9-letter words containing s, p, e, n, c
- pubescent — arriving or arrived at puberty.
- puissance — power, might, or force.
- punchless — having no punch
- pursuance — the following or carrying out of some plan, course, injunction, or the like.
- pycnosome — a body type characterized by stockiness
- reinspect — to inspect or examine again
- scale pan — one of the pans of a balance
- scarpines — an instrument for torturing feet
- schnapper — a food fish, Pagrosomus auratus, occurring in large numbers off the shores of Australia and New Zealand.
- scopoline — a soluble crystalline alkaloid obtained from the decomposition of scopolamine and used as a sedative. Formula: C8H13NO2
- scrape in — to succeed in entering with difficulty or by a narrow margin
- siphuncle — (in a nautilus) the connecting tube that passes from the end of the body through all of the septa to the innermost chamber.
- snaphance — a type of mechanism similar to a flintlock used to discharge a gun
- snowcreep — a continuous, slow, downhill movement of snow.
- snowscape — landscape covered with snow.
- space man — space writer.
- spaceband — a device on a linecaster for evening up the spaces between words
- spaciness — the state of being spacey
- spanaemic — relating to a lack of red corpuscles in blood
- specint92 — (benchmark) A benchmark result derived from the results of a set of integer benchmarks from SPEC (geometric mean of the 6 SPEC ratios of CINT92) which can be used to estimate a machine's single-tasking performance on integer code. SPECint92 obsoletes SPECint89. See also SPECbase_int92.
- sphincter — a circular band of voluntary or involuntary muscle that encircles an orifice of the body or one of its hollow organs.
- spinacene — a type of vaccine
- splenetic — of the spleen; splenic.
- spleuchan — a small pouch, especially for carrying tobacco or money.
- sportance — pleasurable or playful activities
- stenopaic — (of an optic device) having a narrow opening devised to improve eyesight by limiting obscurations
- stenopeic — pertaining to or containing a narrow slit or minute opening: a stenopeic device to aid vision after eye surgery.
- stepdance — a dance in which the steps are the most important characteristic, specifically a solo dance with intricate, vigorous steps, often performed with the hands kept in the pockets.
- 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.
- syncopate — Music. to place (the accents) on beats that are normally unaccented. to treat (a passage, piece, etc.) in this way.
- townscape — a scene or view, either pictorial or natural, of a town or city.
- uncleship — the position or status of an uncle; the condition of being an uncle
- unescaped — to slip or get away, as from confinement or restraint; gain or regain liberty: to escape from jail. Synonyms: flee, abscond, decamp.
- unprecise — definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions.
- unsuspect — not open to suspicion; not suspect or questionable; trustworthy; not placed under suspicion