — providing solace
- soul cake — a round, sweet bun or small, oval cake, traditionally made to celebrate All Souls' Day.
- soundcard — A soundcard is a piece of equipment which can be put into a computer so that the computer can produce music or other sounds.
- 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.
- spacesuit — a sealed and pressurized suit designed to allow the wearer to leave a pressurized cabin in outer space or at extremely high altitudes within the atmosphere.
- spartacus — died 71 b.c, Thracian slave, gladiator, and insurrectionist.
- speculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- sphacelus — the death of living tissue
- spiculate — having the form of a spicule.
- spleuchan — a small pouch, especially for carrying tobacco or money.
- squad car — police vehicle
- squinancy — a prostrate Eurasian plant, Asperula cynanchica, of the madder family, having smooth, weak stems and sparse white or pink flowers, formerly believed to be a cure for quinsy.
- squirarch — a person who believes in government by squires
- st. lucia — one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- stauncher — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- staunchly — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- 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.
- stroupach — a cup of tea
- subaction — an act of subduing
- subagency — an organization, company, or bureau that provides some service for another: a welfare agency.
- subapical — located below the apex.
- subarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately south of the Arctic Circle; subpolar.
- subatomic — of or relating to a process that occurs within an atom.
- subbranch — a subordinate branch or a branch of a branch, as of a bank, business, or the like.
- subcantor — a deputy to a cantor