6-letter words containing s, e, c
- sclera — a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- sclere — a supporting anatomical structure, esp a sponge spicule
- scolex — the anterior, headlike segment of a tapeworm, having suckers, hooks, or the like, for attachment.
- sconce — the head or skull.
- scopes — extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.: an investigation of wide scope.
- scorer — the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- scores — lots
- scorse — an exchange or trade
- scoter — any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- scouse — a baked dish or stew made usually with meat and hardtack.
- scowed — any of various vessels having a flat-bottomed rectangular hull with sloping ends, built in various sizes with or without means of propulsion, as barges, punts, rowboats, or sailboats.
- scrape — 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.
- screak — to screech.
- scream — to utter a loud, sharp, piercing cry.
- screed — a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.
- screen — a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- screet — to shed tears; weep
- screws — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- screwy — crazy; nutty: I think you're screwy, refusing an invitation to the governor's dinner.
- scribe — Augustin Eugène [oh-gys-tan œ-zhen] /oʊ güsˈtɛ̃ œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), 1791–1861, French dramatist.
- scrike — to shriek
- scrine — a shrine or a bookcase
- scrobe — a groove on an insect's body near its antenna
- scrome — to crawl or climb, esp using the hands to aid movement
- scrote — a worthless fellow
- scruze — to squeeze
- scryer — a person who scries
- scunge — to borrow
- scurve — a curve shaped like an S .
- scutes — a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- scythe — an agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand.
- seance — a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- searce — to sift
- search — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- searcy — a city in central Arkansas.
- secant — Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- secchi — Pietro Angelo [pye-traw ahn-je-law] /ˈpyɛ trɔ ˈɑn dʒɛ lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1818–78, Italian Jesuit and astronomer.
- secede — to withdraw formally from an alliance, federation, or association, as from a political union, a religious organization, etc.
- secern — to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- secesh — a secessionist soldier or sympathizer in the American Civil War
- seckel — a small, yellowish-brown variety of pear.
- seckle — a small, sweet, reddish or brown pear
- second — next after the first; being the ordinal number for two.
- secpar — (in astronomy) a unit of distance equivalent to 3.262 light years
- secret — done, made, or conducted without the knowledge of others: secret negotiations.
- sector — Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- secund — arranged on one side only; unilateral.
- secure — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- seduce — to lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt.
- seiche — an occasional and sudden oscillation of the water of a lake, bay, estuary, etc., producing fluctuations in the water level and caused by wind, earthquakes, changes in barometric pressure, etc.