8-letter words containing s, a, c, i
- scampish — an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
- scandian — of or relating to Scandia.
- scandisk — (operating system, storage) An MS-DOS command to check for faults on a disk and provide a graphical representation the results. Scandisk was introduced with MS-DOS version 6 to replace CHKDSK.
- scandium — a rare, trivalent, metallic element obtained from thortveitite. Symbol: Sc; atomic weight: 44.956; atomic number: 21; specific gravity: 3.0.
- scanning — the act of examining with a scanner
- scansion — the metrical analysis of verse. The usual marks for scansion are ˘ for a short or unaccented syllable, ¯ or · for a long or accented syllable, ^ for a rest, | for a foot division, and ‖ for a caesura or pause.
- scanties — women's underwear
- scantily — scant in amount, quantity, etc.; barely sufficient.
- scantity — the quality of being scant or scarce
- scaphoid — boat-shaped; navicular.
- scarcity — insufficiency or shortness of supply; dearth.
- scarfing — a long, broad strip of wool, silk, lace, or other material worn about the neck, shoulders, or head, for ornament or protection against cold, drafts, etc.; muffler.
- scarfish — a fish in the family Scaridae
- scarfpin — tiepin.
- scargill — Arthur. born 1938, British trades union leader; president of the National Union of Mineworkers (1982–2002). He led the miners in a long and bitter strike (1984–85), but failed to prevent pit closures
- scariest — causing fright or alarm.
- scarious — thin, dry, and membranous, as certain bracts; chaffy.
- scarring — a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- scathing — bitterly severe, as a remark: a scathing review of the play.
- scatting — to sing by making full or partial use of the technique of scat singing.
- scawtite — a hydrated carbonate and silicate of calcium, Ca7Si6(CO3)O18·2H2O
- scenario — an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- scenical — of or relating to natural scenery.
- schiedam — a city in SW Netherlands.
- schryari — a musical woodwind instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries having a double reed concealed in a cylinder and producing a shrill tone.
- sciaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of carnivorous fishes that produce a loud sound by snapping the muscles attached to their air bladder, comprising the croakers and drums.
- sciatica — pain and tenderness at some points of the sciatic nerve, usually caused by a prolapsed intervertebral disk; sciatic neuralgia.
- scimitar — a curved, single-edged sword of Asian, especially Eastern origin.
- scituate — a town in E Massachusetts.
- scolioma — an abnormal curving of the spine
- scotopia — vision in dim light (opposed to photopia).
- scraping — an act or instance of scraping.
- scriabin — Aleksandr Nikolaevich [al-ig-zan-der nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1872–1915, Russian composer and pianist.
- scythian — pertaining to Scythia, its people, or their language.
- seapiece — seascape (def 1).
- sedecias — Zedekiah.
- seleucia — an ancient city in Iraq, on the Tigris River: capital of the Seleucid empire.
- selictar — the sword-bearer of a chieftain
- semantic — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- semiarch — a half arch.
- semicoma — a light coma from which a person can be roused.
- semuncia — a bronze coin produced during the period of the Roman Republic, weighing half an ounce, and equivalent in value to a twenty-fourth of an as at the time
- septical — septic
- seraphic — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- sericate — sericeous; silky.
- shamanic — (especially among certain tribal peoples) a person who acts as intermediary between the natural and supernatural worlds, using magic to cure illness, foretell the future, control spiritual forces, etc.
- shechina — the radiance in which God's immanent presence in the midst of his people, esp in the Temple, is visibly manifested
- shechita — the Jewish method of killing animals for food
- shit-can — to dismiss from a job or position.
- sicanian — Sicilian.