9-letter words containing s, e, a, c, r
- crustacea — a collective term for members of the Crustacea class of (mainly aquatic) mandibulate arthropods, characterized by their usually chitinous exoskeletons
- crybabies — Plural form of crybaby.
- cubatures — Plural form of cubature.
- cuirassed — Wearing a cuirass.
- cuirasses — Plural form of cuirass.
- curatress — A female curator.
- cutwaters — Plural form of cutwater.
- cybercash — Funds used in electronic financial transactions, especially over the Internet.
- cybercast — (Internet) A broadcast of audiovisual material over the Internet.
- cytosmear — (cytology) A sample of cells, in the form of a smear on a microscope slide, that has been stained ready for diagnostic examination.
- decagrams — Plural form of decagram.
- decanters — Plural form of decanter.
- decastere — a measure equivalent to ten steres or cubic metres
- decigrams — Plural form of decigram.
- decorates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decorate.
- decreased — Simple past tense and past participle of decrease.
- decreases — Plural form of decrease.
- decretals — a compilation of decretals, esp the authoritative compilation (Liber Extra) of Gregory IX (1234) which forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
- democrats — Plural form of democrat.
- descartes — René (rəne). 1596–1650, French philosopher and mathematician. He provided a mechanistic basis for the philosophical theory of dualism and is regarded as the founder of modern philosophy. He also founded analytical geometry and contributed greatly to the science of optics. His works include Discours de la méthode (1637), Meditationes de Prima Philosophia (1641), and Principia Philosophiae (1644)
- desecrate — If someone desecrates something which is considered to be holy or very special, they deliberately damage or insult it.
- dicastery — A term used by the Vatican corresponding to ministry or department as subdivisions of the papal Curia, referring to the administrative departments of the Vatican City State, as well as strictly ecclesiastical departments; more often termed congregation.
- dicentras — Plural form of dicentra.
- discarded — to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
- discarder — One who, or that which, discards.
- discharge — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- discreate — to reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- disgraced — the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
- disgracer — One who disgraces.
- disgraces — Plural form of disgrace.
- displacer — a person or thing that displaces.
- doncaster — a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- doorcases — Plural form of doorcase.
- earpieces — Plural form of earpiece.
- easy-care — requiring little care or maintenance: easy-care fabrics; easy-care furniture.
- ecofreaks — Plural form of ecofreak.
- educators — Plural form of educator.
- encreased — Simple past tense and past participle of encrease.
- endocarps — Plural form of endocarp.
- enhancers — Plural form of enhancer.
- ensurance — (obsolete) insurance.
- entrances — Plural form of entrance.
- eparchies — Plural form of eparchy.
- eristical — Obsolete form of eristic.
- escalader — A soldier who escalades.
- escalator — A moving staircase consisting of an endlessly circulating belt of steps driven by a motor, conveying people between the floors of a public building.
- escargots — (US) Cooked land snails, usually served as an appetizer or starter.
- escarping — Present participle of escarp.
- escheator — a person appointed to deal with escheats
- esclandre — (archaic) Infamy.