9-letter words containing s, a, c, k, r
- dish rack — frame for drying dishes
- dockyards — Plural form of dockyard.
- drawbacks — Plural form of drawback.
- ecofreaks — Plural form of ecofreak.
- firebacks — Plural form of fireback.
- gearstick — The lever used to change gear in a vehicle.
- gernsback — Hugo, 1884–1967, U.S. publisher and inventor, born in Belgium: a pioneer in science-fiction publishing.
- gimcracks — Plural form of gimcrack.
- graybacks — Plural form of grayback.
- hackerish — (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a hacker (technically skilled computer enthusiast).
- hardbacks — Plural form of hardback.
- hardhacks — Plural form of hardhack.
- haversack — a single-strapped bag worn over one shoulder and used for carrying supplies.
- heartsick — extremely depressed or unhappy.
- hijackers — Plural form of hijacker.
- horseback — the back of a horse.
- icemakers — Plural form of icemaker.
- jack rose — a cocktail made with apple brandy, lime or lemon juice, and grenadine.
- jackscrew — a jack for lifting, consisting of a screw steadied by a threaded support and carrying a plate or other part bearing the load.
- jackstraw — one of a group of strips of wood or similar objects, as straws or toothpicks, used in the game of jackstraws.
- jockstrap — an elasticized belt, a men's undergarment, with a pouch for supporting and protecting the genitals, worn especially while participating in athletics.
- key scarf — any of various scarf joints in which the overlapping parts are keyed together.
- kickstart — a starter, as of a motorcycle, that operates by a downward kick on a pedal.
- mackerels — Plural form of mackerel.
- mackerras — Sir Charles. 1925–2010, Australian conductor, esp of opera
- marshbuck — an antelope of the central African swamplands, Strepsiceros spekei, with spreading hoofs adapted to boggy ground; an important vector of the tsetse fly
- mavericks — Plural form of maverick.
- muckrakes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of muckrake.
- osnabruck — a city in Lower Saxony, in NW Germany.
- packhorse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
- rainstick — a musical instrument consisting of a tube filled with sand or pebbles, which is inverted to produce a sound
- ransacker — to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.): They ransacked the house for the missing letter.
- rickstand — a platform on which to put or make a rick or haystack
- rock bass — a game fish, Ambloplites rupestris, of the sunfish family, inhabiting freshwater streams of the eastern U.S.
- rock salt — common salt occurring in extensive, irregular beds in rocklike masses.
- rock star — a rock-'n'-roll star or celebrity.
- rock-salt — common salt occurring in extensive, irregular beds in rocklike masses.
- rockshaft — an oscillating shaft.
- sack race — a race in which each contestant jumps ahead while his or her legs are confined in a sack.
- sandcrack — a perpendicular fissure in some part of the wall of an animal's hoof, esp. of a horse, often caused by sandy soil
- sapsucker — any of several American woodpeckers of the genus Sphyrapicus that drill holes in maple, apple, hemlock, etc., drinking the sap and eating the insects that gather there.
- scalework — an ornamentation technique used to depict scales on fish or other creatures
- scarfskin — the outermost layer of the skin; epidermis.
- schickard — a large crater in the SW quadrant of the moon, about 227 kilometres (141 miles) in diameter
- scrapbook — an album in which pictures, newspaper clippings, etc., may be pasted or mounted.
- screaking — screeching or creaking
- scrub oak — any of several oaks, as Quercus ilicifolia and Q. prinoides, characterized by a scrubby manner of growth, usually found in dry, rocky soil.
- sea wrack — seaweed or a growth of seaweed, especially of the larger kinds cast up on the shore.
- shoe rack — shelving unit for storing footwear
- shortcake — a cake made with a relatively large amount of butter or other shortening.