9-letter words containing c, r, o, s
- scrooched — to crouch, squeeze, or huddle (usually followed by down, in, or up).
- scrounger — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
- scrub oak — any of several oaks, as Quercus ilicifolia and Q. prinoides, characterized by a scrubby manner of growth, usually found in dry, rocky soil.
- scrubdown — an act or instance of scrubbing, especially a thorough washing of a surface or object: The decks of the ship get a scrubdown every morning.
- scrumdown — the forming of a scrum in rugby
- scrutator — a person who investigates.
- scrutoire — writing desk (def 1).
- scumboard — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.
- scut work — work that is regarded as tedious and routine or menial
- scutiform — being in the shape of a shield; shield-shaped.
- secondary — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- 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.
- secretory — pertaining to secretion.
- sectorial — of or relating to a sector.
- sectorize — to split or divide into sectors
- securicor — a well-known security company which transports money between shops, banks etc; it is also involved in prison management
- seed corn — ears or kernels of corn set apart as seed.
- semimicro — using or involving measurements on a scale between micro and macro
- sericeous — silky.
- serotypic — of or relating to a serotype
- serricorn — a beetle with serrate antennae
- sharecrop — to cultivate (farmland) as a sharecropper
- sheetrock — a trademark name for plasterboard or drywall, composed of gypsum enclosed by heavy sheets of paper and used for constructing interior walls and ceilings
- shoe rack — shelving unit for storing footwear
- shopcraft — any of various skilled trades involving maintenance or repair work, as metalworking or boilermaking, especially in the railroad industry.
- short con — any simple confidence game involving a relatively small amount of money.
- short cut — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
- short-cut — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
- shortcake — a cake made with a relatively large amount of butter or other shortening.
- show card — an advertising placard or card.
- siderotic — a disease of the lungs caused by inhaling iron or other metallic particles.
- sky cover — the amount of the sky that is covered by clouds, fog, haze, smoke, or the like, usually expressed in tenths of the total sky.
- skyrocket — a rocket firework that ascends into the air and explodes at a height, usually in a brilliant array of sparks of one or more colors.
- slavocrat — (in the US before the Civil War) a slaveholder, or an advocate of slavery
- slickrock — rock or a rock formation that is smooth and slippery.
- slipcover — a cover of cloth or other material for a piece of furniture, as an upholstered chair or sofa, made so as to be easily removable.
- smackeroo — a hard slap or swat: He gave the ball a smackeroo.
- snockered — drunk; intoxicated.
- snow crab — an edible spider crab of the North Pacific, Chionoecetes opilio, commercially important as a frozen seafood product.
- snowcreep — a continuous, slow, downhill movement of snow.
- socceroos — the Australian men's national soccer team
- 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.
- soft rock — a comparatively unaggressive, melodic style of rock-'n'-roll in which the arrangement and lyrics are emphasized more than the beat.
- soft-core — of, relating to, or containing sexually arousing depictions that are not fully explicit: soft-core pornography. Compare hard-core (def 2).
- softcover — paperback edition of a book
- solicitor — a person who solicits.
- sollicker — force; momentum.
- songcraft — the art of songwriting
- sonicator — a device for treatment with ultrasound
- soporific — causing or tending to cause sleep.