9-letter words containing c, a, t, s, i
- prostatic — Also, prostatic [pro-stat-ik] /prɒˈstæt ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the prostate gland.
- psoriatic — a common chronic, inflammatory skin disease characterized by scaly patches.
- racialist — racism.
- radiocast — a radiobroadcast.
- rainstick — a musical instrument consisting of a tube filled with sand or pebbles, which is inverted to produce a sound
- rascality — rascally or knavish character or conduct.
- realistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- reichsrat — German History. the upper house of the parliament during the period of the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic.
- reichstag — the lower house of the parliament during the period of the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic.
- rhotacism — Historical Linguistics. a change of a speech sound, especially (s), to (r), as in the change from Old Latin lases to Latin lares.
- rickstand — a platform on which to put or make a rick or haystack
- rusticana — objects, such as agricultural implements, garden furniture, etc, relating to the countryside or made in imitation of rustic styles
- rusticate — to go to the country.
- sack suit — a man's suit that has a loose-fitting jacket.
- sack time — time spent sleeping.
- sacrality — sacredness
- sacristan — Also called sacrist [sak-rist, sey-krist] /ˈsæk rɪst, ˈseɪ krɪst/ (Show IPA). an official in charge of the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., of a church or a religious house.
- sagenitic — relating to sagenite
- sailcloth — any of various fabrics, as of cotton, nylon, or Dacron, for boat sails or tents.
- salicetum — a plantation of willows
- salt lick — a place to which animals go to lick naturally occurring salt deposits.
- saluretic — of or relating to a substance that promotes renal excretion of sodium and chloride ions.
- sanctions — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- santonica — the dried flower heads of any of several species of wormwood, belonging to the genus Artemisia, used as a vermifuge.
- sarcastic — of, relating to, or characterized by sarcasm: a sarcastic reply.
- sarcoptic — related to or caused by itch-mites that cause mange in animals
- satirical — of, pertaining to, containing, or characterized by satire: satirical novels.
- satisfice — to choose or adopt the first satisfactory option that one comes across: the tendency of decision-makers to satisfice rather than look for the optimal solution.
- satyrical — Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- satyricon — a satirical novel, interspersed with verse, written in the 1st century a.d. by Petronius, extant in fragments.
- 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.
- scalation — an arrangement of scales, as on a fish.
- scaletail — a squirrel in the family Anomaluridae possessing scales on the underside of the tail
- scantling — a timber of relatively slight width and thickness, as a stud or rafter in a house frame.
- scapolite — any of a group of minerals of variable composition, essentially silicates of aluminum, calcium, and sodium, occurring as massive aggregates or tetragonal crystals.
- scarlatti — Alessandro [ah-luh-sahn-droh;; Italian ah-les-sahn-draw] /ˌɑ ləˈsɑn droʊ;; Italian ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), 1659–1725, Italian composer.
- scazontic — relating to or consisting of scazons
- scenarist — a writer of motion-picture or television scenarios.
- sceptical — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
- schematic — pertaining to or of the nature of a schema, diagram, or scheme; diagrammatic.
- schematik — A NeXT front-end to MIT Scheme for the NeXT by Chris Kane and Max Hailperin <[email protected]>. Schematik provides syntax-knowledgeable text editing, graphics windows and a user-interface to an underlying MIT Scheme process. It comes with MIT Scheme 7.1.3 ready to install on the NeXT and requires NEXTSTEP. Version: 1.1.5.2.
- scholiast — an ancient commentator on the classics.
- sciential — having knowledge.
- scintilla — a minute particle; spark; trace: not a scintilla of remorse.
- scratchie — a scratchcard
- sectarial — distinguishing or differentiating a sect
- sectarian — of or relating to sectaries or sects.
- sectional — pertaining or limited to a particular section; local or regional: sectional politics.
- sectorial — of or relating to a sector.
- securitan — a person believing they are secure