9-letter words containing s, c, r, a
- fricassee — meat, especially chicken or veal, browned lightly, stewed, and served in a sauce made with its own stock.
- fructosan — any of the class of hexosans, as inulin and the like, that yield fructose upon hydrolysis.
- furacious — given to stealing; thievish
- gatecrash — To attend a social event without having been invited, or without having paid.
- gearstick — The lever used to change gear in a vehicle.
- gernsback — Hugo, 1884–1967, U.S. publisher and inventor, born in Belgium: a pioneer in science-fiction publishing.
- ghost car — an unmarked police car
- gimcracks — Plural form of gimcrack.
- graceless — without any sense of right or propriety.
- graybacks — Plural form of grayback.
- grayscale — a scale of achromatic colors having several, usually ten, equal gradations ranging from white to black, used in television and photography.
- greyscale — Alternative spelling of grayscale.
- hackerish — (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a hacker (technically skilled computer enthusiast).
- handcarts — Plural form of handcart.
- hard case — a tough person not swayed by sentiment
- hard cash — actual money as distinguished from checks or credit.
- hard-case — rough and hard-bitten: hard-case juvenile delinquents.
- hardbacks — Plural form of hardback.
- hardhacks — Plural form of hardhack.
- hardscape — the manmade part of the grounds surrounding a building, as paved areas or statues.
- harmonics — Music. overtone (def 1).
- haruspicy — divination by a haruspex.
- harvest c — A C compiler, assembler and linker for the Macintosh by Eric W. Sink. The parts of the system are integrated in a single application, which manages a "project" composed by several C source files and resource files (which contain data). Version 1.3.
- haversack — a single-strapped bag worn over one shoulder and used for carrying supplies.
- headraces — Plural form of headrace.
- headscarf — A square of fabric worn as a covering for the head, often folded into a triangle and knotted under the chin.
- heartsick — extremely depressed or unhappy.
- heptarchs — Plural form of heptarch.
- heraclius — a.d. 575?–641, Byzantine emperor 610–641.
- heucheras — Plural form of heuchera.
- hierarchs — Plural form of hierarch.
- hijackers — Plural form of hijacker.
- hippocras — an old medicinal cordial made of wine mixed with spices.
- horseback — the back of a horse.
- horsecars — Plural form of horsecar.
- horsecart — A cart drawn by a horse.
- horserace — Alternative spelling of horse race.
- housecarl — a member of the household troops or bodyguard of a Danish or early English king or noble.
- huaraches — Plural form of huarache.
- huascaran — a mountain in W Peru, in the Andes. 22,205 feet (6768 meters).
- hydracids — Plural form of hydracid.
- hydrocast — a process in which water is collected at various depths in a device with bottles clamped together, providing data on differing water characteristics.
- icemakers — Plural form of icemaker.
- idiocrasy — idiosyncrasy.
- increased — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- increaser — a person or thing that increases.
- increases — Plural form of increase.
- insectary — a laboratory for the study of live insects, their life histories, effects on plants, reaction to insecticides, etc.
- insurance — the act, system, or business of providing financial protection for property, life, health, etc, against specified contingencies, such as death, loss, or damage, and involving payment of regular premiums in return for a policy guaranteeing such protection
- interacts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interact.