9-letter words containing s, c, a, l, r
- heraclius — a.d. 575?–641, Byzantine emperor 610–641.
- housecarl — a member of the household troops or bodyguard of a Danish or early English king or noble.
- irascible — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- irascibly — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- ironclads — Plural form of ironclad.
- la crosse — a city in W Wisconsin, on the Mississippi River.
- lacerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lacerate.
- lacertids — Plural form of lacertid.
- lacrimoso — sad or mournful
- lag screw — type of threaded bolt
- lag-screw — to fasten with a lag screw.
- lambrusco — a semisweet, lightly effervescent red wine from Italy.
- lancaster — the English royal family that reigned 1399–1461, descended from John of Gaunt (Duke of Lancaster), and that included Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI. Compare York (def 1).
- larcenist — a person who commits larceny.
- larcenous — of, resembling, or characteristic of larceny.
- laserdisc — A disk resembling a larger CD but able to store video, now generally replaced by the DVD.
- launchers — Plural form of launcher.
- leadscrew — A screw designed to translate turning motion into linear motion.
- leaf scar — the mark left on a stem or twig after a leaf falls.
- lincrusta — a wallpaper having a hard embossed surface
- lowercase — (of an alphabetical letter) of a particular form often different from and smaller than its corresponding capital letter, and occurring after the initial letter of a proper name, of the first word in a sentence, etc. Examples: a, b, q, r.
- lustrical — Pertaining to, or used for, purification.
- mackerels — Plural form of mackerel.
- marcellus — (ʿAlī ibn-abu-Talib"the Lion of God") a.d. c600–661, Arab caliph (cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad).
- mcalester — a city in E Oklahoma.
- mescalero — a member of a group of Apache Indians who originally inhabited northern Mexico and the southwestern U.S. east of the Rio Grande, have intermarried with the Chiricahua and Lipan, and are presently situated in New Mexico.
- millraces — (archaic) Plural form of millrace.
- ocularist — a person who makes artificial eyes
- oligarchs — Plural form of oligarch.
- oraculous — resembling an oracle
- overclass — a social stratum consisting of educated and wealthy people considered to control the economic power of a country.
- overscale — larger or more extensive than normal or usual; outsize; oversize.
- patroclus — Classical Mythology. a friend of Achilles, who was slain by Hector at Troy.
- pectorals — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
- periclase — a cubic mineral, native magnesia, MgO, occurring usually in metamorphosed dolomite.
- priscilla — a female given name: from a Roman family name.
- procellas — pucellas.
- prosocial — acting to the benefit of society in general
- pyroclast — a piece of lava ejected from a volcano
- racialise — to impose a racial interpretation on; place in a racial context.
- racialism — racism.
- racialist — racism.
- ranchless — having no ranch or ranches
- rascaldom — the domain of rascals, a group of rascals
- rascalism — the traits or character of a rascal
- rascality — rascally or knavish character or conduct.
- raucously — harsh; strident; grating: raucous voices; raucous laughter.
- reachless — unreachable or unattainable
- realistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- recalesce — to undergo recalescence