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9-letter words containing s, c, p, i

  • prestwich — a town in NW England, in Bury unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 31 693 (2001)
  • prestwick — international airport in W Scotland.
  • priceless — having a value beyond all price; invaluable: a priceless artwork.
  • priciness — the state of being pricey
  • prickspur — a spur having a single sharp goad or point.
  • primacies — the state of being first in order, rank, importance, etc.
  • priscilla — a female given name: from a Roman family name.
  • prismatic — of, relating to, or like a prism.
  • privacies — the state of being apart from other people or concealed from their view; solitude; seclusion: Please leave the room and give me some privacy.
  • proboscis — the trunk of an elephant.
  • proclisis — the pronunciation of a word as a proclitic
  • procopius — a.d. c490–c562, Greek historian.
  • proctitis — inflammation of the rectum and anus.
  • promuscis — the proboscis of some insects
  • prophasic — relating to the first stage of nuclear division
  • proscribe — to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
  • proscript — a proscription or prohibition
  • prosocial — acting to the benefit of society in general
  • prostatic — Also, prostatic [pro-stat-ik] /prɒˈstæt ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the prostate gland.
  • protistic — of or relating to the kingdom Protista
  • proxemics — Sociology, Psychology. the study of the spatial requirements of humans and animals and the effects of population density on behavior, communication, and social interaction.
  • psoriatic — a common chronic, inflammatory skin disease characterized by scaly patches.
  • psychical — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
  • psychosis — a mental disorder characterized by symptoms, such as delusions or hallucinations, that indicate impaired contact with reality.
  • psychotic — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
  • publicise — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
  • publicist — a person who publicizes, especially a press agent or public-relations consultant.
  • puckishly — in a puckish manner
  • puissance — power, might, or force.
  • pumiceous — Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
  • pushchair — A pushchair is a small chair on wheels, in which a baby or small child can sit and be wheeled around.
  • putschist — a participant in a putsch.
  • quickstep — (formerly) a lively step used in marching.
  • rap music — a style of popular music, developed by disc jockeys and urban blacks in the late 1970s, in which an insistent, recurring beat pattern provides the background and counterpoint for rapid, slangy, and often boastful rhyming patter glibly intoned by a vocalist or vocalists.
  • rapacious — given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
  • reinspect — to inspect or examine again
  • replicase — RNA synthetase.
  • respecify — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
  • rhapsodic — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
  • saporific — producing or imparting flavor or taste.
  • saprozoic — (of animals or plants) feeding on dead organic matter
  • sarcoptic — related to or caused by itch-mites that cause mange in animals
  • scaldship — the office of a scald or an ancient Scandinavian poet or bard
  • scapolite — any of a group of minerals of variable composition, essentially silicates of aluminum, calcium, and sodium, occurring as massive aggregates or tetragonal crystals.
  • scarpines — an instrument for torturing feet
  • sceptical — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
  • schippers — Thomas, 1930–77, U.S. orchestra conductor.
  • schizopod — any crustacean of the former order or division Schizopoda, now divided into the orders Mysidacea, comprising the opossum shrimps, and Euphausiacea, comprising krill.
  • sciophyte — any plant that grows best in the shade
  • sciosophy — supposed knowledge of natural or supernatural phenomena or forces, usually based on tradition, as astrology or phrenology.
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