9-letter words containing a, s, t, i, c
- semantics — Linguistics. the study of meaning. the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form.
- sequacity — following with smooth or logical regularity.
- shechitah — the slaughtering of animals for food by a duly certified person in the manner prescribed by Jewish law.
- shitfaced — very drunk.
- siccative — causing or promoting absorption of moisture; drying.
- sidetrack — any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
- silicates — Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- simpatico — congenial or like-minded; likable: I find our new neighbor simpatico in every respect.
- simulcast — a program broadcast simultaneously on radio and television, or on more than one station, or in several languages, etc.
- skeptical — doubtful about a particular thing: My teacher thinks I can get a scholarship, but I'm skeptical.
- slapstick — broad comedy characterized by boisterous action, as the throwing of pies in actors' faces, mugging, and obvious farcical situations and jokes.
- slavicist — a specialist in the study of the Slavic languages or literatures.
- snatching — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- socialist — an advocate or supporter of socialism.
- socialite — a socially prominent person.
- sociality — social nature or tendencies as shown in the assembling of individuals in communities.
- sociation — an association
- sociative — expressing accompaniment or association
- sociopath — a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
- sonicator — a device for treatment with ultrasound
- 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.
- spartanic — (usually lowercase) suggestive of the ancient Spartans; sternly disciplined and rigorously simple, frugal, or austere.
- sparticle — a hypothetical elementary particle thought to have been produced in the Big Bang
- spasmatic — given to spasms
- specialty — a special or distinctive quality, mark, state, or condition.
- spermatic — of, relating to, or resembling sperm; seminal; generative.
- spiculate — having the form of a spicule.
- st. clair — Arthur, 1736–1818, American Revolutionary War general, born in Scotland: 1st governor of the Northwest Territory, 1787–1802.
- st. lucia — one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- stab kick — a rapid kick of the ball from one player to another member of his team
- staircase — a flight of stairs with its framework, banisters, etc., or a series of such flights.
- stalactic — consisting of, containing or relating to stalactites
- stanchion — an upright bar, beam, post, or support, as in a window, stall, ship, etc.
- statistic — a numerical fact or datum, especially one computed from a sample.
- 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
- stemmatic — of or relating to a textual stemma
- stenopaic — (of an optic device) having a narrow opening devised to improve eyesight by limiting obscurations
- stepchair — a set of steps folding into a chair.
- 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.
- stickable — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- stickball — a form of baseball played in the streets, on playgrounds, etc., in which a rubber ball and a broomstick or the like are used in place of a baseball and bat.
- stigmatic — Also, stigmatical. pertaining to a stigma, mark, spot, or the like.
- stoically — impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics: a stoical sufferer.
- stomachic — of or relating to the stomach; gastric.
- strategic — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- stratonic — of or relating to an army
- strychnia — Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline poison, C 2 1 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , obtained chiefly by extraction from the seeds of nux vomica, formerly used as a central nervous system stimulant.
- subaction — an act of subduing
- 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.