9-letter words containing s, c, a, g
- fagaceous — belonging to the Fagaceae, the beech family of plants.
- flagstick — pin (def 13).
- fugacious — fleeting; transitory: a sensational story with but a fugacious claim on the public's attention.
- gaelicise — adapt to conform to Gaelic spelling and pronunciation
- gaelicism — a word, phrase or idiom peculiar to the Gaelic language
- galactose — a white, crystalline, water-soluble hexose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , obtained in its dextrorotatory form from milk sugar by hydrolysis and in its levorotatory form from mucilages.
- gallicism — a French idiom or expression used in another language, as Je ne sais quoi when used in English.
- gamecocks — Plural form of gamecock.
- gas black — finely powdered carbon produced by burning natural gas. It is used as a pigment in paints, etc
- gascoigne — George, 1525?–77, English poet.
- gasconade — extravagant boasting; boastful talk.
- gasconism — the quality of being boastful; boastfulness
- gatecrash — To attend a social event without having been invited, or without having paid.
- gauchesco — of or relating to gauchos
- gearstick — The lever used to change gear in a vehicle.
- geomatics — The discipline of gathering, storing, processing, and delivering geographic information.
- geostatic — of or relating to pressure exerted by the weight of overlying rock.
- gernsback — Hugo, 1884–1967, U.S. publisher and inventor, born in Belgium: a pioneer in science-fiction publishing.
- ghost car — an unmarked police car
- gimcracks — Plural form of gimcrack.
- givebacks — Plural form of giveback.
- glaciates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glaciate.
- glass can — a short squat beer bottle
- gnostical — pertaining to knowledge.
- gnu emacs — Emacs
- go places — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- graceless — without any sense of right or propriety.
- graybacks — Plural form of grayback.
- grayscale — a scale of achromatic colors having several, usually ten, equal gradations ranging from white to black, used in television and photography.
- greyscale — Alternative spelling of grayscale.
- guidances — the act or function of guiding; leadership; direction.
- gunnysack — a sack made of gunny or burlap.
- gym class — physical education lesson
- gymnastic — of or relating to physical exercises that develop and demonstrate strength, balance, and agility, especially such exercises performed mostly on special equipment.
- gynobasic — an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
- gypsy cab — a taxicab that is licensed only to pick up passengers on call by telephone, but that often illegally seeks passengers on the street.
- hatchings — Plural form of hatching.
- imagistic — (often initial capital letter) a theory or practice of a group of poets in England and America between 1909 and 1917 who believed that poetry should employ the language of common speech, create new rhythms, have complete freedom in subject matter, and present a clear, concentrated, and precise image.
- isagogics — isagogics.
- lacewings — Plural form of lacewing.
- lag screw — type of threaded bolt
- lag-screw — to fasten with a lag screw.
- logicians — Plural form of logician.
- magicians — Plural form of magician.
- magnetics — the science of magnetism.
- mashgiach — mashgiah.
- matchings — Plural form of matching.
- mcglashan — Don(ald). born 1959, New Zealand musician and songwriter in the bands Blam Blam Blam, the Front Lawn, and the Mutton Birds
- megabucks — one million dollars.
- megascope — A modification of the magic lantern, used especially for throwing a magnified image of an opaque object on a screen, solar or artificial light being used.