9-letter words containing s, c, r, i, m
- criminals — Plural form of criminal.
- criminous — criminal
- crimsoned — Simple past tense and past participle of crimson.
- criticism — the analysis or evaluation of a work of art, literature, etc
- crocosmia — any plant of the cormous S. African genus Crocosmia, including the plant known to gardeners as montbretia: family Iridaceae
- crotalism — a type of poisoning caused by ingestion of plants of the genus Crotalaria
- crotonism — poisoning by ingestion of croton oil, characterized by burning of the mouth, severe diarrhea, and colic, with possible death from respiratory or circulatory failure.
- crumbiest — Superlative form of crumby.
- crummiest — Superlative form of crummy.
- curialism — the doctrine and methods of the ultramontane party in the Roman Catholic Church
- cystiform — resembling a cyst
- decemvirs — a member of a permanent board or a special commission of ten members in ancient Rome, especially the commission that drew up Rome's first code of law.
- decigrams — Plural form of decigram.
- dichroism — a property of a uniaxial crystal, such as tourmaline, of showing a perceptible difference in colour when viewed along two different axes in transmitted white light
- dicrotism — having or pertaining to a double beat of the pulse for each beat of the heart.
- disciform — resembling the shape of a disc
- discumber — (archaic, transitive) To free from that which cumbers or impedes; to disencumber.
- dramatics — (used with a singular or plural verb) the art of producing or acting dramas.
- drumstick — a stick for beating a drum.
- dulcimers — Plural form of dulcimer.
- encrimson — (transitive) To make crimson or redden.
- epicurism — Epicureanism.
- eroticism — The quality or character of being erotic.
- exorcisms — Plural form of exorcism.
- gimcracks — Plural form of gimcrack.
- harmonics — Music. overtone (def 1).
- hectorism — the character or actions of a hector
- hermetics — alchemy
- hypocrism — (obsolete) hypocrisy.
- ice storm — a storm of freezing rain and widespread glaze formation.
- icemakers — Plural form of icemaker.
- imprecise — not precise; not exact; vague or ill-defined.
- inchworms — Plural form of inchworm.
- incoterms — Plural form of incoterm.
- intercoms — Plural form of intercom.
- irenicism — the promotion and support of peace and conciliation
- isometric — of, relating to, or having equality of measure.
- lacrimoso — sad or mournful
- limericks — Plural form of limerick.
- lumbricus — a member of a genus of worms of the same name, the most common of which is the common earth worm, Lumbricus terrestris
- macropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear to be larger than their actual size.
- manicures — Plural form of manicure.
- marcasite — Also called white iron pyrites. a common mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , chemically similar to pyrite but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.
- mariachis — Plural form of mariachi.
- masoretic — of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- mavericks — Plural form of maverick.
- mediocris — (of a cumulus cloud) of medium height and often lacking a distinctive summit.
- merciless — without mercy; having or showing no mercy; pitiless; cruel: a merciless critic.
- mercurius — (Mercurius) died a.d. 535, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 533–535.
- meroistic — (of an ovary) producing yolk and ova