9-letter words containing s, e, a, b, c
- crossbeam — A crossbeam is a long, thick bar of wood, metal, or concrete that is placed between two walls or other structures, especially in order to support the roof of a building.
- crushable — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
- crybabies — Plural form of crybaby.
- cubatures — Plural form of cubature.
- cybercash — Funds used in electronic financial transactions, especially over the Internet.
- cybercast — (Internet) A broadcast of audiovisual material over the Internet.
- debauches — to corrupt by sensuality, intemperance, etc.; seduce.
- diabetics — Plural form of diabetic.
- ectoblast — the ectoderm.
- emboscata — a sudden attack or raid
- escabeche — A Spanish dish consisting of fried fish that is marinated and served cold.
- escapable — Able to be escaped or run from.
- escribano — a clerk or scribe
- excisable — Liable or subject to excise.
- excusable — Able to be justified or forgiven; forgivable.
- excusably — In an excusable manner or to an excusable degree.
- fabaceous — belonging to the Fabaceae, an alternative name for the plant family Leguminosae.
- feedbacks — Plural form of feedback.
- firebacks — Plural form of fireback.
- flashcube — a cube, for attaching to a camera, that contains a flashbulb in each vertical side and rotates automatically for taking four flash pictures in succession.
- focusable — Capable of being focused.
- gernsback — Hugo, 1884–1967, U.S. publisher and inventor, born in Belgium: a pioneer in science-fiction publishing.
- givebacks — Plural form of giveback.
- hecatombs — Plural form of hecatomb.
- hexabasic — containing six hydrogen atoms capable of being replaced or ionized: a hexabasic acid.
- horseback — the back of a horse.
- incubates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incubate.
- irascible — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- jacobsite — a rare magnetic mineral, manganese iron oxide, MnFe 2 O 4 , similar to magnetite.
- leaseback — the disposal of a building, land, or other property to a buyer under special arrangements for simultaneously leasing it on a long-term basis to the original seller, usually with an option to renew the lease.
- maccabees — (used with a plural verb) the members of the Hasmonean family of Jewish leaders and rulers comprising the sons of Mattathias and their descendants and reigning in Judea from 167? to 37 b.c., especially Judas Maccabaeus and his brothers, who defeated the Syrians under Antiochus IV in 165? and rededicated the Temple in Jerusalem.
- machabees — Maccabees (def 2).
- megabucks — one million dollars.
- misbecame — Simple past tense and past participle of misbecome.
- mosbacher — Emil, Jr ("Bus") 1922–1997, U.S. yacht racer and government official.
- neckbands — Plural form of neckband.
- obeisance — a movement of the body expressing deep respect or deferential courtesy, as before a superior; a bow, curtsy, or other similar gesture.
- obfuscate — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- obsecrate — to entreat solemnly; beseech; supplicate.
- obstacles — Plural form of obstacle.
- rheobasic — of or relating to rheobase
- sarbacane — a type of blowpipe
- sauceboat — a low, boat-shaped container for serving sauce or gravy, typically having a handle at one end and a long, wide lip at the other end.
- scabicide — Also, scabicidal. destructive to the organisms causing scabies.
- scabietic — a contagious skin disease occurring especially in sheep and cattle and also in humans, caused by the itch mite, Sarcoptes scabiei, which burrows under the skin. Compare itch (def 10), mange.
- scannable — to glance at or over or read hastily: to scan a page.
- scoopable — able to be scooped
- scrabbled — to scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands.
- scrambler — a person or thing that scrambles.
- scrapable — to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.