9-letter words containing n, o, s, t, c
- stegnotic — a medication that is constipating or astringent
- 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.
- sticheron — a liturgical hymn sung in the Orthodox Church
- stockhorn — pibgorn.
- 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.
- stratonic — of or relating to an army
- striction — the act of constricting.
- subaction — an act of subduing
- subcantor — a deputy to a cantor
- subcounty — a division of a county
- succentor — a precentor's deputy.
- succorant — the act of seeking out affectionate care and social support.
- suctorian — a suctorial animal.
- sulcation — having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.
- sunk cost — A sunk cost is an expense that you have already paid for or committed to and which you cannot change.
- sweetcorn — Sweetcorn is a long rounded vegetable covered in small yellow seeds. It is part of the maize plant. The seeds themselves can also be referred to as sweetcorn.
- switch on — the act or process of switching on an ignition, light, appliance, etc.
- switch-on — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- sycophant — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- syncopate — Music. to place (the accents) on beats that are normally unaccented. to treat (a passage, piece, etc.) in this way.
- synovitic — inflammation of a synovial membrane.
- tectonics — the science or art of assembling, shaping, or ornamenting materials in construction; the constructive arts in general.
- tectonism — diastrophism (def 1).
- tenacious — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
- tiny clos — A core part of Common Lisp Object System (CLOS) ported to Scheme and rebuilt using a MOP (Metaobject Protocol). This should be interesting to those who want to use MOPs without using a full Common Lisp or Dylan. The first release works with MIT Scheme 11.74.
- tocantins — a river in E Brazil, flowing N to the Pará River. 1700 miles (2735 km) long.
- toscanini — Arturo [ahr-too r-oh;; Italian ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtʊər oʊ;; Italian ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1867–1957, Italian orchestra conductor, in the U.S. after 1928.
- townscape — a scene or view, either pictorial or natural, of a town or city.
- transcode — (language) An early system on the Ferut computer.
- transonic — close to the speed of propagation of sound; moving at 700–780 miles per hour (1127–1255 km/h) at sea level.
- triclosan — a drug used to treat skin infections
- two cents — something of insignificant value; a paltry amount: We wouldn't give two cents for their chances of success.
- unit cost — the cost of a specified unit of a product or service.
- unstocked — not having stock or stores
- vasotocin — a chemical similar to oxytocin found in birds, fish, and some amphibians
- vasotonic — pertaining to or regulating the tone of the blood vessels.
- viscounty — viscountcy.
- volcanist — a person who studies volcanoes
- wainscots — Plural form of wainscot.
- xenocryst — a rock or crystal engulfed by magma and retained as an inclusion in the resulting igneous rock.