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9-letter words containing s, t, c, l

  • stocklist — a list or inventory of all the items in stock
  • stockpile — a supply of material, as a pile of gravel in road maintenance.
  • stoically — impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics: a stoical sufferer.
  • stomachal — a medication that is good for the stomach
  • stylistic — of or relating to style.
  • subcostal — below the rib
  • succulent — full of juice; juicy.
  • suctorial — adapted for sucking or suction, as an organ; functioning as a sucker for imbibing or adhering.
  • sulcation — having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.
  • sulphatic — sulphuric, of or pertaining to a sulphate
  • supplicat — a petition (to a university) for a degree
  • sutcliffe — Herbert. 1894–1978, English cricketer, who played for Yorkshire; scorer of 149 centuries and 1000 runs in a season 24 times
  • sylleptic — the use of a word or expression to perform two syntactic functions, especially to modify two or more words of which at least one does not agree in number, case, or gender, as the use of are in Neither he nor we are willing.
  • syncytial — a multinucleate mass of cytoplasm that is not separated into cells.
  • syndactyl — having certain digits joined together.
  • systaltic — rhythmically contracting.
  • tactilist — an artist whose work strives to appeal to the sense of touch
  • tailstock — a movable or sliding support for the dead center of a lathe or grinder.
  • teachless — without teaching
  • telescope — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
  • telescopy — the use of the telescope.
  • telestich — a poem in which the last letters of successive lines form a word, a phrase, or the consecutive letters of the alphabet.
  • telestics — the ancient art of causing statues, idols, etc, to appear to be inhabited by a deity
  • thalassic — of or relating to seas and oceans.
  • tie clasp — an ornamental metal clasp for securing the two ends of a necktie to a shirt front.
  • timescale — The timescale of an event is the length of time during which it happens or develops.
  • tiny clos — A core part of Common Lisp Object System (CLOS) ported to Scheme and rebuilt using a MOP (Metaobject Protocol). This should be interesting to those who want to use MOPs without using a full Common Lisp or Dylan. The first release works with MIT Scheme 11.74.
  • toolchest — a chest in which tools are kept
  • top-class — Top-class means among the finest of its kind.
  • topcastle — a large fighting top used in medieval ships.
  • touchless — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
  • traceless — having or leaving no trace: a traceless crime.
  • trackless — without a track, as a snow-covered meadow.
  • triclosan — a drug used to treat skin infections
  • tricresol — a mixture of the three isomeric cresols.
  • trifocals — glasses with trifocal lenses
  • trochilus — scotia.
  • truceless — having no truce
  • volcanist — a person who studies volcanoes
  • washcloth — a small cloth for washing one's face or body.
  • watchless — not watchful or alert; lacking in vigilance: an irresponsible and watchless sentry.
  • watchlist — a list of persons or things to watch for possible action in the future: a watch list of possible growth stocks.
  • well-cast — to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice.
  • wholistic — holism.
  • wristlock — a hold in which an opponent's wrist is grasped and twisted.
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