9-letter words containing c, p, s, a
- schnapper — a food fish, Pagrosomus auratus, occurring in large numbers off the shores of Australia and New Zealand.
- scoopable — able to be scooped
- scopulate — broom-shaped; brushlike.
- scrap car — an old or damaged car that is to be reprocessed by a scrap dealer
- scrapable — to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
- scrapbook — an album in which pictures, newspaper clippings, etc., may be pasted or mounted.
- scrape by — If someone scrapes by, they earn just enough money to live on with difficulty.
- scrape in — to succeed in entering with difficulty or by a narrow margin
- scrape up — to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
- scrapegut — a fiddle player
- scrapheap — a pile of old, discarded material, as metal.
- 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.
- scrapyard — A scrapyard is a place where old machines such as cars or ships are destroyed and where useful parts are saved.
- screw cap — a cap designed to screw onto the threaded mouth of a bottle, jar, or the like.
- scrippage — the contents of a scrip
- sea perch — surfperch.
- sharecrop — to cultivate (farmland) as a sharecropper
- sharp-cut — cut so as to have a sharp edge: a tool with a sharp-cut blade.
- shopcraft — any of various skilled trades involving maintenance or repair work, as metalworking or boilermaking, especially in the railroad industry.
- showplace — an estate, mansion, or the like, usually open to the public, renowned for its beauty, excellent design and workmanship, historical interest, etc.
- simpatico — congenial or like-minded; likable: I find our new neighbor simpatico in every respect.
- skeptical — doubtful about a particular thing: My teacher thinks I can get a scholarship, but I'm skeptical.
- sketchpad — sketchbook (def 1).
- skiascope — retinoscope.
- skiascopy — retinoscope.
- skull cap — A skull cap is a small close-fitting cap.
- skull-cap — a small, brimless close-fitting cap, often made of silk or velvet, worn on the crown of the head, as for religious functions.
- slapstick — broad comedy characterized by boisterous action, as the throwing of pies in actors' faces, mugging, and obvious farcical situations and jokes.
- sleepcoat — a lightweight, knee-length garment for sleep or lounging, styled like a pajama top and having a sash.
- slipcased — having a slipcase
- small-cap — designating a company, or a mutual fund that invests in companies, with a market capitalization of under $1 billion: considered to have more growth potential and higher investment risk.
- snap back — a sudden rebound or recovery.
- snaphance — a type of mechanism similar to a flintlock used to discharge a gun
- snowscape — landscape covered with snow.
- sociopath — a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
- somascope — a medical instrument used to inspect internal organs for disease
- someplace — somewhere.
- space age — period post-1950s onwards
- space bar — a horizontal bar on a typewriter keyboard that is depressed in order to resume typing one space to the right.
- space law — the projected law that would govern the use of outer space by various nations based on certain treaties.
- space man — space writer.
- space out — the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- space-age — pertaining to or characteristic of the Space Age.
- space-bar — a horizontal bar on a typewriter keyboard that is depressed in order to resume typing one space to the right.
- spaceband — a device on a linecaster for evening up the spaces between words
- spaceless — having no limits or dimensions in space; limitless; unbounded.
- spaceport — a site at which spacecraft are tested, launched, sheltered, maintained, etc.
- spaceship — spacecraft.