9-letter words containing c, g, s
- nugacious — trivial; unimportant or insignificant; nugatory.
- nystagmic — Exhibiting or pertaining to nystagmus (involuntary eye movement).
- obscuring — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- oligarchs — Plural form of oligarch.
- oncogenes — Plural form of oncogene.
- orgiastic — of, relating to, or having the nature of an orgy.
- posologic — of or relating to doses of medicines
- precising — a concise summary.
- psychogas — a gas with a mind-altering effect
- racegoers — Plural form of racegoer.
- recessing — temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
- recognise — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- reconsign — to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit (often followed by to).
- recosting — the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything: the high cost of a good meal.
- reichstag — the lower house of the parliament during the period of the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic.
- roughcast — Also called spatter dash. an exterior wall finish composed of mortar and fine pebbles mixed together and dashed against the wall. Compare pebble dash.
- sacagawea — ("Bird Woman") 1787?–1812? Shoshone guide and interpreter: accompanied Lewis and Clark expedition 1804–05.
- 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.
- sage cock — the male sage grouse.
- sagenitic — relating to sagenite
- sarcology — the branch of anatomy dealing with the soft or fleshy body parts.
- say grace — say prayer before meal
- scagliola — plasterwork imitating marble, granite, or the like.
- scallawag — scalawag.
- scallywag — scalawag.
- scalogram — an attitude scale in which a positive answer to an item implies agreement with items appearing lower on the scale.
- scantling — a timber of relatively slight width and thickness, as a stud or rafter in a house frame.
- scapegoat — a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place.
- scaringly — to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
- scatology — the study of or preoccupation with excrement or obscenity.
- scavenger — an animal or other organism that feeds on dead organic matter.
- schelling — Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von [free-drikh vil-helm yoh-zef fuh n] /ˈfri drɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈyoʊ zɛf fən/ (Show IPA), 1775–1854, German philosopher.
- schilling — a copper and aluminum coin and monetary unit of Austria until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 groschen. Abbreviation: S., Sch.
- schleswig — a seaport in N Germany, on the Baltic.
- schmeling — Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1905–2005, German boxer: world heavyweight champion 1930–32.
- schomburg — Arthur Alfonso, 1874–1938, U.S. scholar and collector of books on black literature and history, born in Puerto Rico.
- schonberg — Arnold [ahr-nuh ld;; German ahr-nuh lt] /ˈɑr nəld;; German ˈɑr nəlt/ (Show IPA), 1874–1951, Austrian composer in the U.S.
- schoolbag — a bag used for carrying books, school supplies, etc.
- schooling — a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.
- schulberg — Budd [buhd] /bʌd/ (Show IPA), 1914–2009, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and scenarist.
- schwinger — Julian Seymour, 1918–94, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1965.
- scoldings — the action of a person who scolds; a rebuke; reproof: I got a scolding for being late again.
- scorching — burning; very hot.
- scotching — scutch (defs 2, 4).
- scourging — a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.
- scourings — dirt or refuse removed by scouring.
- scraggily — lean or thin; scrawny.
- scramming — to go away; get out (usually used as a command): I said I was busy, so scram.