8-letter words containing s, c, a, l
- pucellas — a tool resembling tongs or shears for handling and shaping molten glass.
- rascally — being, characteristic of, or befitting a rascal.
- rustical — of, relating to, or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural.
- saccular — having the form of a sac.
- sacculus — a saccule.
- sacellum — a small chapel, as a monument within a church.
- sackable — offence: justifying loss of job
- sackless — innocent or not deserving of punishment
- sacredly — devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- saeculum — an age in astronomy
- salacity — lustful or lecherous.
- salience — the state or condition of being salient.
- saliency — salience.
- salpicon — a mixture of chopped fish, meat, or vegetables in a sauce, used as fillings for croquettes, pastries, etc
- salt cod — salted and dried cod that is desalted by soaking before use.
- salvific — of or relating to redemptive power.
- santalic — of sandalwood
- saxicole — living on or among rocks
- scabland — rough, barren, volcanic topography with thin soils and little vegetation.
- scaevola — Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA) (or Caius, ) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Mucius [myoo-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈmyu ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA) fl. 6th century b.c., Roman hero.
- scaffold — a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
- scalable — capable of being scaled: the scalable slope of a mountain.
- scalably — capable of being scaled: the scalable slope of a mountain.
- scalawag — a scamp; rascal.
- scalding — to burn or affect painfully with or as if with hot liquid or steam.
- scaldino — an Italian earthen brazier
- scale up — increase in size
- scalenus — any of three muscles on each side of the neck, the action of which raises the first and second ribs in respiration and assists in bending the neck to one side.
- scalepan — scale2 (def 2).
- scaliger — Joseph Justus [juhs-tuh s] /ˈdʒʌs təs/ (Show IPA), 1540–1609, French scholar and critic.
- scallion — any onion that does not form a large bulb; green onion.
- scalping — the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- scalpins — small stones used to improve drainage
- scalprum — a large scalpel
- scambler — an unwelcome visitor who takes advantage of the hospitality of others, esp during mealtimes; sponger; opportunist
- scantily — scant in amount, quantity, etc.; barely sufficient.
- scapular — of or relating to the shoulders or the scapula or scapulae.
- scarcely — barely; hardly; not quite: The light is so dim we can scarcely see.
- 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
- scarless — a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- scenical — of or relating to natural scenery.
- sceptral — of, resembling, or relating to a sceptre
- schawlow — Arthur Leonard, 1921–99, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1981.
- schlager — a type of European popular music focusing on love and feelings
- schmaltz — Informal. exaggerated sentimentalism, as in music or soap operas.
- schnabel — Artur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1882–1951, Austrian pianist.
- sclerema — sclerosis, or hardening, especially of the skin.
- scleroma — a tumorlike hardening of tissue.
- scofflaw — a person who flouts the law, especially one who fails to pay fines owed.
- scolioma — an abnormal curving of the spine