9-letter words containing c, a, g, i
- regicidal — the killing of a king.
- reichstag — the lower house of the parliament during the period of the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic.
- replacing — to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
- ridgeback — Rhodesian ridgeback.
- ring back — If you ring someone back, you phone them either because they phoned you earlier and you were not there or because you did not finish an earlier telephone conversation.
- sacralgia — a pain in the sacrum
- sacrilege — the violation or profanation of anything sacred or held sacred.
- sagacious — having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd: a sagacious lawyer.
- sagenitic — relating to sagenite
- scagliola — plasterwork imitating marble, granite, or the like.
- scantling — a timber of relatively slight width and thickness, as a stud or rafter in a house frame.
- scaringly — to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
- scraggily — lean or thin; scrawny.
- scramming — to go away; get out (usually used as a command): I said I was busy, so scram.
- scrapings — Scrapings are small amounts or pieces that have been scraped off something.
- scrapping — a fight or quarrel: She got into a scrap with her in-laws.
- scrawling — to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner: He scrawled his name hastily across the blackboard.
- screaking — screeching or creaking
- screaming — uttering screams.
- scrimmage — a rough or vigorous struggle.
- scrippage — the contents of a scrip
- searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- slingback — Also called sling. a woman's shoe with an open back and a strap or sling encircling the heel of the foot to keep the shoe secure.
- snatching — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- sociogram — a sociometric diagram representing the pattern of relationships between individuals in a group, usually expressed in terms of which persons they prefer to associate with.
- stigmatic — Also, stigmatical. pertaining to a stigma, mark, spot, or the like.
- strategic — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- subcasing — a rough casing for a doorway or window.
- surfacing — the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
- swingback — (especially in political affairs) a return or reversion, as to previous opinion, custom, or ideology: We must fight any swingback to isolationism.
- ta ch'ing — Ch'ing.
- tagmemics — a school of linguistics deriving from American structuralism based on the work of Kenneth Lee Pike and using the tagmeme as the basic unit of grammatical analysis.
- teachings — the act or profession of a person who teaches.
- terracing — a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, especially one of a series of levels rising one above another.
- thatching — Also, thatching. a material, as straw, rushes, leaves, or the like, used to cover roofs, grain stacks, etc.
- tiger cat — any of several felines, as the ocelot or margay, that resemble the tiger in coloration or ferocity but are smaller.
- tranching — Finance. one part or division of a larger unit, as of an asset pool or investment: The loan will be repaid in three tranches. a group of securities that share a certain characteristic and form part of a larger offering: The second tranche of the bond issue has a five-year maturity.
- unceasing — not ceasing or stopping; continuous: an unceasing flow of criticism.
- uncoating — a process whereby the genome of a virus is exposed in order for the virus to replicate
- unlogical — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- unorganic — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
- unpacking — removal of items from suitcase, etc.
- upscaling — located at, moving toward, or of or for the upper end of a social or economic scale: The boutique caters to upscale young career people.
- vacuuming — a space entirely devoid of matter.
- vagotonic — hyperexcitability of the vagus nerve, producing bradycardia, decreased heart output, and faintness.
- vicegeral — of or relating to a vicegerent or a vicegerent's position.
- viceregal — of or relating to a viceroy.
- vigilance — state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness: Vigilance is required in the event of treachery.
- vraicking — the act of gathering vraic
- wing back — In football, a wing back is a defender who also takes part in attacking play.