9-letter words containing c, a, i, s
- shashlick — a dish consisting of kabobs broiled or roasted on a skewer.
- shechinah — Shekhinah.
- shechitah — the slaughtering of animals for food by a duly certified person in the manner prescribed by Jewish law.
- shitfaced — very drunk.
- sibilance — hissing.
- siccative — causing or promoting absorption of moisture; drying.
- siciliana — a graceful folk dance of Sicily.
- siciliano — a graceful folk dance of Sicily.
- sick call — a daily formation for those requiring medical attention.
- sickleman — a person reaping with a sickle
- sicklemia — the usually asymptomatic hereditary condition that occurs when a person inherits from only one parent the abnormal hemoglobin gene characteristic of sickle cell anemia.
- side card — Poker. the highest card in a hand that is not part of a scoring combination, as not being one of a pair, three of a kind, etc., and that serves to determine by its denomination the higher ranking of two otherwise equal hands.
- 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.
- simulacra — a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance.
- simulacre — simulacrum.
- 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.
- skiascope — retinoscope.
- skiascopy — retinoscope.
- skin care — the cleansing, massaging, moisturizing, etc., of the skin, especially the face or hands.
- slapstick — broad comedy characterized by boisterous action, as the throwing of pies in actors' faces, mugging, and obvious farcical situations and jokes.
- slavicism — Slavism.
- slavicist — a specialist in the study of the Slavic languages or literatures.
- slice bar — a long-handled instrument with a blade at the end, for clearing away or breaking up clinkers, coal, etc., in a furnace.
- 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.
- slipcased — having a slipcase
- sluiceway — a channel controlled by a sluice gate.
- smiercase — any soft cheese suitable for spreading or eating with a spoon, especially a sour cottage cheese.
- snail cam — a cam with spiral cross section used for progressive lifting of a lever as the cam revolves
- snatching — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- socialise — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- socialism — a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.
- 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.
- socialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- sociation — an association
- sociative — expressing accompaniment or association
- 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.
- sociopath — a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
- solacious — providing solace
- sonically — in a sonic manner
- sonicator — a device for treatment with ultrasound
- spaceship — spacecraft.
- 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.
- spacially — spatial.
- spaciness — the state of being spacey
- spanaemic — relating to a lack of red corpuscles in blood