9-letter words containing c, g, s
- scrapegut — a fiddle player
- scrapings — Scrapings are small amounts or pieces that have been scraped off something.
- scrappage — the act or process of scrapping
- scrapping — a fight or quarrel: She got into a scrap with her in-laws.
- scrawling — to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner: He scrawled his name hastily across the blackboard.
- screaking — screeching or creaking
- screaming — uttering screams.
- screening — a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- scrimmage — a rough or vigorous struggle.
- scrippage — the contents of a scrip
- scripting — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- scrolling — computing: moving around screen
- scrounger — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
- scrubbing — to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
- scrummage — scrum (defs 1, 3).
- scuffling — to struggle or fight in a rough, confused manner.
- scungille — the meat of a mollusc or conch, eaten as a delicacy
- scungilli — the edible part of a conch
- scurrying — to go or move quickly or in haste.
- scuttling — to run with quick, hasty steps; scurry.
- searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- sec. leg. — according to law
- secluding — to place in or withdraw into solitude; remove from social contact and activity, etc.
- seconding — next after the first; being the ordinal number for two.
- secretage — the use of mercury in treating or felting furs
- secreting — to place out of sight; hide; conceal: squirrels secreting nuts in a hollow tree trunk.
- selecting — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- sergeancy — the position or rank of a sergeant
- servicing — an act of helpful activity; help; aid: to do someone a service.
- sexologic — pertaining to the study of human sexuality
- sickening — causing or capable of causing sickness, especially nausea, disgust, or loathing: sickening arrogance.
- significs — semantics (def 2).
- silencing — absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- sketching — a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, especially a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details.
- 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.
- smooching — smutch.
- snatching — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- 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.
- sociology — the science or study of the origin, development, organization, and functioning of human society; the science of the fundamental laws of social relations, institutions, etc.
- songcraft — the art of songwriting
- space age — period post-1950s onwards
- space-age — pertaining to or characteristic of the Space Age.
- spicilege — an anthology or gleaning
- stagnance — not flowing or running, as water, air, etc.
- stagnancy — not flowing or running, as water, air, etc.
- stegnotic — a medication that is constipating or astringent
- stickling — the act or practice of making insistent demands
- stigmatic — Also, stigmatical. pertaining to a stigma, mark, spot, or the like.
- stitching — one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
- strategic — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.