9-letter words containing s, m, a, c
- decagrams — Plural form of decagram.
- decigrams — Plural form of decigram.
- decimates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decimate.
- democrats — Plural form of democrat.
- demoniacs — Plural form of demoniac.
- deschamps — Émile (French emil), full name Émile Deschamps de Saint-Armand. 1791–1871, French poet, dramatist, and librettist: a leading figure in the French romantic movement
- diastemic — a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks.
- dichasium — a cymose inflorescence in which each branch bearing a flower gives rise to two other flowering branches, as in the stitchwort
- dictamnus — (botany) A suffrutescent plant, Dictamnus albus (the only species in the genus), with strong perfume and showy flowers.
- disclaims — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disclaim.
- disclimax — a stable community that has replaced the normal climax in a given area, owing to disturbance by humans or domestic animals.
- dogmatics — the study of the arrangement and statement of religious doctrines, especially of the doctrines received in and taught by the Christian church.
- dramatics — (used with a singular or plural verb) the art of producing or acting dramas.
- eclampsia — a form of toxemia of pregnancy, characterized by albuminuria, hypertension, and convulsions.
- ectoplasm — Biology. the outer portion of the cytoplasm of a cell. Compare endoplasm.
- emaciates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of emaciate.
- emboscata — a sudden attack or raid
- empaestic — embossed
- emphatics — Plural form of emphatic.
- emplastic — adhesive
- encomiast — A person who publicly praises or flatters someone else.
- encompass — Surround and have or hold within.
- exciseman — An official responsible for collecting excise tax and preventing infringement of the excise laws (especially by smuggling).
- face mask — Sports. the protective equipment, usually made of steel or plastic, that guards the face, as the steel cage worn by a baseball catcher or the molded plastic covering worn by a hockey goalkeeper.
- facsimile — an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript.
- factotums — (obsolete) Plural form of factotum.
- flamencos — Plural form of flamenco.
- forasmuch — Inasmuch, seeing (that).
- gaelicism — a word, phrase or idiom peculiar to the Gaelic language
- gallicism — a French idiom or expression used in another language, as Je ne sais quoi when used in English.
- gamecocks — Plural form of gamecock.
- gasconism — the quality of being boastful; boastfulness
- geomatics — The discipline of gathering, storing, processing, and delivering geographic information.
- gimcracks — Plural form of gimcrack.
- gnu emacs — Emacs
- gym class — physical education lesson
- gymnastic — of or relating to physical exercises that develop and demonstrate strength, balance, and agility, especially such exercises performed mostly on special equipment.
- harmonics — Music. overtone (def 1).
- hecatombs — Plural form of hecatomb.
- hemispace — the area to either the right or left side of the body
- humpbacks — Plural form of humpback.
- icemakers — Plural form of icemaker.
- imagistic — (often initial capital letter) a theory or practice of a group of poets in England and America between 1909 and 1917 who believed that poetry should employ the language of common speech, create new rhythms, have complete freedom in subject matter, and present a clear, concentrated, and precise image.
- immusical — (archaic) inharmonious; unmusical; discordant.
- impeaches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impeach.
- incompass — Archaic form of encompass.
- insomniac — a person who suffers from insomnia, the inability, especially when chronic, to obtain sufficient sleep, through difficulty in falling or staying asleep: Her husband, an insomniac, had at last fallen asleep at the computer, head resting on the keyboard.
- ischaemia — local deficiency of blood supply produced by vasoconstriction or local obstacles to the arterial flow.
- ischaemic — (UK, pathology, cardiology) alternative spelling of ischemic.
- italicism — Italianism, especially an idiom or a characteristic of the Italian language.