9-letter words containing s, i, n, a, t, c
- narcotism — habitual use of narcotics.
- narcotist — One who is addicted to a narcotic drug.
- naucratis — an ancient Greek city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta.
- navicerts — Plural form of navicert.
- nectaries — Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- nightcaps — Plural form of nightcap.
- nonracist — One who is not a racist.
- nonstatic — (computing) (object-oriented programming) Not static.
- nostalgic — experiencing or exhibiting nostalgia, a sentimental or wistful yearning for the happiness felt in a former place, time, or situation.
- nostratic — designating or of a proposed language superfamily that includes the Indo-European, Afroasiatic, Dravidian, Uralic, and Altaic families
- nystagmic — Exhibiting or pertaining to nystagmus (involuntary eye movement).
- obstinacy — the quality or state of being obstinate; stubbornness.
- oceanites — Plural form of oceanite.
- onanistic — withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus.
- onomastic — of or relating to proper names.
- opticians — Plural form of optician.
- oscitancy — yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- panoistic — (of insects) producing ova without cells to nurse them
- patiences — a female given name.
- pianistic — relating to, characteristic of, or adaptable for the piano.
- rainstick — a musical instrument consisting of a tube filled with sand or pebbles, which is inverted to produce a sound
- rickstand — a platform on which to put or make a rick or haystack
- rusticana — objects, such as agricultural implements, garden furniture, etc, relating to the countryside or made in imitation of rustic styles
- sacristan — Also called sacrist [sak-rist, sey-krist] /ˈsæk rɪst, ˈseɪ krɪst/ (Show IPA). an official in charge of the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., of a church or a religious house.
- sagenitic — relating to sagenite
- sanctions — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- santonica — the dried flower heads of any of several species of wormwood, belonging to the genus Artemisia, used as a vermifuge.
- satyricon — a satirical novel, interspersed with verse, written in the 1st century a.d. by Petronius, extant in fragments.
- scalation — an arrangement of scales, as on a fish.
- scantling — a timber of relatively slight width and thickness, as a stud or rafter in a house frame.
- scazontic — relating to or consisting of scazons
- scenarist — a writer of motion-picture or television scenarios.
- sciential — having knowledge.
- scintilla — a minute particle; spark; trace: not a scintilla of remorse.
- sectarian — of or relating to sectaries or sects.
- sectional — pertaining or limited to a particular section; local or regional: sectional politics.
- securitan — a person believing they are secure
- semantics — Linguistics. the study of meaning. the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form.
- snatching — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- sociation — an association
- sonicator — a device for treatment with ultrasound
- spartanic — (usually lowercase) suggestive of the ancient Spartans; sternly disciplined and rigorously simple, frugal, or austere.
- stanchion — an upright bar, beam, post, or support, as in a window, stall, ship, etc.
- stenopaic — (of an optic device) having a narrow opening devised to improve eyesight by limiting obscurations
- stratonic — of or relating to an army
- strychnia — Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline poison, C 2 1 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , obtained chiefly by extraction from the seeds of nux vomica, formerly used as a central nervous system stimulant.
- subaction — an act of subduing
- succinate — a salt or ester of succinic acid.
- suctorian — a suctorial animal.
- sulcation — having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.