9-letter words containing s, i, n, e, c
- polynices — a son of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Eteocles and Antigone on whose behalf the Seven against Thebes were organized.
- precincts — a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental or administrative purposes, or for police protection.
- precisian — a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, especially in matters of religion.
- precising — a concise summary.
- precision — the state or quality of being precise.
- prentices — a male given name.
- prescient — having prescience, or knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight: The prescient economist was one of the few to see the financial collapse coming.
- priciness — the state of being pricey
- puissance — power, might, or force.
- quickness — done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
- quiescent — being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.
- quiesence — Misspelling of quiescence.
- recension — an editorial revision of a literary work, especially on the basis of critical examination of the text and the sources used.
- recessing — temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
- recession — a return of ownership to a former possessor.
- reclusion — the condition or life of a recluse.
- recognise — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- reconsign — to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit (often followed by to).
- recosting — the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything: the high cost of a good meal.
- recursion — the process of defining a function or calculating a number by the repeated application of an algorithm.
- reinspect — to inspect or examine again
- relicense — to license again
- reminisce — to recall past experiences, events, etc.; indulge in reminiscence.
- rescinded — to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- resection — Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
- residence — the place, especially the house, in which a person lives or resides; dwelling place; home: Their residence is in New York City.
- residency — residence (def 3).
- rockiness — the state or condition of a person who is shaky or unsteady, as from drinking, fatigue, or illness.
- rosefinch — any of various finches with pink patches
- sagenitic — relating to sagenite
- saliaunce — an onslaught
- saracenic — History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
- sarcodine — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- sarcosine — a crystalline compound, C 3 H 7 NO 2 , with a sweet taste, soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol: used in the manufacture of toothpaste, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals.
- sauciness — impertinent; insolent: a saucy remark; a saucy child.
- scaliness — a scaly quality or condition
- 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.
- scariness — the state or quality of being scary
- scarpines — an instrument for torturing feet
- scenarios — an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- scenarist — a writer of motion-picture or television scenarios.
- scenarize — to make or create a scenario of something
- sceneries — the general appearance of a place; the aggregate of features that give character to a landscape.
- schelling — Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von [free-drikh vil-helm yoh-zef fuh n] /ˈfri drɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈyoʊ zɛf fən/ (Show IPA), 1775–1854, German philosopher.
- schiavone — the Italian name for a 17th century basket-hilted sword with a double edge
- schleiden — Matthias Jakob [mah-tee-ahs yah-kawp] /mɑˈti ɑs ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1804–81, German botanist.
- schlesien — German name of Silesia.
- schlieren — Petrography. streaks or irregularly shaped masses in an igneous rock that differ in texture or composition from the main mass.
- schmeling — Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1905–2005, German boxer: world heavyweight champion 1930–32.
- schneider — to prevent (an opponent) from scoring a point in a game or match.