6-letter words containing s, p, c
- psycho — a psychopathic or psychotic person.
- putsch — a plotted revolt or attempt to overthrow a government, especially one that depends upon suddenness and speed.
- repics — the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- riscpc — (computer) The final addition to Acorn's Archimedes family of personal computers, released in April 1994. The RiscPC allowed a second processor, e.g. an Intel 486 or a second ARM, to share the bus, memory and peripherals with the main processor. It also had full 24-bit colour graphics support. The Risc PC 600 (the first to be launched) had the new ARM600 processor and RISC OS 3.5. The RiscPC 700 had an ARM710 processor and RISC OS 3.6, and the SA had the StrongARM processor and RISC OS 3.7. RiscPCs are among the most energy efficient home computers.
- scampi — a large shrimp or prawn.
- scapus — a leafless flower stalk
- scarph — to assemble with a scarf joint.
- schipa — Tito [tee-taw] /ˈti tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1965, Italian operatic tenor.
- schlep — to carry; lug: to schlep an umbrella on a sunny day.
- schtup — to have sexual intercourse with.
- scipio — Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major [puhb-lee-uh s kawr-neel-yuh s,, af-ri-key-nuh s,, -kan-uh s,, -kahn-] /ˈpʌb li əs kɔrˈnil yəs,, ˌæf rɪˈkeɪ nəs,, -ˈkæn əs,, -ˈkɑn-/ (Show IPA), ("Scipio the Elder") 237–183 b.c, Roman general who defeated Hannibal.
- scoops — Scheme Object-Oriented Programming System. Developed at Texas Instruments in 1986. It supports multiple inheritance and class variables.
- scopas — flourished 4th century b.c, Greek sculptor and architect.
- scopes — extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.: an investigation of wide scope.
- scrape — to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
- scraps — pieces of discarded food
- scrawp — to scratch (the skin) to relieve itching
- scrimp — to be sparing or frugal; economize (often followed by on): They scrimped and saved for everything they have. He spends most of his money on clothes, and scrimps on food.
- script — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- scroop — to emit a harsh, grating sound: The gate scrooped as he swung it shut.
- scrorp — a deep scratch or weal
- scrump — to steal (apples) from an orchard or garden
- sculpt — shape, carve
- secpar — (in astronomy) a unit of distance equivalent to 3.262 light years
- septic — pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- simpac — Early simulation language with fixed time steps. "Simpac User's Manual", R.P. Bennett et al, TM-602/000/000, Sys Devel Corp, Apr 1962.
- skycap — a porter who carries passenger baggage at an airport or airline terminal.
- spacer — the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- spacey — spaced-out (def 2).
- spec'd — Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- speccy — wearing spectacles
- specie — species.
- specif — specific
- specol — ["SPECOL - A Computer Enquiry Language for the Non-Programmer", B.T. Smith, Computer J 11:121 (1968)].
- spects — single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- speech — the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture: Losing her speech made her feel isolated from humanity.
- spence — a male given name, form of Spencer.
- spetch — a piece of animal skin or leather
- spiced — Food that is spiced has had spices or other strong-tasting foods added to it.
- spicey — seasoned with or containing spice: a spicy salad dressing.
- spiric — a type of curve
- splice — to join together or unite (two ropes or parts of a rope) by the interweaving of strands.
- sprack — alert and vigorous
- spruce — any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Picea, of the pine family, having short, angular, needle-shaped leaves attached singly around twigs and bearing hanging cones with persistent scales.
- sprucy — spruce2 (def 1).
- spycam — a hidden camera used for surveillance
- upcast — an act of casting upward.
- \sqcap — (character) LaTeX inverted square U. The symbol for greatest lower bound.
- \sqcup — (character) LaTeX square U. The symbol for least upper bound.