9-letter words containing c, e, l, s, p
- sphacelus — the death of living tissue
- spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- spiceless — having no spice
- spicilege — an anthology or gleaning
- spiculate — having the form of a spicule.
- splenetic — of the spleen; splenic.
- spleuchan — a small pouch, especially for carrying tobacco or money.
- splotches — a large, irregular spot; blot; stain; blotch.
- stepchild — a child of one's spouse by a previous marriage.
- stockpile — a supply of material, as a pile of gravel in road maintenance.
- supercell — a highly organized thunderstorm that can last for several hours, capable of producing both updrafts and downdrafts exceeding 100 miles per hour, large hailstones, tornadoes, and flash flooding (often used attributively): a supercell in Kansas City; supercell storms.
- superclub — a large or important club or society
- supercoil — superhelix.
- supercold — extremely cold
- supercool — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
- sylleptic — the use of a word or expression to perform two syntactic functions, especially to modify two or more words of which at least one does not agree in number, case, or gender, as the use of are in Neither he nor we are willing.
- telescope — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
- telescopy — the use of the telescope.
- tie clasp — an ornamental metal clasp for securing the two ends of a necktie to a shirt front.
- topcastle — a large fighting top used in medieval ships.
- uncleship — the position or status of an uncle; the condition of being an uncle