9-letter words containing s, c, p, i
- scopeloid — a member of a family of deep-sea fish with luminous spots
- scopoline — a soluble crystalline alkaloid obtained from the decomposition of scopolamine and used as a sedative. Formula: C8H13NO2
- scorpioid — resembling a scorpion.
- scotophil — living and flourishing in darkness.
- scrape in — to succeed in entering with difficulty or by a narrow margin
- scrapings — Scrapings are small amounts or pieces that have been scraped off something.
- scrapping — a fight or quarrel: She got into a scrap with her in-laws.
- scripless — a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- scrippage — the contents of a scrip
- scripters — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- scriptics — (company) John Ousterhout's company that is the home of Tcl development and the TclPro tool suite.
- scripting — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- scriptory — of or relating to writing
- scripture — Often, Scriptures. Also called Holy Scripture, Holy Scriptures. the sacred writings of the Old or New Testaments or both together.
- septicity — pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- serotypic — of or relating to a serotype
- set piece — an arrangement of slow-burning fireworks forming a design or composition when lighted.
- sheeptick — a wingless, bloodsucking, dipterous insect, Melophagus ovinus, that is parasitic on sheep.
- shipwreck — the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
- showpiece — something that is displayed or exhibited.
- sidepiece — a piece forming a side or a part of a side, or fixed by the side, of something.
- simpatico — congenial or like-minded; likable: I find our new neighbor simpatico in every respect.
- simscript — A free-form, English-like general-purpose simulation language produced by Harry Markowitz et al of Rand Corp in 1963. It was implemented as a Fortran preprocessor on IBM 7090 and was designed for large discrete simulations. It influenced Simula. Later versions included SIMSCRIPT I.5 and SIMSCRIPT II.5.
- siphuncle — (in a nautilus) the connecting tube that passes from the end of the body through all of the septa to the innermost chamber.
- sippy cup — a spill-resistant drinking cup for toddlers, having a tight lid with a spout.
- skeptical — doubtful about a particular thing: My teacher thinks I can get a scholarship, but I'm skeptical.
- skiascope — retinoscope.
- skiascopy — retinoscope.
- slapstick — broad comedy characterized by boisterous action, as the throwing of pies in actors' faces, mugging, and obvious farcical situations and jokes.
- slipcased — having a slipcase
- slipcover — a cover of cloth or other material for a piece of furniture, as an upholstered chair or sofa, made so as to be easily removable.
- slipstick — slide rule.
- slo pitch — slow pitch
- slo-pitch — a type of softball with ten players per side and in which each pitch must travel in an arc from three to ten feet high.
- sociopath — a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
- sophistic — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
- soporific — causing or tending to cause sleep.
- spaceship — spacecraft.
- spacesuit — a sealed and pressurized suit designed to allow the wearer to leave a pressurized cabin in outer space or at extremely high altitudes within the atmosphere.
- spacially — spatial.
- spaciness — the state of being spacey
- spanaemic — relating to a lack of red corpuscles in blood
- spartanic — (usually lowercase) suggestive of the ancient Spartans; sternly disciplined and rigorously simple, frugal, or austere.
- sparticle — a hypothetical elementary particle thought to have been produced in the Big Bang
- spasmatic — given to spasms
- spasmodic — pertaining to or of the nature of a spasm; characterized by spasms.
- special k — an animal anaesthetic, ketamine hydrochloride, sold illegally as a hallucinogenic drug
- specially — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- specialty — a special or distinctive quality, mark, state, or condition.
- species's — a class of individuals having some common characteristics or qualities; distinct sort or kind.