9-letter words containing b, s, c, e
- obscenely — offensive to morality or decency; indecent; depraved: obscene language.
- obscenity — the character or quality of being obscene; indecency; lewdness.
- obscurely — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- obscurest — Superlative form of obscure.
- obsecrate — to entreat solemnly; beseech; supplicate.
- obsolesce — to be or become obsolescent.
- obstacles — Plural form of obstacle.
- obstetric — of or relating to the care and treatment of women in childbirth and during the period before and after delivery.
- penobscot — a river flowing S from N Maine into Penobscot Bay. 350 miles (565 km) long.
- presbytic — affected by presbyopia
- prescribe — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
- proscribe — to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
- pubescent — arriving or arrived at puberty.
- publicise — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- quebecois — Quebecer.
- resubject — to subject again
- rheobasic — of or relating to rheobase
- rose comb — a low comb with rounded points and a rear-extending spike of some breeds of chickens, as Wyandotte.
- rubescent — becoming red; blushing.
- sarbacane — a type of blowpipe
- sauceboat — a low, boat-shaped container for serving sauce or gravy, typically having a handle at one end and a long, wide lip at the other end.
- scabicide — Also, scabicidal. destructive to the organisms causing scabies.
- scabietic — a contagious skin disease occurring especially in sheep and cattle and also in humans, caused by the itch mite, Sarcoptes scabiei, which burrows under the skin. Compare itch (def 10), mange.
- scannable — to glance at or over or read hastily: to scan a page.
- schonbein — Christian Friedrich [kris-tee-ahn free-drikh] /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1799–1868, Swiss chemist.
- schonberg — Arnold [ahr-nuh ld;; German ahr-nuh lt] /ˈɑr nəld;; German ˈɑr nəlt/ (Show IPA), 1874–1951, Austrian composer in the U.S.
- schulberg — Budd [buhd] /bʌd/ (Show IPA), 1914–2009, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and scenarist.
- scoopable — able to be scooped
- scrabbled — to scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands.
- scrambler — a person or thing that scrambles.
- scrapable — to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
- scrape by — If someone scrapes by, they earn just enough money to live on with difficulty.
- screwable — able to be screwed
- screwball — Slang. an eccentric or whimsically eccentric person; a nut.
- screwbean — a small tree or shrub of the south-western United States that has edible pods
- scribable — able to be written or written on
- scribbler — a machine for scribbling wool fibers.
- scrutable — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- seat back — the part of a chair or seat that you rest your back against
- sebaceous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling tallow or fat; fatty; greasy.
- securable — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- seducible — to lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt.
- sell-back — an act or instance of selling something previously purchased.
- semblance — outward aspect or appearance.
- shellback — an old sailor.
- shoeblack — bootblack.
- sibilance — hissing.
- slab cake — a large square or rectangular-shaped cake
- slice bar — a long-handled instrument with a blade at the end, for clearing away or breaking up clinkers, coal, etc., in a furnace.
- softbench — An IPSE from Hewlett-Packard.