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9-letter words containing e, p, i, c, l, s

  • pleoptics — the practice of treating the vision defect amblyopia.
  • polynices — a son of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Eteocles and Antigone on whose behalf the Seven against Thebes were organized.
  • polysemic — capable of having several possible meanings
  • precisely — definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions.
  • priceless — having a value beyond all price; invaluable: a priceless artwork.
  • publicise — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
  • replicase — RNA synthetase.
  • 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.
  • scopeloid — a member of a family of deep-sea fish with luminous spots
  • scopoline — a soluble crystalline alkaloid obtained from the decomposition of scopolamine and used as a sedative. Formula: C8H13NO2
  • scripless — a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
  • siphuncle — (in a nautilus) the connecting tube that passes from the end of the body through all of the septa to the innermost chamber.
  • skeptical — doubtful about a particular thing: My teacher thinks I can get a scholarship, but I'm skeptical.
  • slipcased — having a slipcase
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • spiceless — having no spice
  • spicilege — an anthology or gleaning
  • spiculate — having the form of a spicule.
  • splenetic — of the spleen; splenic.
  • stepchild — a child of one's spouse by a previous marriage.
  • stockpile — a supply of material, as a pile of gravel in road maintenance.
  • supercoil — superhelix.
  • sylleptic — the use of a word or expression to perform two syntactic functions, especially to modify two or more words of which at least one does not agree in number, case, or gender, as the use of are in Neither he nor we are willing.
  • tie clasp — an ornamental metal clasp for securing the two ends of a necktie to a shirt front.
  • uncleship — the position or status of an uncle; the condition of being an uncle
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