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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.
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