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9-letter words containing nc

  • stenchful — malodorous; foul-smelling
  • stepdance — a dance in which the steps are the most important characteristic, specifically a solo dance with intricate, vigorous steps, often performed with the hands kept in the pockets.
  • stridency — making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking: strident insects; strident hinges.
  • subagency — an organization, company, or bureau that provides some service for another: a welfare agency.
  • subbranch — a subordinate branch or a branch of a branch, as of a bank, business, or the like.
  • subincise — to perform a subincision
  • substance — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
  • sun dance — a religious ceremony associated with the sun, practiced by North American Indians of the Plains, consisting of dancing attended with various symbolic rites and commonly including self-torture.
  • surgeoncy — the office, duties, or position of a surgeon, esp in the army or navy
  • sweelinck — Jan Pieters [yahn pee-tuh rs] /yɑn ˈpi tərs/ (Show IPA), or Jan Pieterszoon [yahn pee-tuh r-sohn] /yɑn ˈpi tərˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA), 1562–1621, Dutch organist and composer.
  • synchrony — simultaneous occurrence; synchronism.
  • synchysis — an arrangement of words with muddled meaning
  • synclinal — sloping downward from opposite directions so as to meet in a common point or line.
  • syncopate — Music. to place (the accents) on beats that are normally unaccented. to treat (a passage, piece, etc.) in this way.
  • syncretic — the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
  • syncrisis — the comparison of opposites.
  • syncytial — a multinucleate mass of cytoplasm that is not separated into cells.
  • syncytium — a multinucleate mass of cytoplasm that is not separated into cells.
  • tap dance — dance performed with clicking shoes
  • tap-dance — to perform a tap dance.
  • tarriance — delay.
  • tea dance — a dance held at teatime.
  • temulence — drunkenness
  • the bench — a judge or magistrate sitting in court in a judicial capacity
  • the fancy — those who follow a particular sport, esp prize fighting
  • the minch — a channel of the Atlantic divided into the North Minch between the mainland of Scotland and the Isle of Lewis, and the Little Minch between the Isle of Skye and Harris and North Uist
  • the pinch — sharp, painful, or extreme stress, need, etc
  • the-cenci — a verse tragedy (1819) by Shelley.
  • theomancy — divination or prophecy by an oracle or by people directly inspired by a god
  • titubancy — staggering or stumbling
  • toe dance — a dance performed on tiptoe
  • toe-dance — to perform a toe dance.
  • tolerance — a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.
  • trancedly — in a trancelike manner
  • tranching — Finance. one part or division of a larger unit, as of an asset pool or investment: The loan will be repaid in three tranches. a group of securities that share a certain characteristic and form part of a larger offering: The second tranche of the bond issue has a five-year maturity.
  • trenchant — incisive or keen, as language or a person; caustic; cutting: trenchant wit.
  • trenchard — Hugh Montague, 1st Viscount, 1873–1956, British Royal Air Force marshal.
  • trouncing — to beat severely; thrash.
  • truncated — truncated.
  • truncheon — the club carried by a police officer; billy.
  • two-pence — (used with a singular or plural verb) British. a sum of two pennies.
  • unbalance — to throw or put out of balance.
  • uncandled — (of a room, place, object, or time period) not illuminated by candlelight
  • uncandour — lack of candour
  • uncannily — having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; beyond the ordinary or normal; extraordinary: uncanny accuracy; an uncanny knack of foreseeing trouble.
  • uncapable — incapable.
  • uncareful — not careful; not caring or vigilant; careless
  • uncatered — to provide food, service, etc., as for a party or wedding: to cater for a banquet.
  • unceasing — not ceasing or stopping; continuous: an unceasing flow of criticism.
  • uncertain — not definitely ascertainable or fixed, as in time of occurrence, number, dimensions, or quality.
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