9-letter words containing s, y, n, c
- hygienics — hygiene (def 1).
- hypnotics — Plural form of hypnotic.
- incensory — Thurible, censer.
- insectary — a laboratory for the study of live insects, their life histories, effects on plants, reaction to insecticides, etc.
- insolency — Quality of being insolent.
- intestacy — the state or fact of being intestate at death.
- isochrony — the fact or state of occurrence at the same time; contemporaneity.
- isopycnal — Also, isopycnal [ahy-suh-pik-nl] /ˌaɪ səˈpɪk nl/ (Show IPA). having the same density.
- isopycnic — Also, isopycnal [ahy-suh-pik-nl] /ˌaɪ səˈpɪk nl/ (Show IPA). having the same density.
- kaczynski — Lech. 1949–2010, Polish politician, president of Poland (2005–10)
- lip-synch — the technical process by which this is done.
- lynchings — Plural form of lynching.
- lynchpins — Plural form of lynchpin.
- lysocline — the depth of the ocean at which the solubility of calcium carbonate increases substantially.
- lysogenic — harboring a temperate virus as a prophage or plasmid.
- manoscopy — the measurement of the densities of gases
- mesocrany — the state of having a medium breadth of skull
- miscegeny — (rare) Miscegenation.
- mischancy — unlucky; unfortunate
- misogynic — reflecting or exhibiting hatred, dislike, mistrust, or mistreatment of women.
- monocytes — (immunology) Plural form of monocyte.
- multisync — (hardware) An NEC trademark term for multiscan. As NEC was the first to manufacture multiscan monitors the term is often used interchangeably with multiscan.
- mycerinus — king of ancient Egypt c2600–2570 b.c.: builder of the third great pyramid at ·El· Giza.
- mycosozin — any sozin that kills microorganisms.
- myoclonus — an abrupt spasm or twitch of a muscle or group of muscles, occurring in some neurological diseases.
- namaycush — a lake trout.
- necessary — being essential, indispensable, or requisite: a necessary part of the motor.
- necessity — something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life.
- nocuously — In a nocuous manner.
- nonsticky — not sticky
- nyctalops — a person affected by nyctalopia
- nystagmic — Exhibiting or pertaining to nystagmus (involuntary eye movement).
- obscenely — offensive to morality or decency; indecent; depraved: obscene language.
- obscenity — the character or quality of being obscene; indecency; lewdness.
- obstinacy — the quality or state of being obstinate; stubbornness.
- oncolysis — the destruction of tumours
- oscitancy — yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- physician — a person who is legally qualified to practice medicine; doctor of medicine.
- polynices — a son of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Eteocles and Antigone on whose behalf the Seven against Thebes were organized.
- pycnosome — a body type characterized by stockiness
- recusancy — the state of being recusant.
- residency — residence (def 3).
- salcantay — a mountain in the Andes in S central Peru: highest peak in the Cordillera Vilcabamba. 20,574 feet (6271 meters).
- sanctuary — a sacred or holy place.
- satyricon — a satirical novel, interspersed with verse, written in the 1st century a.d. by Petronius, extant in fragments.
- say uncle — a brother of one's father or mother.
- scaringly — to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
- sciomancy — divination with the help of ghosts
- scurrying — to go or move quickly or in haste.
- seannachy — Highland genealogist, chronicler, or bard