9-letter words containing a, s, i, n, e
- semantide — a type of molecule found in all cells, which changes slowly over time
- semiangle — half of a particular angle
- semifinal — of or relating to the round preceding the final one in a tournament from which losers are eliminated.
- semilunar — shaped like a half-moon; crescent.
- seminaked — being without clothing or covering; nude: naked children swimming in the lake.
- seminally — pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
- seminomad — a person living a partly nomadic life; a semi-nomadic person
- semiurban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
- semuncial — of or pertaining to a semuncia or to half an ounce
- senhorita — a Portuguese term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- sennachie — a professional storyteller of family genealogy, history, and legend.
- sensation — the operation or function of the senses; perception or awareness of stimuli through the senses.
- sensorial — of or relating to the senses or sensation.
- sententia — an aphorism; maxim.
- septarian — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- septation — a division between cavities or parts of an organism by partitions or septa
- septimana — a week.
- seraphine — an old reed-based keyboard instrument; a reed organ
- serbonian — of, relating to, or designating the large marshy tract of land in the northern part of ancient Egypt in which entire armies are said to have been swallowed up.
- seriation — the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
- seriplane — a test for evaluating the quality of raw silk by inspecting it under controlled conditions for variations in the diameter of the yarn and for imperfections and content.
- serotinal — pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- serranoid — resembling or related to the sea bass family Serranidae.
- serrating — Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw: a serrate leaf.
- serration — serrated condition or form.
- sessional — the sitting together of a court, council, legislature, or the like, for conference or the transaction of business: Congress is now in session.
- sexennial — of or for six years.
- shadiness — abounding in shade; shaded: shady paths.
- shakiness — tending to shake or tremble.
- shanachie — a professional storyteller of family genealogy, history, and legend.
- shaveling — Older Use: Disparaging. a clergyman with a shaven or tonsured head.
- shear pin — an easily replaceable pin inserted in a machine at a critical point and designed to shear and stop the machine if the load becomes too great
- shearling — Chiefly British. a yearling sheep that has been shorn once.
- sheathing — the act of a person who sheathes.
- shechinah — Shekhinah.
- shekhinah — the presence of God on earth or a symbol or manifestation of His presence.
- sherifian — pertaining to a descendant of Muhammad through his daughter Fatima
- shreading — furring attached to the undersides of rafters.
- shrinkage — the act or fact of shrinking.
- sibilance — hissing.
- sickleman — a person reaping with a sickle
- side band — the band of frequencies at the sides of the carrier frequency of a modulated signal.
- signalize — to make notable or conspicuous.
- signalled — anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a traffic signal; a signal to leave.
- signaller — anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a traffic signal; a signal to leave.
- signature — a person's name, or a mark representing it, as signed personally or by deputy, as in subscribing a letter or other document.
- silkaline — a soft, thin cotton fabric with a smooth finish, for curtains, bedspreads, garment linings, etc.
- simmental — one of a large breed of cattle, yellowish-brown to red and white, originally of Switzerland, used for milk and beef and as a draft animal.
- sine wave — a periodic oscillation, as simple harmonic motion, having the same geometric representation as a sine function.
- singapore — an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula.