9-letter words containing s, c, h, n
- schnauzer — one of a German breed of sturdy medium-sized dogs having a tight, wiry, pepper-and-salt or pure black coat, bristly eyebrows and beardlike whiskers, and a docked tail, used originally as a ratter and a guard dog and later used in police work.
- schnecken — a sweet spiral-shaped bread roll flavoured with cinnamon and nuts
- schneider — to prevent (an opponent) from scoring a point in a game or match.
- schnittke — Alfred, 1934–1998, Russian composer.
- schnitzel — a cutlet, especially of veal.
- schnorkel — (formerly) snorkel (def 1).
- schnorkle — (formerly) snorkel (def 1).
- schnorrer — a person who habitually borrows or lives at the expense of others with no intention of repaying; sponger; moocher; beggar.
- schnozzle — a nose, especially one of unusually large size.
- schonbein — Christian Friedrich [kris-tee-ahn free-drikh] /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1799–1868, Swiss chemist.
- schonberg — Arnold [ahr-nuh ld;; German ahr-nuh lt] /ˈɑr nəld;; German ˈɑr nəlt/ (Show IPA), 1874–1951, Austrian composer in the U.S.
- schooling — a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.
- schoolman — a person versed in scholastic learning or engaged in scholastic pursuits.
- schreiner — Olive ("Ralph Iron") c1862–1920, English author and feminist.
- schwinger — Julian Seymour, 1918–94, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1965.
- sconcheon — the reveal of a window or doorway from the frame to the inner face of the wall.
- scorching — burning; very hot.
- scotching — scutch (defs 2, 4).
- scotchman — Sometimes Offensive. Scotsman.
- scrunched — to crunch, crush, or crumple.
- scrunchie — an elastic band covered with gathered fabric, used to fasten the hair, as in a ponytail.
- scuncheon — sconcheon.
- scutcheon — escutcheon.
- seannachy — Highland genealogist, chronicler, or bard
- searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- selachian — belonging to the Selachii, a group of fishes comprising the sharks, skates, and rays.
- seneschal — an officer having full charge of domestic arrangements, ceremonies, the administration of justice, etc., in the household of a medieval prince or dignitary; steward.
- sennachie — a professional storyteller of family genealogy, history, and legend.
- shanachie — a professional storyteller of family genealogy, history, and legend.
- shechinah — Shekhinah.
- short con — any simple confidence game involving a relatively small amount of money.
- showmance — a romance between two stars that only lasts for the run of the show
- siphuncle — (in a nautilus) the connecting tube that passes from the end of the body through all of the septa to the innermost chamber.
- sketch in — If you sketch in details about something, you tell them to people.
- sketching — a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, especially a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details.
- smooching — smutch.
- snaphance — a type of mechanism similar to a flintlock used to discharge a gun
- snatching — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- softbench — An IPSE from Hewlett-Packard.
- solonchak — a type of intrazonal soil of arid regions with a greyish surface crust: contains large quantities of soluble salts
- sphincter — a circular band of voluntary or involuntary muscle that encircles an orifice of the body or one of its hollow organs.
- spleuchan — a small pouch, especially for carrying tobacco or money.
- squinched — to contort (the features) or squint.
- 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.
- stenchful — malodorous; foul-smelling
- sticheron — a liturgical hymn sung in the Orthodox Church
- stitching — one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.