9-letter words containing c, r, i, e, t
- scripture — Often, Scriptures. Also called Holy Scripture, Holy Scriptures. the sacred writings of the Old or New Testaments or both together.
- scrutoire — writing desk (def 1).
- secreting — to place out of sight; hide; conceal: squirrels secreting nuts in a hollow tree trunk.
- secretion — (in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- secretive — secretory.
- sectarial — distinguishing or differentiating a sect
- sectarian — of or relating to sectaries or sects.
- sectorial — of or relating to a sector.
- sectorize — to split or divide into sectors
- securitan — a person believing they are secure
- semierect — partly erect
- semitruck — tractor-trailer.
- sericitic — of, containing, or resembling sericite
- serictery — a silk gland.
- serotypic — of or relating to a serotype
- siderotic — a disease of the lungs caused by inhaling iron or other metallic particles.
- sidetrack — any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
- sincerest — free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest: a sincere apology.
- sincerity — freedom from deceit, hypocrisy, or duplicity; probity in intention or in communicating; earnestness.
- slickster — a crafty and opportunistic or deceitful person; hustler; swindler.
- sparticle — a hypothetical elementary particle thought to have been produced in the Big Bang
- spermatic — of, relating to, or resembling sperm; seminal; generative.
- sphincter — a circular band of voluntary or involuntary muscle that encircles an orifice of the body or one of its hollow organs.
- staircase — a flight of stairs with its framework, banisters, etc., or a series of such flights.
- stepchair — a set of steps folding into a chair.
- 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.
- sternitic — relating to the sternite
- sticheron — a liturgical hymn sung in the Orthodox Church
- stickered — a person or thing that sticks.
- stitchery — needlework.
- strategic — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- streicher — Julius. 1885–1946, German Nazi journalist and politician, who spread anti-Semitic propaganda as editor of Der Stürmer (1923–45). He was hanged as a war criminal
- stretchie — an infant's one-piece garment covering the torso, legs, and feet, made of stretch fabric.
- strictest — characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles: a strict observance of rituals.
- stricture — a remark or comment, especially an adverse criticism: The reviewer made several strictures upon the author's style.
- stridency — making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking: strident insects; strident hinges.
- supercity — a large, heavily populated urban area that includes several cities; megalopolis.
- symmetric — characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
- syncretic — the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
- tackifier — a substance that causes tackiness
- tanorexic — obsessed with maintaining a permanent deep tan, esp through use of tanning machines
- tarriance — delay.
- tectiform — having the shape of a roof.
- tectorial — a rooflike structure.
- teleferic — telpher.
- terracing — a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, especially one of a series of levels rising one above another.
- terricole — a plant or animal living on land
- the birch — a bundle of birch twigs or a birch rod used, esp formerly, for flogging offenders
- theandric — relating to the state of being both divine and human, esp pertaining to Christ
- theatrics — (used with a singular verb) the art of staging plays and other stage performances.