9-letter words containing r, o, t, s, c
- spaceport — a site at which spacecraft are tested, launched, sheltered, maintained, etc.
- spectator — a weekly periodical (1711–12, 1714) issued by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.
- sporocyst — a walled body resulting from the multiple division of a sporozoan, which produces one or more sporozoites.
- sporocyte — a diploid cell in certain spore-bearing plants, as liverworts, that produces four haploid spores through meiosis; a spore mother cell.
- sport car — a small, high-powered automobile with long, low lines, usually seating two persons.
- sportance — pleasurable or playful activities
- spot card — spot (def 10b).
- st. croix — Also called Santa Cruz. a U.S. island in the N Lesser Antilles: the largest of the Virgin Islands. 82 sq. mi. (212 sq. km).
- stackroom — an area in a library where books are not on open shelves
- stercoral — stercoraceous
- sticheron — a liturgical hymn sung in the Orthodox Church
- stickwork — a player's degree of competence or proficiency as a baseball batter, hockey or lacrosse player, etc.: Frequent practice improved his stickwork.
- stock car — a standard model of automobile changed in various ways for racing purposes.
- stockhorn — pibgorn.
- stockport — borough of Greater Manchester, in NW England.
- stockroom — a room in which a stock of materials or goods is kept for use or sale.
- stockwork — a method of working in a mine where the ore is found in clusters rather than in veins
- stockyard — an enclosure with pens, sheds, etc., connected with a slaughterhouse, railroad, market, etc., for the temporary housing of cattle, sheep, swine, or horses.
- stomacher — a richly ornamented garment covering the stomach and chest, worn by both sexes in the 15th and 16th centuries, and later worn under a bodice by women.
- 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.
- storecard — A storecard is a plastic card that you use to buy goods on credit from a particular store or group of stores.
- story arc — a continuing storyline in a television series that gradually unfolds over several episodes
- stratonic — of or relating to an army
- striction — the act of constricting.
- stroupach — a cup of tea
- subcantor — a deputy to a cantor
- subcortex — Anatomy, Zoology. the outer region of an organ or structure, as the outer portion of the kidney. the cerebral cortex.
- subsector — Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- succentor — a precentor's deputy.
- succorant — the act of seeking out affectionate care and social support.
- suctorial — adapted for sucking or suction, as an organ; functioning as a sucker for imbibing or adhering.
- suctorian — a suctorial animal.
- sugarcoat — to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
- susceptor — a piece of metallic film on a package of microwaveable food that helps cook and brown the food by producing and concentrating energy on the food's outer surface.
- 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.
- tau cross — a T -shaped cross.
- testcross — a genetic test for heterozygosity in which an organism of dominant phenotype, but unknown genotype, is crossed to an organism recessive for all markers in question.
- the cross — the cross on which Jesus was put to death
- the score — the actual situation; the true facts
- theocrasy — a mixture of religious forms and deities by worshipers.
- toreutics — the art or technique of decorating metal or other material, especially by embossing or chasing.
- touristic — of, relating to, or typical of tourists or tourism: She embarked on her itinerary with high touristic fervor.
- tovarisch — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
- 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.
- trichosis — any disease of the hair.
- tricksome — tricksy (def 1).
- triclosan — a drug used to treat skin infections
- tricresol — a mixture of the three isomeric cresols.
- triecious — of or relating to a species having male, female, and hermaphrodite flowers on different plants.