9-letter words containing a, d, s, c
- scarsdale — a town in SE New York, N of New York City.
- scattered — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
- schaudinn — Fritz [frits] /frɪts/ (Show IPA), 1871–1906, German zoologist.
- schedular — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- schickard — a large crater in the SW quadrant of the moon, about 227 kilometres (141 miles) in diameter
- schoolday — a day for going to school
- sciaenoid — belonging or pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of carnivorous fishes that produce a loud sound by snapping the muscles attached to their air bladder, comprising the croakers and drums.
- scorecard — a card for keeping score of a sports contest and, especially in team sports, for identifying the players by name, number, and position.
- scrabbled — to scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands.
- scrapyard — A scrapyard is a place where old machines such as cars or ships are destroyed and where useful parts are saved.
- screwhead — the head or top of a screw having a slot for the end of a screwdriver.
- scrubland — land on which the natural vegetation is chiefly scrub.
- scuddaler — a leader of festivities
- scumboard — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.
- secondary — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- seed coat — the outer integument of a seed.
- seed-cake — a sweet cake containing aromatic seeds, usually caraway.
- shitfaced — very drunk.
- show card — an advertising placard or card.
- showcased — a glass case for the display and protection of articles in shops, museums, etc.
- side card — Poker. the highest card in a hand that is not part of a scoring combination, as not being one of a pair, three of a kind, etc., and that serves to determine by its denomination the higher ranking of two otherwise equal hands.
- sidetrack — any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
- sketchpad — sketchbook (def 1).
- slamdance — to hurl oneself repeatedly into or through a crowd at a rock concert
- slipcased — having a slipcase
- smack dab — Smack dab is used in expressions such as 'smack dab in the middle' of somewhere to mean exactly in that place.
- smack-dab — directly; squarely: smack-dab in the middle.
- smackdown — a severe rebuke or criticism: his amazing smackdown of the protesters.
- smackhead — a person who is addicted to heroin
- snow-clad — covered with snow.
- so-called — called or designated thus: the so-called Southern bloc.
- 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.
- spaceband — a device on a linecaster for evening up the spaces between words
- spaceward — going into space
- spar deck — the upper deck of a vessel, extending from stem to stern.
- spasmodic — pertaining to or of the nature of a spasm; characterized by spasms.
- spikedace — a scaleless, mottled, olive-brown fish, Meda fulgida, of the Gila River system in New Mexico and Arizona, having two dorsal spines.
- spot card — spot (def 10b).
- squad car — police vehicle
- steadicam — a mechanism for steadying a handheld camera, consisting of a shock-absorbing arm to which the camera is attached and a harness worn by the camera operator
- stepdance — a dance in which the steps are the most important characteristic, specifically a solo dance with intricate, vigorous steps, often performed with the hands kept in the pockets.
- stockyard — an enclosure with pens, sheds, etc., connected with a slaughterhouse, railroad, market, etc., for the temporary housing of cattle, sheep, swine, or horses.
- storecard — A storecard is a plastic card that you use to buy goods on credit from a particular store or group of stores.
- subcaudal — below a tail
- subdeacon — a member of the clerical order next below that of deacon.
- sun dance — a religious ceremony associated with the sun, practiced by North American Indians of the Plains, consisting of dancing attended with various symbolic rites and commonly including self-torture.
- syndactyl — having certain digits joined together.
- syndicate — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- synodical — of a synod; synodal
- test card — a complex pattern used to test the characteristics of a television transmission system