8-letter words containing s, c
- babiches — Plural form of babiche.
- bacchius — a metrical foot of one short syllable followed by two long ones (◡ – –)
- bacillus — A bacillus is any bacterium that has a long, thin shape.
- back saw — a short saw with a reinforced back.
- backcast — a backward casting of a fishing rod
- backends — Plural form of backend.
- backfist — a karate punch with the back of a clenched hand.
- backhoes — Plural form of backhoe.
- backings — Plural form of backing.
- backlash — A backlash against a tendency or recent development in society or politics, is a sudden, strong reaction against it.
- backless — A backless dress leaves most of a woman's back uncovered down to her waist.
- backlins — backward; back.
- backlist — a publisher's previously published books that are still available
- backlogs — Plural form of backlog.
- backmost — furthest back
- backrest — The backrest of a seat or chair is the part which you rest your back on.
- backrush — the return of water seaward, down the foreshore of a beach, following the uprush of a wave.
- backsaws — Plural form of backsaw.
- backseat — relating to or taking place on the back seat of a vehicle
- backsets — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backset.
- backside — Your backside is the part of your body that you sit on.
- backslap — a slap on the back indicating joviality or congratulation
- backslid — Simple past tense and past participle of backslide.
- backspin — a backward spinning motion imparted to a ball to reduce its speed at impact, as by hitting it with a downward or undercutting motion
- backstab — to attack in a deceitful manner
- backstay — a stay leading aft from the upper part of a mast to the deck or stern
- backstop — a screen or fence to prevent balls leaving the playing area
- backwash — The backwash of an event or situation is an unpleasant situation that exists after it and as a result of it.
- baconers — Plural form of baconer.
- baconism — of or relating to the philosopher Francis Bacon or his doctrines.
- balances — Plural form of balance.
- baldrics — Plural form of baldric.
- ballocks — (nonce, used only by James Joyce) Alternative form of bollocks.
- balsamic — any of various fragrant exudations from certain trees, especially trees of the genus Commiphora, as balm-of-Gilead. Compare balm (def 1).
- banausic — merely mechanical; materialistic; utilitarian
- bannocks — Plural form of bannock.
- barbasco — an evergreen South American plant, Jacquinia barbasco, which produces a poison harmless to humans but useful for stunning fish to make them easy to catch
- barchans — Plural form of barchan.
- barracks — A barracks is a building or group of buildings where soldiers or other members of the armed forces live and work.
- basaltic — the dark, dense igneous rock of a lava flow or minor intrusion, composed essentially of labradorite and pyroxene and often displaying a columnar structure.
- bascules — Plural form of bascule.
- basecamp — Alternative spelling of base camp.
- basecoat — a first coat of a surfacing material, as paint.
- basicity — the state of being a base
- basilect — (in a region where creole is or has been spoken) the dialect closest to that creole and furthest removed from the most prestigious dialect (the acrolect) of the region
- basilica — A basilica is a church which is rectangular in shape and has a rounded end.
- bearcats — Plural form of bearcat.
- beclouds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becloud.
- bedsocks — the type of socks worn in bed
- berascal — to accuse someone of being a rascal