9-letter words containing s, o, c, e, r
- secretion — (in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- secretory — pertaining to secretion.
- sectorial — of or relating to a sector.
- sectorize — to split or divide into sectors
- securicor — a well-known security company which transports money between shops, banks etc; it is also involved in prison management
- seed corn — ears or kernels of corn set apart as seed.
- semimicro — using or involving measurements on a scale between micro and macro
- sericeous — silky.
- serotypic — of or relating to a serotype
- serricorn — a beetle with serrate antennae
- sharecrop — to cultivate (farmland) as a sharecropper
- sheetrock — a trademark name for plasterboard or drywall, composed of gypsum enclosed by heavy sheets of paper and used for constructing interior walls and ceilings
- shoe rack — shelving unit for storing footwear
- shortcake — a cake made with a relatively large amount of butter or other shortening.
- siderotic — a disease of the lungs caused by inhaling iron or other metallic particles.
- sky cover — the amount of the sky that is covered by clouds, fog, haze, smoke, or the like, usually expressed in tenths of the total sky.
- skyrocket — a rocket firework that ascends into the air and explodes at a height, usually in a brilliant array of sparks of one or more colors.
- slipcover — a cover of cloth or other material for a piece of furniture, as an upholstered chair or sofa, made so as to be easily removable.
- smackeroo — a hard slap or swat: He gave the ball a smackeroo.
- snockered — drunk; intoxicated.
- snowcreep — a continuous, slow, downhill movement of snow.
- socceroos — the Australian men's national soccer team
- soft-core — of, relating to, or containing sexually arousing depictions that are not fully explicit: soft-core pornography. Compare hard-core (def 2).
- softcover — paperback edition of a book
- sollicker — force; momentum.
- sorceress — a woman who practices sorcery; witch.
- sorceries — the art, practices, or spells of a person who is supposed to exercise supernatural powers through the aid of evil spirits; black magic; witchery.
- sorcerous — of the nature of or involving sorcery.
- sort code — branch number of a bank
- sourceful — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- spaceport — a site at which spacecraft are tested, launched, sheltered, maintained, etc.
- spectator — a weekly periodical (1711–12, 1714) issued by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.
- sporicide — a substance or preparation for killing spores.
- sporocyte — a diploid cell in certain spore-bearing plants, as liverworts, that produces four haploid spores through meiosis; a spore mother cell.
- sportance — pleasurable or playful activities
- stercoral — stercoraceous
- sticheron — a liturgical hymn sung in the Orthodox Church
- stomacher — a richly ornamented garment covering the stomach and chest, worn by both sexes in the 15th and 16th centuries, and later worn under a bodice by women.
- stonecrop — any plant of the genus Sedum, especially a mosslike herb, S. acre, having small, fleshy leaves and yellow flowers, frequently growing on rocks and walls.
- storecard — A storecard is a plastic card that you use to buy goods on credit from a particular store or group of stores.
- subcortex — Anatomy, Zoology. the outer region of an organ or structure, as the outer portion of the kidney. the cerebral cortex.
- subsector — Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- succentor — a precentor's deputy.
- successor — a person or thing that succeeds or follows.
- succoured — help; relief; aid; assistance.
- sucralose — a white, crystalline powder, C 12 H 19 Cl 3 O 8 , produced synthetically from sucrose, about 600 times as sweet as sucrose but having no calories.
- supercoil — superhelix.
- supercold — extremely cold
- supercool — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
- superjock — an extremely athletic person