9-letter words containing s, c, a, n, t
- scantness — barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate: to do scant justice.
- scazontic — relating to or consisting of scazons
- scenarist — a writer of motion-picture or television scenarios.
- schatchen — shadkhan.
- sciential — having knowledge.
- scintilla — a minute particle; spark; trace: not a scintilla of remorse.
- scotchman — Sometimes Offensive. Scotsman.
- sectarian — of or relating to sectaries or sects.
- sectional — pertaining or limited to a particular section; local or regional: sectional politics.
- securitan — a person believing they are secure
- selectman — (in most New England states) one of a board of town officers chosen to manage certain public affairs.
- semantics — Linguistics. the study of meaning. the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form.
- snatching — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- sociation — an association
- songcraft — the art of songwriting
- sonicator — a device for treatment with ultrasound
- spartanic — (usually lowercase) suggestive of the ancient Spartans; sternly disciplined and rigorously simple, frugal, or austere.
- sportance — pleasurable or playful activities
- stagnance — not flowing or running, as water, air, etc.
- stagnancy — not flowing or running, as water, air, etc.
- stanchest — staunch2 .
- stanchion — an upright bar, beam, post, or support, as in a window, stall, ship, etc.
- stauncher — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- staunchly — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- stenopaic — (of an optic device) having a narrow opening devised to improve eyesight by limiting obscurations
- stepdance — a dance in which the steps are the most important characteristic, specifically a solo dance with intricate, vigorous steps, often performed with the hands kept in the pockets.
- stonechat — any of several small Old World birds, especially of the genus Saxicola, as S. torquata.
- stoneface — living stones.
- stratonic — of or relating to an army
- strychnia — Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline poison, C 2 1 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , obtained chiefly by extraction from the seeds of nux vomica, formerly used as a central nervous system stimulant.
- subaction — an act of subduing
- subcantor — a deputy to a cantor
- subjacent — situated or occurring underneath or below; underlying.
- substance — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
- succinate — a salt or ester of succinic acid.
- succorant — the act of seeking out affectionate care and social support.
- suctorian — a suctorial animal.
- sulcation — having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.
- switchman — a person who has charge of a switch on a railroad.
- sycophant — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- synanthic — relating to synanthy
- syncopate — Music. to place (the accents) on beats that are normally unaccented. to treat (a passage, piece, etc.) in this way.
- syncytial — a multinucleate mass of cytoplasm that is not separated into cells.
- syndactyl — having certain digits joined together.
- syndicate — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- syntactic — of or relating to syntax: syntactic errors in English; the syntactic rules for computer source code.
- tabescent — wasting away; becoming emaciated or consumed.
- tacitness — understood without being openly expressed; implied: tacit approval.
- tackiness — not tasteful or fashionable; dowdy.
- teachings — the act or profession of a person who teaches.