9-letter words containing s, e, t, c, n
- selecting — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- selection — an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
- selectman — (in most New England states) one of a board of town officers chosen to manage certain public affairs.
- selenitic — of or relating to selenite
- semantics — Linguistics. the study of meaning. the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form.
- senescent — growing old; aging.
- sentencer — someone who sentences or passes sentence
- sentences — Grammar. a grammatical unit of one or more words that expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, exclamation, etc., and that typically has a subject as well as a predicate, as in John is here. or Is John here? In print or writing, a sentence typically begins with a capital letter and ends with appropriate punctuation; in speech it displays recognizable, communicative intonation patterns and is often marked by preceding and following pauses.
- sentience — sentient condition or character; capacity for sensation or feeling.
- sentiency — sentient condition or character; capacity for sensation or feeling.
- sick note — proof of illness
- sincerest — free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest: a sincere apology.
- sincerity — freedom from deceit, hypocrisy, or duplicity; probity in intention or in communicating; earnestness.
- sketch in — If you sketch in details about something, you tell them to people.
- sketching — a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, especially a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details.
- softbench — An IPSE from Hewlett-Packard.
- specint92 — (benchmark) A benchmark result derived from the results of a set of integer benchmarks from SPEC (geometric mean of the 6 SPEC ratios of CINT92) which can be used to estimate a machine's single-tasking performance on integer code. SPECint92 obsoletes SPECint89. See also SPECbase_int92.
- sphincter — a circular band of voluntary or involuntary muscle that encircles an orifice of the body or one of its hollow organs.
- splenetic — of the spleen; splenic.
- sportance — pleasurable or playful activities
- stagnance — not flowing or running, as water, air, etc.
- stanchest — staunch2 .
- stauncher — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- stegnotic — a medication that is constipating or astringent
- steinbeck — John (Ernst) [urnst] /ɜrnst/ (Show IPA), 1902–68, U.S. novelist: Nobel prize 1962.
- stenchful — malodorous; foul-smelling
- stenopaic — (of an optic device) having a narrow opening devised to improve eyesight by limiting obscurations
- stenopeic — pertaining to or containing a narrow slit or minute opening: a stenopeic device to aid vision after eye surgery.
- stepdance — a dance in which the steps are the most important characteristic, specifically a solo dance with intricate, vigorous steps, often performed with the hands kept in the pockets.
- sternitic — relating to the sternite
- sticheron — a liturgical hymn sung in the Orthodox Church
- stockinet — Also, stockinet. a stretchy, machine-knitted fabric used for making undergarments, infants' wear, etc.
- stonechat — any of several small Old World birds, especially of the genus Saxicola, as S. torquata.
- stonecrop — any plant of the genus Sedum, especially a mosslike herb, S. acre, having small, fleshy leaves and yellow flowers, frequently growing on rocks and walls.
- stoneface — living stones.
- stridency — making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking: strident insects; strident hinges.
- subcenter — a secondary or subordinate center, as in the location of a business.
- subcentre — a secondary centre
- subjacent — situated or occurring underneath or below; underlying.
- substance — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
- succedent — following or succeeding; subsequent.
- succentor — a precentor's deputy.
- succinate — a salt or ester of succinic acid.
- succinite — Baltic or 'true' amber, so called because of the succinic acid in the fossil resin: often incorrectly applied to fossilized resin (amber) generally
- succulent — full of juice; juicy.
- sweetcorn — Sweetcorn is a long rounded vegetable covered in small yellow seeds. It is part of the maize plant. The seeds themselves can also be referred to as sweetcorn.
- syncopate — Music. to place (the accents) on beats that are normally unaccented. to treat (a passage, piece, etc.) in this way.
- syncretic — the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
- syndicate — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- synectics — the study of creative processes, especially as applied to the solution of problems by a group of diverse individuals.