9-letter words containing s, t, c, l
- jacksmelt — a large silversides, Atherinopsis californiensis, found along the coast of California, that grows to a length of 22 inches (55 cm).
- klopstock — Friedrich Gottlieb [free-drikh gawt-leep] /ˈfri drɪx ˈgɔt lip/ (Show IPA), 1724–1803, German poet.
- lace stay — that part of an Oxford shoe into which eyelets and laces are inserted.
- lacerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lacerate.
- lacertids — Plural form of lacertid.
- lactivist — a person, esp a woman, who advocates strongly the breast-feeding of children, and is opposed to bottle-feeding
- lactulose — (organic compound) A disaccharide of galactose and fructose formed when milk is heated.
- lancaster — the English royal family that reigned 1399–1461, descended from John of Gaunt (Duke of Lancaster), and that included Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI. Compare York (def 1).
- lancelets — Plural form of lancelet.
- lantastic — (networking, product) A trademarked name for numerous products of Artisoft, Inc..
- larcenist — a person who commits larceny.
- latchkeys — Plural form of latchkey.
- latencies — Plural form of latency.
- latescent — becoming latent
- latosolic — belonging or relating to a latosol
- leachates — Plural form of leachate.
- lecturers — Plural form of lecturer.
- leicester — 1st Earl of, Robert Dudley.
- lenticels — Plural form of lenticel.
- leucistic — having reduced pigmentation in the skin but normally coloured eyes
- leviticus — the third book of the Bible, containing laws relating to the priests and Levites and to the forms of Jewish ceremonial observance. Abbreviation: Lev.
- lichenist — a person who studies lichenology
- licitness — The property of being licit, legalness, appropriateness.
- lick-spit — a contemptible, fawning person; a servile flatterer or toady.
- lincrusta — a wallpaper having a hard embossed surface
- linstocks — Plural form of linstock.
- lipsticks — Plural form of lipstick.
- listicles — Plural form of listicle.
- lithocyst — a sac, containing otoliths, found in many invertebrates, supposedly connected to hearing and orientation
- liturgics — the science or art of conducting public worship.
- livestock — the horses, cattle, sheep, and other useful animals kept or raised on a farm or ranch.
- localhost — (computing) The computer being used locally, contrasted with remote computers elsewhere on a network.
- localists — Plural form of localist.
- locations — Plural form of location.
- locatives — Plural form of locative.
- lock step — a way of marching in such close file that the corresponding legs of the marchers must keep step precisely
- locksmith — a person who makes or repairs locks and keys.
- locutions — Plural form of locution.
- logistics — symbolic logic.
- lucretius — (Titus Lucretius Carus) 97?–54 b.c, Roman poet and philosopher.
- lustrical — Pertaining to, or used for, purification.
- lutescent — yellowish in colour
- lyricists — Plural form of lyricist.
- maculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maculate.
- mahlstick — a stick with a padded tip used to support an artist's working hand.
- maledicts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maledict.
- masculate — (obsolete, transitive) To make strong.
- masculist — Of or relating to masculism.
- mass cult — something regarded as significant by a minority, but a very large one
- mast cell — a large granular cell, common in connective tissue, that produces heparin, histamine, and serotonin.