9-letter words containing p, r, e, c, s
- scrape in — to succeed in entering with difficulty or by a narrow margin
- scrape up — to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
- scrapegut — a fiddle player
- scrapheap — a pile of old, discarded material, as metal.
- scrappage — the act or process of scrapping
- screw cap — a cap designed to screw onto the threaded mouth of a bottle, jar, or the like.
- screw top — (of a container) having a top that screws on.
- screw-top — (of a container) having a top that screws on.
- scripless — a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- scrippage — the contents of a scrip
- scripters — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- scripture — Often, Scriptures. Also called Holy Scripture, Holy Scriptures. the sacred writings of the Old or New Testaments or both together.
- sculpture — the art of carving, modeling, welding, or otherwise producing figurative or abstract works of art in three dimensions, as in relief, intaglio, or in the round.
- scuppered — Military. to overwhelm; surprise and destroy, disable, or massacre.
- sea perch — surfperch.
- sepulcher — a tomb, grave, or burial place.
- sepulchre — to place in a sepulcher; bury.
- serotypic — of or relating to a serotype
- sharecrop — to cultivate (farmland) as a sharecropper
- shipwreck — the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
- slipcover — a cover of cloth or other material for a piece of furniture, as an upholstered chair or sofa, made so as to be easily removable.
- snowcreep — a continuous, slow, downhill movement of snow.
- space bar — a horizontal bar on a typewriter keyboard that is depressed in order to resume typing one space to the right.
- space-bar — a horizontal bar on a typewriter keyboard that is depressed in order to resume typing one space to the right.
- spaceport — a site at which spacecraft are tested, launched, sheltered, maintained, etc.
- spaceward — going into space
- spar deck — the upper deck of a vessel, extending from stem to stern.
- sparticle — a hypothetical elementary particle thought to have been produced in the Big Bang
- spec rate — (benchmark) Results of the throughput measurement using SPEC benchmark suites CINT92 and CFP92. With the throughput measurement method, several copies of a given benchmark are executed. The method is particularly suitable for multiprocessor systems. The results, called SPEC rate, express how many jobs of a particular type (characterised by the individual benchmark) can be executed in a given time (The SPEC reference time happens to be a week, the execution times are normalized with respect to a VAX 11/780). The SPEC rates therefore characterise the capacity of a system for compute-intensive jobs of similar characteristics. See also SPEC ratio.
- specifier — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- spectator — a weekly periodical (1711–12, 1714) issued by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.
- spermatic — of, relating to, or resembling sperm; seminal; generative.
- spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- sphincter — a circular band of voluntary or involuntary muscle that encircles an orifice of the body or one of its hollow organs.
- sporicide — a substance or preparation for killing spores.
- sporocyte — a diploid cell in certain spore-bearing plants, as liverworts, that produces four haploid spores through meiosis; a spore mother cell.
- sportance — pleasurable or playful activities
- spruce up — trim in dress or appearance; neat; smart; dapper.
- spruce-up — an act of cleaning up, refurbishing, renovating, or the like.
- stepchair — a set of steps folding into a chair.
- 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.
- super pac — a type of PAC that has no limitations on the amount or source of donations, though it cannot contribute directly to a political campaign or party. See also PAC.
- supercede — supersede.
- supercell — a highly organized thunderstorm that can last for several hours, capable of producing both updrafts and downdrafts exceeding 100 miles per hour, large hailstones, tornadoes, and flash flooding (often used attributively): a supercell in Kansas City; supercell storms.
- superchic — highly or very chic
- supercity — a large, heavily populated urban area that includes several cities; megalopolis.
- superclub — a large or important club or society
- supercoil — superhelix.
- supercold — extremely cold
- supercool — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.