9-letter words starting with sc
- schnorkel — (formerly) snorkel (def 1).
- schnorkle — (formerly) snorkel (def 1).
- schnorrer — a person who habitually borrows or lives at the expense of others with no intention of repaying; sponger; moocher; beggar.
- schnozzle — a nose, especially one of unusually large size.
- schofield — John McAllister [muh-kal-i-ster] /məˈkæl ɪ stər/ (Show IPA), 1831–1906, U.S. general.
- scholarch — the head of a school.
- scholarly — of, like, or befitting a scholar: scholarly habits.
- scholiast — an ancient commentator on the classics.
- schomburg — Arthur Alfonso, 1874–1938, U.S. scholar and collector of books on black literature and history, born in Puerto Rico.
- schonbein — Christian Friedrich [kris-tee-ahn free-drikh] /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1799–1868, Swiss chemist.
- schonberg — Arnold [ahr-nuh ld;; German ahr-nuh lt] /ˈɑr nəld;; German ˈɑr nəlt/ (Show IPA), 1874–1951, Austrian composer in the U.S.
- schoolbag — a bag used for carrying books, school supplies, etc.
- schoolboy — a boy attending school.
- schoolday — a day for going to school
- schoolery — something that is taught
- schooling — a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.
- schoolkid — a child who attends school
- schoolman — a person versed in scholastic learning or engaged in scholastic pursuits.
- schreiner — Olive ("Ralph Iron") c1862–1920, English author and feminist.
- schroeder — ˈGerhard (ˈgɛʀhɑʀt) ; gerˈhärt) 1944- ; Ger. politican: chancellor of Germany (1998-2005)
- schulberg — Budd [buhd] /bʌd/ (Show IPA), 1914–2009, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and scenarist.
- schvartze — a term used by some Jewish people to refer to a black person.
- schwinger — Julian Seymour, 1918–94, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1965.
- sciaenoid — belonging or pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of carnivorous fishes that produce a loud sound by snapping the muscles attached to their air bladder, comprising the croakers and drums.
- sciamachy — an act or instance of fighting a shadow or an imaginary enemy.
- sciential — having knowledge.
- scientism — the style, assumptions, techniques, practices, etc., typifying or regarded as typifying scientists.
- scientist — an expert in science, especially one of the physical or natural sciences.
- scientize — to apply or attempt to apply scientific principles to: to scientize art criticism.
- scintilla — a minute particle; spark; trace: not a scintilla of remorse.
- sciomachy — sciamachy.
- sciomancy — divination with the help of ghosts
- sciophyte — any plant that grows best in the shade
- sciosophy — supposed knowledge of natural or supernatural phenomena or forces, usually based on tradition, as astrology or phrenology.
- scirrhoid — resembling a scirrhus.
- scirrhous — of a hard, fibrous consistency.
- scissorer — someone who compiles something using scissors and paste
- scleritis — inflammation of the sclera.
- sclerosal — Pathology. a hardening or induration of a tissue or part, or an increase of connective tissue or the like at the expense of more active tissue.
- sclerosed — hardened or indurated, as by sclerosis.
- sclerosis — Pathology. a hardening or induration of a tissue or part, or an increase of connective tissue or the like at the expense of more active tissue.
- 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.
- scoldings — the action of a person who scolds; a rebuke; reproof: I got a scolding for being late again.
- 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.
- scolecoid — like or resembling a scolex
- scoliosis — an abnormal lateral curvature of the spine.
- scoliotic — an abnormal lateral curvature of the spine.
- scombroid — resembling the mackerel.