9-letter words containing s, i, l, c, a
- sicklemia — the usually asymptomatic hereditary condition that occurs when a person inherits from only one parent the abnormal hemoglobin gene characteristic of sickle cell anemia.
- silicates — Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- simulacra — a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance.
- simulacre — simulacrum.
- simulcast — a program broadcast simultaneously on radio and television, or on more than one station, or in several languages, etc.
- skeptical — doubtful about a particular thing: My teacher thinks I can get a scholarship, but I'm skeptical.
- slapstick — broad comedy characterized by boisterous action, as the throwing of pies in actors' faces, mugging, and obvious farcical situations and jokes.
- slavicism — Slavism.
- slavicist — a specialist in the study of the Slavic languages or literatures.
- slice bar — a long-handled instrument with a blade at the end, for clearing away or breaking up clinkers, coal, etc., in a furnace.
- slingback — Also called sling. a woman's shoe with an open back and a strap or sling encircling the heel of the foot to keep the shoe secure.
- slipcased — having a slipcase
- sluiceway — a channel controlled by a sluice gate.
- snail cam — a cam with spiral cross section used for progressive lifting of a lever as the cam revolves
- socialise — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- socialism — a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.
- socialist — an advocate or supporter of socialism.
- socialite — a socially prominent person.
- sociality — social nature or tendencies as shown in the assembling of individuals in communities.
- socialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- solacious — providing solace
- sonically — in a sonic manner
- spacially — spatial.
- sparticle — a hypothetical elementary particle thought to have been produced in the Big Bang
- special k — an animal anaesthetic, ketamine hydrochloride, sold illegally as a hallucinogenic drug
- specially — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- specialty — a special or distinctive quality, mark, state, or condition.
- spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- spiculate — having the form of a spicule.
- st. clair — Arthur, 1736–1818, American Revolutionary War general, born in Scotland: 1st governor of the Northwest Territory, 1787–1802.
- st. lucia — one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- stalactic — consisting of, containing or relating to stalactites
- sterculia — any of various tropical trees of the genus Sterculia, of which some species are grown as ornamentals and some are the source of commercially valuable wood.
- stickable — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- stickball — a form of baseball played in the streets, on playgrounds, etc., in which a rubber ball and a broomstick or the like are used in place of a baseball and bat.
- stoically — impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics: a stoical sufferer.
- subapical — located below the apex.
- subclimax — the development of an ecological community to a stage short of the expected climax because of some factor, as repeated fires in a forest, that arrests the normal succession.
- subsocial — without a definite social structure.
- suctorial — adapted for sucking or suction, as an organ; functioning as a sucker for imbibing or adhering.
- sulcalize — to furrow, make a furrow in; predominantly, to make a furrow in (the tongue), make the surface of (the tongue) concave in order to produce certain phonemes
- sulcation — having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.
- sulphatic — sulphuric, of or pertaining to a sulphate
- sulpician — a member of a society of secular priests founded in France in 1642, engaged chiefly in training men to teach in seminaries.
- supplicat — a petition (to a university) for a degree
- surficial — of or relating to a surface, especially the land surface: a surficial geologic deposit.
- synclinal — sloping downward from opposite directions so as to meet in a common point or line.
- syncytial — a multinucleate mass of cytoplasm that is not separated into cells.
- synodical — of a synod; synodal
- systaltic — rhythmically contracting.