9-letter words containing c, l, a, s, i, e
- pit scale — any of various small oval-shaped homopterous insects of the family Asterolecaniidae, the female members of which have their bodies embedded in a waxy mass, as in the destructive Cerococcus quercus ((oak wax scale) or (oak scale)) or covered with a waxy film.
- racialise — to impose a racial interpretation on; place in a racial context.
- realistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- replicase — RNA synthetase.
- sackville — Thomas, 1st Earl of Dorset, 1536–1608, English statesman and poet.
- sacralise — to make sacred; imbue with sacred character, especially through ritualized devotion: a society that sacralized science.
- sacralize — to make sacred; imbue with sacred character, especially through ritualized devotion: a society that sacralized science.
- sacrilege — the violation or profanation of anything sacred or held sacred.
- saliaunce — an onslaught
- salicetum — a plantation of willows
- saluretic — of or relating to a substance that promotes renal excretion of sodium and chloride ions.
- scalelike — Zoology. one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins. one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- scaletail — a squirrel in the family Anomaluridae possessing scales on the underside of the tail
- scaliness — a scaly quality or condition
- scan line — (hardware) A horizontal line of pixels generated by a single horizontal sweep of the beam from a monitor's electron gun. The number of scanlines that make up a frame is the vertical resolution.
- scapolite — any of a group of minerals of variable composition, essentially silicates of aluminum, calcium, and sodium, occurring as massive aggregates or tetragonal crystals.
- sceptical — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
- sciential — having knowledge.
- scribable — able to be written or written on
- sectarial — distinguishing or differentiating a sect
- sectional — pertaining or limited to a particular section; local or regional: sectional politics.
- sectorial — of or relating to a sector.
- selachian — belonging to the Selachii, a group of fishes comprising the sharks, skates, and rays.
- semivocal — of or relating to a semivowel
- semuncial — of or pertaining to a semuncia or to half an ounce
- sexaholic — a person who is addicted to sex
- sibilance — hissing.
- sickleman — a person reaping with a sickle
- sicklemia — the usually asymptomatic hereditary condition that occurs when a person inherits from only one parent the abnormal hemoglobin gene characteristic of sickle cell anemia.
- silicates — Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- simulacre — simulacrum.
- skeptical — doubtful about a particular thing: My teacher thinks I can get a scholarship, but I'm skeptical.
- slice bar — a long-handled instrument with a blade at the end, for clearing away or breaking up clinkers, coal, etc., in a furnace.
- slipcased — having a slipcase
- sluiceway — a channel controlled by a sluice gate.
- socialise — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- socialite — a socially prominent person.
- socialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- sparticle — a hypothetical elementary particle thought to have been produced in the Big Bang
- special k — an animal anaesthetic, ketamine hydrochloride, sold illegally as a hallucinogenic drug
- specially — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- specialty — a special or distinctive quality, mark, state, or condition.
- spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- spiculate — having the form of a spicule.
- sterculia — any of various tropical trees of the genus Sterculia, of which some species are grown as ornamentals and some are the source of commercially valuable wood.
- stickable — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- sulcalize — to furrow, make a furrow in; predominantly, to make a furrow in (the tongue), make the surface of (the tongue) concave in order to produce certain phonemes
- 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.
- valencies — valence.