9-letter words containing a, s, t, i, c
- muscatine — a city in E Iowa, on the Mississippi.
- mustachio — a mustache.
- myristica — (botany) Any member of the genus Myristica of nutmegs.
- narcistic — inordinate fascination with oneself; excessive self-love; vanity. Synonyms: self-centeredness, smugness, egocentrism.
- narcotics — Plural form of narcotic.
- narcotise — Alternative spelling of narcotize.
- narcotism — habitual use of narcotics.
- narcotist — One who is addicted to a narcotic drug.
- naucratis — an ancient Greek city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta.
- navicerts — Plural form of navicert.
- nectaries — Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- nightcaps — Plural form of nightcap.
- nonracist — One who is not a racist.
- nonstatic — (computing) (object-oriented programming) Not static.
- nostalgic — experiencing or exhibiting nostalgia, a sentimental or wistful yearning for the happiness felt in a former place, time, or situation.
- nostratic — designating or of a proposed language superfamily that includes the Indo-European, Afroasiatic, Dravidian, Uralic, and Altaic families
- nystagmic — Exhibiting or pertaining to nystagmus (involuntary eye movement).
- obstinacy — the quality or state of being obstinate; stubbornness.
- oceanites — Plural form of oceanite.
- octastich — a stanza or piece of poetic writing that contains eight lines
- ocularist — a person who makes artificial eyes
- olfactics — The study of smells and how they are perceived.
- onanistic — withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus.
- onomastic — of or relating to proper names.
- opacities — the state or quality of being opaque.
- operatics — Exaggerated or overly emotional behaviour; histrionics.
- opticians — Plural form of optician.
- orgiastic — of, relating to, or having the nature of an orgy.
- oscillate — to swing or move to and fro, as a pendulum does.
- oscitancy — yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- ostracise — to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
- ostracism — exclusion, by general consent, from social acceptance, privileges, friendship, etc.
- ostracize — to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
- panoistic — (of insects) producing ova without cells to nurse them
- parasitic — of, relating to, or characteristic of parasites.
- pasticcio — a pastiche.
- patiences — a female given name.
- patristic — of or relating to the fathers of the Christian church or their writings.
- peirastic — involving an experiment; experimental
- pianistic — relating to, characteristic of, or adaptable for the piano.
- piscatory — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- piscatrix — a female angler; a fisherwoman
- pistachio — the nut of a Eurasian tree, Pistacia vera, of the cashew family, containing an edible, greenish kernel.
- pit scale — any of various small oval-shaped homopterous insects of the family Asterolecaniidae, the female members of which have their bodies embedded in a waxy mass, as in the destructive Cerococcus quercus ((oak wax scale) or (oak scale)) or covered with a waxy film.
- plasmatic — Anatomy, Physiology. the liquid part of blood or lymph, as distinguished from the suspended elements.
- plasticky — made of or resembling plastic
- practised — skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
- practiser — someone who practises something, esp a trade or skill; practitioner
- practises — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- prismatic — of, relating to, or like a prism.