9-letter words containing a, b, c, i, s
- rabbinics — the Hebrew language as used by rabbis in post-Biblical times.
- rheobasic — of or relating to rheobase
- scabicide — Also, scabicidal. destructive to the organisms causing scabies.
- scabietic — a contagious skin disease occurring especially in sheep and cattle and also in humans, caused by the itch mite, Sarcoptes scabiei, which burrows under the skin. Compare itch (def 10), mange.
- scaraboid — of, relating to, or resembling a scarabaeid
- scribable — able to be written or written on
- shambolic — very disorganized; messy or confused: I’ve had a shambolic year, the worst ever.
- sibilance — hissing.
- slice bar — a long-handled instrument with a blade at the end, for clearing away or breaking up clinkers, coal, etc., in a furnace.
- slingback — Also called sling. a woman's shoe with an open back and a strap or sling encircling the heel of the foot to keep the shoe secure.
- stab kick — a rapid kick of the ball from one player to another member of his team
- stickable — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- stickball — a form of baseball played in the streets, on playgrounds, etc., in which a rubber ball and a broomstick or the like are used in place of a baseball and bat.
- subaction — an act of subduing
- subapical — located below the apex.
- subarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately south of the Arctic Circle; subpolar.
- subatomic — of or relating to a process that occurs within an atom.
- subcasing — a rough casing for a doorway or window.
- subcavity — a cavity within a larger cavity
- subclimax — the development of an ecological community to a stage short of the expected climax because of some factor, as repeated fires in a forest, that arrests the normal succession.
- subic bay — a bay in the South China Sea, near the Bataan Peninsula in W Luzon, in the Philippines: former U.S. naval base.
- subsocial — without a definite social structure.
- suribachi — an extinct volcano on Iwo Jima island: World War II battle 1945.
- swingback — (especially in political affairs) a return or reversion, as to previous opinion, custom, or ideology: We must fight any swingback to isolationism.
- sybaritic — (usually lowercase) pertaining to or characteristic of a sybarite; characterized by or loving luxury or sensuous pleasure: to wallow in sybaritic splendor.
- wingbacks — Plural form of wingback.
- zwiebacks — Plural form of zwieback.