9-letter words containing s, p, i, c, u
- precieuse — one of the 17th-century literary women of France who affected an extreme care in the use of language.
- prescious — prescient
- prickspur — a spur having a single sharp goad or point.
- procopius — a.d. c490–c562, Greek historian.
- promuscis — the proboscis of some insects
- publicise — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- publicist — a person who publicizes, especially a press agent or public-relations consultant.
- puckishly — in a puckish manner
- puissance — power, might, or force.
- pumiceous — Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
- pushchair — A pushchair is a small chair on wheels, in which a baby or small child can sit and be wheeled around.
- putschist — a participant in a putsch.
- quickstep — (formerly) a lively step used in marching.
- rap music — a style of popular music, developed by disc jockeys and urban blacks in the late 1970s, in which an insistent, recurring beat pattern provides the background and counterpoint for rapid, slangy, and often boastful rhyming patter glibly intoned by a vocalist or vocalists.
- rapacious — given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
- scripture — Often, Scriptures. Also called Holy Scripture, Holy Scriptures. the sacred writings of the Old or New Testaments or both together.
- siphuncle — (in a nautilus) the connecting tube that passes from the end of the body through all of the septa to the innermost chamber.
- sippy cup — a spill-resistant drinking cup for toddlers, having a tight lid with a spout.
- spacesuit — a sealed and pressurized suit designed to allow the wearer to leave a pressurized cabin in outer space or at extremely high altitudes within the atmosphere.
- spicebush — Also called spice-wood. a yellow-flowered, North American shrub, Lindera benzoin, of the laurel family, whose bark and leaves have a spicy odor.
- spiculate — having the form of a spicule.
- spit curl — a tight curl of hair, usually pressed against the forehead or cheek.
- stitch up — sew a wound
- subapical — located below the apex.
- subscript — written below (distinguished from adscript, superscript).
- sulphatic — sulphuric, of or pertaining to a sulphate
- sulpician — a member of a society of secular priests founded in France in 1642, engaged chiefly in training men to teach in seminaries.
- superchic — highly or very chic
- supercity — a large, heavily populated urban area that includes several cities; megalopolis.
- supercoil — superhelix.
- superrich — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
- supplicat — a petition (to a university) for a degree
- suspicion — act of suspecting.
- tricuspid — Also, tricuspidal. having three cusps or points, as a tooth. Compare bicuspid.
- uncleship — the position or status of an uncle; the condition of being an uncle
- uncopious — large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful: copious amounts of food.
- unicuspid — having but one cusp.
- unprecise — definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions.
- upscaling — located at, moving toward, or of or for the upper end of a social or economic scale: The boutique caters to upscale young career people.
- usucapion — the acquisition of property through long, undisturbed possession.
- utopistic — utopianism.