6-letter words containing i, c, s
- schizo — a schizophrenic or schizoid person.
- schizy — schizoid or schizophrenic.
- schuit — a Dutch boat with a flat bottom
- sci-fi — of or relating to science fiction: a writer of sci-fi books.
- scient — an old word meaning scientific
- scilla — modern name of Scylla.
- scioto — a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- scipio — Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major [puhb-lee-uh s kawr-neel-yuh s,, af-ri-key-nuh s,, -kan-uh s,, -kahn-] /ˈpʌb li əs kɔrˈnil yəs,, ˌæf rɪˈkeɪ nəs,, -ˈkæn əs,, -ˈkɑn-/ (Show IPA), ("Scipio the Elder") 237–183 b.c, Roman general who defeated Hannibal.
- scivvy — Also called skivvy shirt. a man's cotton T-shirt.
- scliff — a small piece
- scoria — Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- scotia — Scotland.
- scotti — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
- scribe — Augustin Eugène [oh-gys-tan œ-zhen] /oʊ güsˈtɛ̃ œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), 1791–1861, French dramatist.
- scrike — to shriek
- scrimp — to be sparing or frugal; economize (often followed by on): They scrimped and saved for everything they have. He spends most of his money on clothes, and scrimps on food.
- scrine — a shrine or a bookcase
- script — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- scsi-1 — (hardware) The original SCSI, as opposed to SCSI-2 or SCSI-3.
- scsi-2 — (hardware) A version of the SCSI command specification. SCSI-2 shares the original SCSI's asynchronous and synchronous modes and adds a "Fast SCSI" mode (<10MB/s) and "Wide SCSI" (16 bit, <20MB/s or rarely 32 bit). Another major enhancement was the definition of command sets for different device classes. SCSI-1 was rather minimalistic in this respect which led to various incompatibilities especially for devices other than hard-disks. SCSI-2 addresses that problem. allowing scanners, hard disk drives, CD-ROM drives, tapes and many other devices to be connected. Normal SCSI-2 equipment (not wide or differential) can be connected to a SCSI-1 bus and vice versa.
- scsi-3 — (hardware) An ongoing standardisation effort to extend the capabilities of SCSI-2. SCSI-3's goals are more devices on a bus (up to 32); faster data transfer; greater distances between devices (longer cables); more device classes and command sets; structured documentation; and a structured protocol model. In SCSI-2, data transmission is parallel (8, 16 or 32 bit wide). This gets increasingly difficult with higher data rates and longer cables because of varying signal delays on different wires. Furthermore, wiring cost and drive power increases with wider data words and higher speed. This has triggered the move to serial interfacing in SCSI-3. By embedding clock information into a serial data stream signal delay problems are eliminated. Driving a single signal also consumes less driving power and reduces connector cost and size. To allow for backward compatibility and for added flexibility SCSI-3 allows the use of several different transport mechanisms, some serial and some parallel. The software protocol and command set is the same for each transport. This leads to a layered protocol definition similar to definitions found in networking. SCSI-3 is therefore in fact the sum of a number of separate standards which are defined by separate groups. These standards and groups are currently: In the meantime a group of manufacturers have proposed an extension of SCSI-2 called Ultra-SCSI which doubles the transfer speed of Fast-SCSI to give 20MByte/s on an 8 bit connection and 40MByte/s on a 16-bit connection.
- secchi — Pietro Angelo [pye-traw ahn-je-law] /ˈpyɛ trɔ ˈɑn dʒɛ lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1818–78, Italian Jesuit and astronomer.
- seiche — an occasional and sudden oscillation of the water of a lake, bay, estuary, etc., producing fluctuations in the water level and caused by wind, earthquakes, changes in barometric pressure, etc.
- septic — pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- sextic — of the sixth degree.
- shicer — Slang. a swindler.
- shtchi — Russian cabbage soup
- shtick — (especially in comic acting) a routine or piece of business inserted to gain a laugh or draw attention to oneself.
- sialic — the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- siccan — such
- siccar — sure; certain
- sicced — sic1 .
- sicily — an island in the Mediterranean, constituting a region of Italy, and separated from the SW tip of the mainland by the Strait of Messina: largest island in the Mediterranean. 9924 sq. mi. (25,705 sq. km). Capital: Palermo.
- sicked — sic1 .
- sicken — disgust
- sicker — afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
- sickie — Also, sicko. a person who is deranged or perverted.
- sickle — an implement for cutting grain, grass, etc., consisting of a curved, hooklike blade mounted in a short handle.
- sickly — not strong; unhealthy; ailing.
- sicyon — an ancient city in S Greece, near Corinth.
- siècle — century, period, or era
- signac — Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1863–1935, French painter.
- silic- — silico-
- silica — the dioxide form of silicon, SiO 2 , occurring especially as quartz sand, flint, and agate: used usually in the form of its prepared white powder chiefly in the manufacture of glass, water glass, ceramics, and abrasives.
- simcoe — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- simpac — Early simulation language with fixed time steps. "Simpac User's Manual", R.P. Bennett et al, TM-602/000/000, Sys Devel Corp, Apr 1962.
- sirach — Son of, Jesus (def 2).
- sirica — John J(oseph) 1904–1992, U.S. jurist: chief judge, district court for District of Columbia 1971–74; tried Watergate cases 1973–74.
- sitcom — situation comedy.
- skiech — (of horses) spirited; inclined to shy.