9-letter words containing i, a, t, r, c, s
- patristic — of or relating to the fathers of the Christian church or their writings.
- peirastic — involving an experiment; experimental
- piscatory — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- piscatrix — a female angler; a fisherwoman
- practised — skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
- practiser — someone who practises something, esp a trade or skill; practitioner
- practises — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- prismatic — of, relating to, or like a prism.
- prostatic — Also, prostatic [pro-stat-ik] /prɒˈstæt ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the prostate gland.
- psoriatic — a common chronic, inflammatory skin disease characterized by scaly patches.
- racialist — racism.
- radiocast — a radiobroadcast.
- rainstick — a musical instrument consisting of a tube filled with sand or pebbles, which is inverted to produce a sound
- rascality — rascally or knavish character or conduct.
- realistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- reichsrat — German History. the upper house of the parliament during the period of the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic.
- reichstag — the lower house of the parliament during the period of the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic.
- rhotacism — Historical Linguistics. a change of a speech sound, especially (s), to (r), as in the change from Old Latin lases to Latin lares.
- rickstand — a platform on which to put or make a rick or haystack
- rusticana — objects, such as agricultural implements, garden furniture, etc, relating to the countryside or made in imitation of rustic styles
- rusticate — to go to the country.
- sacrality — sacredness
- sacristan — Also called sacrist [sak-rist, sey-krist] /ˈsæk rɪst, ˈseɪ krɪst/ (Show IPA). an official in charge of the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., of a church or a religious house.
- saluretic — of or relating to a substance that promotes renal excretion of sodium and chloride ions.
- sarcastic — of, relating to, or characterized by sarcasm: a sarcastic reply.
- sarcoptic — related to or caused by itch-mites that cause mange in animals
- satirical — of, pertaining to, containing, or characterized by satire: satirical novels.
- satyrical — Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- satyricon — a satirical novel, interspersed with verse, written in the 1st century a.d. by Petronius, extant in fragments.
- scarlatti — Alessandro [ah-luh-sahn-droh;; Italian ah-les-sahn-draw] /ˌɑ ləˈsɑn droʊ;; Italian ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), 1659–1725, Italian composer.
- scenarist — a writer of motion-picture or television scenarios.
- scratchie — a scratchcard
- sectarial — distinguishing or differentiating a sect
- sectarian — of or relating to sectaries or sects.
- sectorial — of or relating to a sector.
- securitan — a person believing they are secure
- sidetrack — any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
- sonicator — a device for treatment with ultrasound
- spartanic — (usually lowercase) suggestive of the ancient Spartans; sternly disciplined and rigorously simple, frugal, or austere.
- sparticle — a hypothetical elementary particle thought to have been produced in the Big Bang
- spermatic — of, relating to, or resembling sperm; seminal; generative.
- st. clair — Arthur, 1736–1818, American Revolutionary War general, born in Scotland: 1st governor of the Northwest Territory, 1787–1802.
- 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.
- strategic — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- stratonic — of or relating to an army
- strychnia — Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline poison, C 2 1 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , obtained chiefly by extraction from the seeds of nux vomica, formerly used as a central nervous system stimulant.
- subarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately south of the Arctic Circle; subpolar.
- suctorial — adapted for sucking or suction, as an organ; functioning as a sucker for imbibing or adhering.