9-letter words containing n, e, c, s
- siphuncle — (in a nautilus) the connecting tube that passes from the end of the body through all of the septa to the innermost chamber.
- sketch in — If you sketch in details about something, you tell them to people.
- sketching — a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, especially a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details.
- 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
- slickener — a tool used for slickening
- snaphance — a type of mechanism similar to a flintlock used to discharge a gun
- snickered — to laugh in a half-suppressed, indecorous or disrespectful manner.
- snickerer — someone who snickers
- snockered — drunk; intoxicated.
- snow cone — a paper cup with shaved or crushed ice over which flavored syrup has been poured.
- snowclone — a verbal formula that is adapted for reuse by changing only a few words so that the allusion to the original phrase remains clear
- snowcreep — a continuous, slow, downhill movement of snow.
- snowscape — landscape covered with snow.
- socked in — to strike or hit hard.
- softbench — An IPSE from Hewlett-Packard.
- sosnowiec — a city in S Poland.
- 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
- specint92 — (benchmark) A benchmark result derived from the results of a set of integer benchmarks from SPEC (geometric mean of the 6 SPEC ratios of CINT92) which can be used to estimate a machine's single-tasking performance on integer code. SPECint92 obsoletes SPECint89. See also SPECbase_int92.
- sphincter — a circular band of voluntary or involuntary muscle that encircles an orifice of the body or one of its hollow organs.
- spinacene — a type of vaccine
- splenetic — of the spleen; splenic.
- spleuchan — a small pouch, especially for carrying tobacco or money.
- sportance — pleasurable or playful activities
- squinched — to contort (the features) or squint.
- 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.
- stegnotic — a medication that is constipating or astringent
- steinbeck — John (Ernst) [urnst] /ɜrnst/ (Show IPA), 1902–68, U.S. novelist: Nobel prize 1962.
- stenchful — malodorous; foul-smelling
- stenopaic — (of an optic device) having a narrow opening devised to improve eyesight by limiting obscurations
- stenopeic — pertaining to or containing a narrow slit or minute opening: a stenopeic device to aid vision after eye surgery.
- 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.
- sternitic — relating to the sternite
- sticheron — a liturgical hymn sung in the Orthodox Church
- stockinet — Also, stockinet. a stretchy, machine-knitted fabric used for making undergarments, infants' wear, etc.
- stonechat — any of several small Old World birds, especially of the genus Saxicola, as S. torquata.
- stonecrop — any plant of the genus Sedum, especially a mosslike herb, S. acre, having small, fleshy leaves and yellow flowers, frequently growing on rocks and walls.
- stoneface — living stones.
- stridency — making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking: strident insects; strident hinges.
- subagency — an organization, company, or bureau that provides some service for another: a welfare agency.
- subcenter — a secondary or subordinate center, as in the location of a business.
- subcentre — a secondary centre