9-letter words containing s, c, i, u
- spit curl — a tight curl of hair, usually pressed against the forehead or cheek.
- squinancy — a prostrate Eurasian plant, Asperula cynanchica, of the madder family, having smooth, weak stems and sparse white or pink flowers, formerly believed to be a cure for quinsy.
- squinched — to contort (the features) or squint.
- squirarch — a person who believes in government by squires
- st. lucia — one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- sterculia — any of various tropical trees of the genus Sterculia, of which some species are grown as ornamentals and some are the source of commercially valuable wood.
- stick out — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- stitch up — sew a wound
- stricture — a remark or comment, especially an adverse criticism: The reviewer made several strictures upon the author's style.
- sub-chief — the head or leader of an organized body of people; the person highest in authority: the chief of police.
- subaction — an act of subduing
- subapical — located below the apex.
- subarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately south of the Arctic Circle; subpolar.
- subatomic — of or relating to a process that occurs within an atom.
- subcasing — a rough casing for a doorway or window.
- subcavity — a cavity within a larger cavity
- subclimax — the development of an ecological community to a stage short of the expected climax because of some factor, as repeated fires in a forest, that arrests the normal succession.
- subic bay — a bay in the South China Sea, near the Bataan Peninsula in W Luzon, in the Philippines: former U.S. naval base.
- subincise — to perform a subincision
- submicron — (of particles) being less than a micron in overall dimensions.
- suboffice — a branch or local office of a business
- suboscine — of or relating to birds of the suborder Suboscines, of the order Passeriformes, comprising the supposedly more primitive members of the order, with less well developed vocal organs than the oscine birds.
- subscribe — to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment: He subscribed $6,000 for the new church.
- subscript — written below (distinguished from adscript, superscript).
- subsecive — left over or spare
- subsocial — without a definite social structure.
- succinate — a salt or ester of succinic acid.
- succinite — Baltic or 'true' amber, so called because of the succinic acid in the fossil resin: often incorrectly applied to fossilized resin (amber) generally
- succubine — of or relating to a succubus
- suctorial — adapted for sucking or suction, as an organ; functioning as a sucker for imbibing or adhering.
- suctorian — a suctorial animal.
- sudorific — causing sweat; diaphoretic.
- sufficing — to be enough or adequate, as for needs, purposes, etc.
- suiciding — the intentional taking of one's own life.
- sulcalize — to furrow, make a furrow in; predominantly, to make a furrow in (the tongue), make the surface of (the tongue) concave in order to produce certain phonemes
- sulcation — having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.
- sulphatic — sulphuric, of or pertaining to a sulphate
- sulpician — a member of a society of secular priests founded in France in 1642, engaged chiefly in training men to teach in seminaries.
- superchic — highly or very chic
- supercity — a large, heavily populated urban area that includes several cities; megalopolis.
- supercoil — superhelix.
- superrich — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
- supplicat — a petition (to a university) for a degree
- surcingle — a belt or girth that passes around the belly of a horse and over the blanket, pack, saddle, etc., and is buckled on the horse's back.
- surfacing — the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
- surficial — of or relating to a surface, especially the land surface: a surficial geologic deposit.
- suribachi — an extinct volcano on Iwo Jima island: World War II battle 1945.
- suscitate — to excite (a feeling)
- suspicion — act of suspecting.
- sutcliffe — Herbert. 1894–1978, English cricketer, who played for Yorkshire; scorer of 149 centuries and 1000 runs in a season 24 times