9-letter words containing s, t, c, l
- sacculate — formed into or having a saccule, sac, or saclike dilation.
- sackcloth — sacking.
- sacrality — sacredness
- sailcloth — any of various fabrics, as of cotton, nylon, or Dacron, for boat sails or tents.
- salcantay — a mountain in the Andes in S central Peru: highest peak in the Cordillera Vilcabamba. 20,574 feet (6271 meters).
- salicetum — a plantation of willows
- salt cake — an impure form of sodium sulfate, especially as obtained by the interaction of sulfuric acid and common salt in the synthesis of hydrochloric acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of glass, ceramic glazes, soaps, and sodium salts.
- salt lick — a place to which animals go to lick naturally occurring salt deposits.
- saltchuck — the ocean.
- saluretic — of or relating to a substance that promotes renal excretion of sodium and chloride ions.
- satirical — of, pertaining to, containing, or characterized by satire: satirical novels.
- satyrical — Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- scalation — an arrangement of scales, as on a fish.
- scaletail — a squirrel in the family Anomaluridae possessing scales on the underside of the tail
- scantling — a timber of relatively slight width and thickness, as a stud or rafter in a house frame.
- scapolite — any of a group of minerals of variable composition, essentially silicates of aluminum, calcium, and sodium, occurring as massive aggregates or tetragonal crystals.
- scarlatti — Alessandro [ah-luh-sahn-droh;; Italian ah-les-sahn-draw] /ˌɑ ləˈsɑn droʊ;; Italian ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), 1659–1725, Italian composer.
- scatheful — causing harm or injury
- scatology — the study of or preoccupation with excrement or obscenity.
- scelerate — a villain, or extremely wicked person; a criminal
- scentless — a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable: the scent of roses.
- sceptical — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
- scheelite — calcium tungstate, CaWO 4 , usually occurring in tetragonal crystals: an important ore of tungsten.
- schmaltzy — of, relating to, or characterized by schmaltz.
- schnitzel — a cutlet, especially of veal.
- scholiast — an ancient commentator on the classics.
- sciential — having knowledge.
- scintilla — a minute particle; spark; trace: not a scintilla of remorse.
- scleritis — inflammation of the sclera.
- sclerotal — a bony area or plate found in the sclerotic (the eyeball covering) of some animals
- sclerotic — Also, scleral. Anatomy. of or relating to the sclera.
- sclerotin — an insoluble protein that serves to stiffen the chitin of the cuticle of arthropods.
- scolecite — a monoclinic white zeolite mineral, a hydrous calcium aluminum silicate, CaAl 2 Si 3 O 1 0 ⋅, 3H 2 O, occurring in masses and in needle-shaped crystals.
- scoliotic — an abnormal lateral curvature of the spine.
- scopulate — broom-shaped; brushlike.
- scotophil — living and flourishing in darkness.
- scots law — the body of law in force in Scotland
- scrutable — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- sculpture — the art of carving, modeling, welding, or otherwise producing figurative or abstract works of art in three dimensions, as in relief, intaglio, or in the round.
- scutellum — Botany. the shieldlike cotyledon of certain monocots.
- scuttling — to run with quick, hasty steps; scurry.
- sectarial — distinguishing or differentiating a sect
- sectional — pertaining or limited to a particular section; local or regional: sectional politics.
- sectorial — of or relating to a sector.
- selecting — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- selection — an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
- selective — having the function or power of selecting; making a selection.
- selectman — (in most New England states) one of a board of town officers chosen to manage certain public affairs.
- selenitic — of or relating to selenite
- sick list — a list of persons who are sick.