9-letter words containing s, i, l, c, a
- sacralgia — a pain in the sacrum
- sacralise — to make sacred; imbue with sacred character, especially through ritualized devotion: a society that sacralized science.
- sacrality — sacredness
- sacralize — to make sacred; imbue with sacred character, especially through ritualized devotion: a society that sacralized science.
- sacrarial — relating to a sacrarium
- sacrilege — the violation or profanation of anything sacred or held sacred.
- sailcloth — any of various fabrics, as of cotton, nylon, or Dacron, for boat sails or tents.
- salacious — lustful or lecherous.
- saliaunce — an onslaught
- salic law — a code of laws of the Salian Franks and other Germanic tribes, especially a provision in this code excluding females from the inheritance of land.
- salicetum — a plantation of willows
- salicylic — of or derived from salicylic acid.
- salt lick — a place to which animals go to lick naturally occurring salt deposits.
- saluretic — of or relating to a substance that promotes renal excretion of sodium and chloride ions.
- satirical — of, pertaining to, containing, or characterized by satire: satirical novels.
- satyrical — Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- scagliola — plasterwork imitating marble, granite, or the like.
- scalation — an arrangement of scales, as on a fish.
- scaldfish — a small European flatfish, Arnoglossus laterna, covered with large fragile scales: family Bothidae
- scaldship — the office of a scald or an ancient Scandinavian poet or bard
- scalelike — Zoology. one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins. one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- scaletail — a squirrel in the family Anomaluridae possessing scales on the underside of the tail
- scaliness — a scaly quality or condition
- scamillus — a slight bevel at an arris of a stone, as in the necking of a Greek Doric column.
- scan line — (hardware) A horizontal line of pixels generated by a single horizontal sweep of the beam from a monitor's electron gun. The number of scanlines that make up a frame is the vertical resolution.
- scantling — a timber of relatively slight width and thickness, as a stud or rafter in a house frame.
- scapolite — any of a group of minerals of variable composition, essentially silicates of aluminum, calcium, and sodium, occurring as massive aggregates or tetragonal crystals.
- scaringly — to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
- scarlatti — Alessandro [ah-luh-sahn-droh;; Italian ah-les-sahn-draw] /ˌɑ ləˈsɑn droʊ;; Italian ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), 1659–1725, Italian composer.
- sceptical — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
- scholiast — an ancient commentator on the classics.
- sciential — having knowledge.
- scintilla — a minute particle; spark; trace: not a scintilla of remorse.
- scraggily — lean or thin; scrawny.
- scrawling — to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner: He scrawled his name hastily across the blackboard.
- scribable — able to be written or written on
- sectarial — distinguishing or differentiating a sect
- sectional — pertaining or limited to a particular section; local or regional: sectional politics.
- sectorial — of or relating to a sector.
- selachian — belonging to the Selachii, a group of fishes comprising the sharks, skates, and rays.
- semivocal — of or relating to a semivowel
- semuncial — of or pertaining to a semuncia or to half an ounce
- sexaholic — a person who is addicted to sex
- shambolic — very disorganized; messy or confused: I’ve had a shambolic year, the worst ever.
- shashlick — a dish consisting of kabobs broiled or roasted on a skewer.
- sibilance — hissing.
- siciliana — a graceful folk dance of Sicily.
- siciliano — a graceful folk dance of Sicily.
- sick call — a daily formation for those requiring medical attention.
- sickleman — a person reaping with a sickle