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9-letter words containing s, t, r, i, c

  • sincerest — free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest: a sincere apology.
  • sincerity — freedom from deceit, hypocrisy, or duplicity; probity in intention or in communicating; earnestness.
  • slickster — a crafty and opportunistic or deceitful person; hustler; swindler.
  • solicitor — a person who solicits.
  • sonicator — a device for treatment with ultrasound
  • spartanic — (usually lowercase) suggestive of the ancient Spartans; sternly disciplined and rigorously simple, frugal, or austere.
  • sparticle — a hypothetical elementary particle thought to have been produced in the Big Bang
  • spermatic — of, relating to, or resembling sperm; seminal; generative.
  • sphincter — a circular band of voluntary or involuntary muscle that encircles an orifice of the body or one of its hollow organs.
  • spit curl — a tight curl of hair, usually pressed against the forehead or cheek.
  • st. clairArthur, 1736–1818, American Revolutionary War general, born in Scotland: 1st governor of the Northwest Territory, 1787–1802.
  • st. croix — Also called Santa Cruz. a U.S. island in the N Lesser Antilles: the largest of the Virgin Islands. 82 sq. mi. (212 sq. km).
  • staircase — a flight of stairs with its framework, banisters, etc., or a series of such flights.
  • stepchair — a set of steps folding into a chair.
  • sterculia — any of various tropical trees of the genus Sterculia, of which some species are grown as ornamentals and some are the source of commercially valuable wood.
  • sternitic — relating to the sternite
  • sticheron — a liturgical hymn sung in the Orthodox Church
  • stickered — a person or thing that sticks.
  • stickwork — a player's degree of competence or proficiency as a baseball batter, hockey or lacrosse player, etc.: Frequent practice improved his stickwork.
  • stitchery — needlework.
  • strategic — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
  • stratonic — of or relating to an army
  • streicher — Julius. 1885–1946, German Nazi journalist and politician, who spread anti-Semitic propaganda as editor of Der Stürmer (1923–45). He was hanged as a war criminal
  • stretchie — an infant's one-piece garment covering the torso, legs, and feet, made of stretch fabric.
  • strictest — characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles: a strict observance of rituals.
  • striction — the act of constricting.
  • strictish — fairly strict
  • stricture — a remark or comment, especially an adverse criticism: The reviewer made several strictures upon the author's style.
  • stridency — making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking: strident insects; strident hinges.
  • strychnia — Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline poison, C 2 1 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , obtained chiefly by extraction from the seeds of nux vomica, formerly used as a central nervous system stimulant.
  • strychnic — Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline poison, C 2 1 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , obtained chiefly by extraction from the seeds of nux vomica, formerly used as a central nervous system stimulant.
  • subarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately south of the Arctic Circle; subpolar.
  • subscript — written below (distinguished from adscript, superscript).
  • suctorial — adapted for sucking or suction, as an organ; functioning as a sucker for imbibing or adhering.
  • suctorian — a suctorial animal.
  • supercity — a large, heavily populated urban area that includes several cities; megalopolis.
  • sybaritic — (usually lowercase) pertaining to or characteristic of a sybarite; characterized by or loving luxury or sensuous pleasure: to wallow in sybaritic splendor.
  • symmetric — characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
  • sympatric — originating in or occupying the same geographical area.
  • syncretic — the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
  • theatrics — (used with a singular verb) the art of staging plays and other stage performances.
  • toreutics — the art or technique of decorating metal or other material, especially by embossing or chasing.
  • touristic — of, relating to, or typical of tourists or tourism: She embarked on her itinerary with high touristic fervor.
  • tovarisch — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
  • trachinus — a weever fish
  • trackside — located next to a railroad track.
  • tracksuit — a sweat suit, usually with a long-sleeved jacket and long pants, worn by athletes, especially runners, before and after actual competition or during workouts.
  • trainsick — ill with train sickness.
  • transonic — close to the speed of propagation of sound; moving at 700–780 miles per hour (1127–1255 km/h) at sea level.
  • trichosis — any disease of the hair.
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