9-letter words containing n, a, s, c, e
- semblance — outward aspect or appearance.
- semuncial — of or pertaining to a semuncia or to half an ounce
- seneschal — an officer having full charge of domestic arrangements, ceremonies, the administration of justice, etc., in the household of a medieval prince or dignitary; steward.
- sennachie — a professional storyteller of family genealogy, history, and legend.
- sergeancy — the position or rank of a sergeant
- severance — the act of severing or the state of being severed.
- shanachie — a professional storyteller of family genealogy, history, and legend.
- shechinah — Shekhinah.
- showmance — a romance between two stars that only lasts for the run of the show
- sibilance — hissing.
- sickleman — a person reaping with a sickle
- skin care — the cleansing, massaging, moisturizing, etc., of the skin, especially the face or hands.
- slackener — a person who, or something which, slackens
- slackness — not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope.
- slamdance — to hurl oneself repeatedly into or through a crowd at a rock concert
- snaphance — a type of mechanism similar to a flintlock used to discharge a gun
- snowscape — landscape covered with snow.
- sovenance — memory
- space man — space writer.
- spaceband — a device on a linecaster for evening up the spaces between words
- spaciness — the state of being spacey
- spanaemic — relating to a lack of red corpuscles in blood
- spinacene — a type of vaccine
- spleuchan — a small pouch, especially for carrying tobacco or money.
- sportance — pleasurable or playful activities
- stagnance — not flowing or running, as water, air, etc.
- stanchest — staunch2 .
- stauncher — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- stenopaic — (of an optic device) having a narrow opening devised to improve eyesight by limiting obscurations
- stepdance — a dance in which the steps are the most important characteristic, specifically a solo dance with intricate, vigorous steps, often performed with the hands kept in the pockets.
- stonechat — any of several small Old World birds, especially of the genus Saxicola, as S. torquata.
- stoneface — living stones.
- subagency — an organization, company, or bureau that provides some service for another: a welfare agency.
- subdeacon — a member of the clerical order next below that of deacon.
- subjacent — situated or occurring underneath or below; underlying.
- substance — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
- succinate — a salt or ester of succinic acid.
- sugarcane — a tall grass, Saccharum officinarum, of tropical and warm regions, having a stout, jointed stalk, and constituting the chief source of sugar.
- sun cream — a chemical, usually in the form of a cream, applied to exposed skin to block out all or almost all of the ultraviolet rays of the sun
- sun dance — a religious ceremony associated with the sun, practiced by North American Indians of the Plains, consisting of dancing attended with various symbolic rites and commonly including self-torture.
- swan neck — a shallow S-curve used in decorative work.
- syncopate — Music. to place (the accents) on beats that are normally unaccented. to treat (a passage, piece, etc.) in this way.
- syndicate — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- tabescent — wasting away; becoming emaciated or consumed.
- tacitness — understood without being openly expressed; implied: tacit approval.
- tackiness — not tasteful or fashionable; dowdy.
- teachings — the act or profession of a person who teaches.
- tenacious — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
- testacean — having a shell or test.
- townscape — a scene or view, either pictorial or natural, of a town or city.