9-letter words containing a, s, c, e, n, t
- notecards — An ambitious hypertext system developed at Xerox PARC, "designed to support the task of transforming a chaotic collection of unrelated thoughts into an integrated, orderly interpretation of ideas and their interconnections".
- notecases — Plural form of notecase.
- nucleates — Plural form of nucleate.
- oceanites — Plural form of oceanite.
- open-cast — open-cut.
- ostracean — a member of the family formerly called Ostracea
- patiences — a female given name.
- pett scan — PET scan
- reactants — a person or thing that reacts.
- renascent — being reborn; springing again into being or vigor: a renascent interest in Henry James.
- sacrament — Ecclesiastical. a visible sign of an inward grace, especially one of the solemn Christian rites considered to have been instituted by Jesus Christ to symbolize or confer grace: the sacraments of the Protestant churches are baptism and the Lord's Supper; the sacraments of the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches are baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, matrimony, penance, holy orders, and extreme unction.
- sagenitic — relating to sagenite
- scantness — barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate: to do scant justice.
- scenarist — a writer of motion-picture or television scenarios.
- schatchen — shadkhan.
- sciential — having knowledge.
- sectarian — of or relating to sectaries or sects.
- sectional — pertaining or limited to a particular section; local or regional: sectional politics.
- securitan — a person believing they are secure
- selectman — (in most New England states) one of a board of town officers chosen to manage certain public affairs.
- semantics — Linguistics. the study of meaning. the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form.
- sportance — pleasurable or playful activities
- stagnance — not flowing or running, as water, air, etc.
- stanchest — staunch2 .
- stauncher — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- stenopaic — (of an optic device) having a narrow opening devised to improve eyesight by limiting obscurations
- 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.
- stonechat — any of several small Old World birds, especially of the genus Saxicola, as S. torquata.
- stoneface — living stones.
- subjacent — situated or occurring underneath or below; underlying.
- substance — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
- succinate — a salt or ester of succinic acid.
- syncopate — Music. to place (the accents) on beats that are normally unaccented. to treat (a passage, piece, etc.) in this way.
- 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.
- tabescent — wasting away; becoming emaciated or consumed.
- tacitness — understood without being openly expressed; implied: tacit approval.
- tackiness — not tasteful or fashionable; dowdy.
- teachings — the act or profession of a person who teaches.
- tenacious — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
- testacean — having a shell or test.
- townscape — a scene or view, either pictorial or natural, of a town or city.
- transcend — to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
- transcode — (language) An early system on the Ferut computer.
- transduce — to convert (energy) from one form into another.
- transfect — to cause transfection in (a cell).
- undercast — Mining. a crossing of two passages, as airways, dug at the same level so that one descends to pass beneath the other without any opening into it. Compare overcast (def 9).
- unscathed — not scathed; unharmed; uninjured: She survived the accident unscathed.
- yachtsmen — Irregular plural form of yachtsman.