9-letter words containing s, p, c
- chip shop — A chip shop is a shop which sells hot food such as fish and chips, fried chicken, sausages, and meat pies. The food is cooked in the shop and people take it away to eat at home or in the street.
- chip shot — a short approach shot to the green, esp one that is lofted
- chipheads — Plural form of chiphead.
- chipmunks — Plural form of chipmunk.
- chipotles — Plural form of chipotle.
- chippings — Wood chippings or stone chippings are small pieces of wood or stone which are used, for example, to cover surfaces such as paths or roads.
- chirpsing — Present participle of chirpse.
- choose up — to decide on the opposing players, as for an impromptu ballgame
- chop shop — a place where stolen automobiles are dismantled for parts which are sold or used to repair wrecked vehicles which are then illicitly resold
- chop suey — Chop suey is a Chinese-style dish that consists of meat and vegetables that have been stewed together.
- chophouse — a restaurant specializing in steaks, grills, chops, etc
- chopsocky — a genre of martial arts film containing superfluous violence
- chopsteak — chopped steak.
- chopstick — Chopsticks are a pair of thin sticks which people in China and the Far East use to eat their food.
- cirripeds — Plural form of cirriped.
- cisalpine — on this (the southern) side of the Alps, as viewed from Rome
- cispadane — on this (the southern) side of the River Po, as viewed from Rome
- cisplatin — a cytotoxic drug that acts by preventing DNA replication and hence cell division, used in the treatment of tumours, esp of the ovary and testis
- cityscape — an urban landscape; view of a city
- clappings — Plural form of clapping.
- clapstick — A kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants.
- classpath — (programming) an argument that tells the Java virtual machine where to look for user-defined classes and packages when running Java programs.
- clepsydra — an ancient device for measuring time by the flow of water or mercury through a small aperture
- clerkship — The position or status of a clerk, especially in the legal profession.
- clippings — A small piece trimmed from something.
- clipsheet — a sheet of paper with text printed on one side only
- clumpiest — Superlative form of clumpy.
- cockapoos — Plural form of cockapoo.
- cockspurs — Plural form of cockspur.
- codpieces — Plural form of codpiece.
- cold snap — A cold snap is a short period of cold and icy weather.
- cold spot — an area where house prices are stable and properties are slow to sell
- coldsleep — A deep sleep during which the body is stored at very cold temperature, to preserve it; cryogenic sleep.
- collapsar — a collapsed star, either a white dwarf, neutron star, or black hole
- collapsed — Simple past tense and past participle of collapse.
- collapses — Plural form of collapse.
- colophons — Plural form of colophon.
- coloscope — a flexible, lighted, tubular instrument using fiber optics to permit visualization of the colon.
- coloscopy — colonoscopy.
- compadres — Plural form of compadre.
- companies — Plural form of company.
- company's — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- compassed — Simple past tense and past participle of compass.
- compasses — Plural form of compass.
- compilers — Plural form of compiler.
- complains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of complain.
- compleats — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compleat.
- completes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of complete.
- complex's — composed of many interconnected parts; compound; composite: a complex highway system.
- complexes — Plural form of complex.