9-letter words containing c, a, i, s
- supplicat — a petition (to a university) for a degree
- surfacing — the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
- surficial — of or relating to a surface, especially the land surface: a surficial geologic deposit.
- suribachi — an extinct volcano on Iwo Jima island: World War II battle 1945.
- suscitate — to excite (a feeling)
- swingback — (especially in political affairs) a return or reversion, as to previous opinion, custom, or ideology: We must fight any swingback to isolationism.
- switchman — a person who has charge of a switch on a railroad.
- sybaritic — (usually lowercase) pertaining to or characteristic of a sybarite; characterized by or loving luxury or sensuous pleasure: to wallow in sybaritic splendor.
- sympatico — simpatico
- sympatric — originating in or occupying the same geographical area.
- symposiac — of, relating to, or suitable for a symposium.
- synanthic — relating to synanthy
- synclinal — sloping downward from opposite directions so as to meet in a common point or line.
- syncytial — a multinucleate mass of cytoplasm that is not separated into cells.
- syndicate — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- synodical — of a synod; synodal
- syntactic — of or relating to syntax: syntactic errors in English; the syntactic rules for computer source code.
- systaltic — rhythmically contracting.
- tacitness — understood without being openly expressed; implied: tacit approval.
- tackiness — not tasteful or fashionable; dowdy.
- tactilist — an artist whose work strives to appeal to the sense of touch
- 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.
- tailstock — a movable or sliding support for the dead center of a lathe or grinder.
- taoiseach — The prime minister of the Republic of Ireland is called the Taoiseach.
- teachings — the act or profession of a person who teaches.
- tenacious — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
- testacies — the state of being testate.
- thalassic — of or relating to seas and oceans.
- theatrics — (used with a singular verb) the art of staging plays and other stage performances.
- tie clasp — an ornamental metal clasp for securing the two ends of a necktie to a shirt front.
- timescale — The timescale of an event is the length of time during which it happens or develops.
- tocantins — a river in E Brazil, flowing N to the Pará River. 1700 miles (2735 km) long.
- toscanini — Arturo [ahr-too r-oh;; Italian ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtʊər oʊ;; Italian ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1867–1957, Italian orchestra conductor, in the U.S. after 1928.
- tovarisch — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
- trachinus — a weever fish
- trackside — located next to a railroad track.
- tracksuit — a sweat suit, usually with a long-sleeved jacket and long pants, worn by athletes, especially runners, before and after actual competition or during workouts.
- trainsick — ill with train sickness.
- transonic — close to the speed of propagation of sound; moving at 700–780 miles per hour (1127–1255 km/h) at sea level.
- triclosan — a drug used to treat skin infections
- trifocals — glasses with trifocal lenses
- triphasic — having or existing in three phases.
- tsaristic — czarist.
- tzaristic — czarist.
- unceasing — not ceasing or stopping; continuous: an unceasing flow of criticism.
- unmusical — not musical; deficient in melody, harmony, rhythm, or tone.
- 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.
- uraniscus — a starlike ornament, as in a coffer of a ceiling.
- usucapion — the acquisition of property through long, undisturbed possession.
- valencies — valence.