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9-letter words containing s, c, r, a

  • staircase — a flight of stairs with its framework, banisters, etc., or a series of such flights.
  • star carr — an archaeological site in Yorkshire, England, that was the lakeside camp of a Neolithic hunting, fishing, and gathering culture, 9000–7000 b.c.
  • stauncher — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
  • stepchair — a set of steps folding into a chair.
  • stercoral — stercoraceous
  • 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.
  • stock car — a standard model of automobile changed in various ways for racing purposes.
  • stockyard — an enclosure with pens, sheds, etc., connected with a slaughterhouse, railroad, market, etc., for the temporary housing of cattle, sheep, swine, or horses.
  • stomacher — a richly ornamented garment covering the stomach and chest, worn by both sexes in the 15th and 16th centuries, and later worn under a bodice by women.
  • storecard — A storecard is a plastic card that you use to buy goods on credit from a particular store or group of stores.
  • story arc — a continuing storyline in a television series that gradually unfolds over several episodes
  • strategic — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
  • stratonic — of or relating to an army
  • streetcar — a public vehicle running regularly along certain streets, usually on rails, as a trolley car or trolley bus.
  • stroupach — a cup of tea
  • strychnia — Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline poison, C 2 1 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , obtained chiefly by extraction from the seeds of nux vomica, formerly used as a central nervous system stimulant.
  • subarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately south of the Arctic Circle; subpolar.
  • subbranch — a subordinate branch or a branch of a branch, as of a bank, business, or the like.
  • subcantor — a deputy to a cantor
  • subcellar — a cellar below the main cellar.
  • subchaser — submarine chaser.
  • subocular — below or under the eye
  • subsacral — below the sacrum or bone at the back of the pelvis
  • succorant — the act of seeking out affectionate care and social support.
  • succursal — subsidiary, especially noting a religious establishment that is dependent upon a principal one.
  • sucralose — a white, crystalline powder, C 12 H 19 Cl 3 O 8 , produced synthetically from sucrose, about 600 times as sweet as sucrose but having no calories.
  • suctorial — adapted for sucking or suction, as an organ; functioning as a sucker for imbibing or adhering.
  • suctorian — a suctorial animal.
  • sugar act — a law passed by the British Parliament in 1764 raising duties on foreign refined sugar imported by the colonies so as to give British sugar growers in the West Indies a monopoly on the colonial market.
  • sugarcane — a tall grass, Saccharum officinarum, of tropical and warm regions, having a stout, jointed stalk, and constituting the chief source of sugar.
  • sugarcoat — to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
  • sun cream — a chemical, usually in the form of a cream, applied to exposed skin to block out all or almost all of the ultraviolet rays of the sun
  • super pac — a type of PAC that has no limitations on the amount or source of donations, though it cannot contribute directly to a political campaign or party. See also PAC.
  • supercrat — a high-ranking bureaucrat, especially one of cabinet rank.
  • superrace — a race, class, or people considered superior to others.
  • supremacy — the state of being supreme.
  • surcharge — an additional charge, tax, or cost.
  • surf clam — any of several typically large common clams of the family Mactridae, inhabiting the zone of breaking surf in coastal waters.
  • surf-cast — to fish by casting into the surf from or near the shore
  • 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.
  • surrogacy — the state of being a surrogate or surrogate mother.
  • sybaritic — (usually lowercase) pertaining to or characteristic of a sybarite; characterized by or loving luxury or sensuous pleasure: to wallow in sybaritic splendor.
  • sympatric — originating in or occupying the same geographical area.
  • synsacrum — a dorsal ridge of bone in the pelvic region of birds, formed by the fusion of certain thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and caudal vertebrae.
  • tau cross — a T -shaped cross.
  • tesseract — the generalization of a cube to four dimensions.
  • test card — a complex pattern used to test the characteristics of a television transmission system
  • the races — a series of contests of speed between horses (or sometimes greyhounds) over a set course at prearranged times; a race meeting
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