9-letter words containing c, l, e, a
- self-care — care of the self without medical or other professional consultation.
- sell-back — an act or instance of selling something previously purchased.
- semblance — outward aspect or appearance.
- semivocal — of or relating to a semivowel
- semuncial — of or pertaining to a semuncia or to half an ounce
- seneschal — an officer having full charge of domestic arrangements, ceremonies, the administration of justice, etc., in the household of a medieval prince or dignitary; steward.
- sexaholic — a person who is addicted to sex
- shellback — an old sailor.
- shoeblack — bootblack.
- showplace — an estate, mansion, or the like, usually open to the public, renowned for its beauty, excellent design and workmanship, historical interest, etc.
- 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.
- slab cake — a large square or rectangular-shaped cake
- slack-key — a style of Hawaiian popular music played on an acoustic guitar with strings tuned to notes lower than standard guitar tuning for more bass resonance.
- slackener — a person who, or something which, slackens
- slackness — not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope.
- slamdance — to hurl oneself repeatedly into or through a crowd at a rock concert
- sleepcoat — a lightweight, knee-length garment for sleep or lounging, styled like a pajama top and having a sash.
- 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.
- so-called — called or designated thus: the so-called Southern bloc.
- 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.
- someplace — somewhere.
- soul cake — a round, sweet bun or small, oval cake, traditionally made to celebrate All Souls' Day.
- space law — the projected law that would govern the use of outer space by various nations based on certain treaties.
- spaceless — having no limits or dimensions in space; limitless; unbounded.
- spacewalk — a task or mission performed by an astronaut outside a spacecraft in space.
- 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.
- spectacle — anything presented to the sight or view, especially something of a striking or impressive kind: The stars make a fine spectacle tonight.
- speculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- sphacelus — the death of living tissue
- spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- spiculate — having the form of a spicule.
- spleuchan — a small pouch, especially for carrying tobacco or money.
- stackable — capable of being stacked, especially easily: stackable chairs.
- stackless — without or not using a stack
- stercoral — stercoraceous
- 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.
- subcellar — a cellar below the main cellar.