8-letter words containing sc
- fasciole — one of the spine-bearing bands of tubercles found on spatangoid sea-urchins
- fascista — a member of the Fascist movement in Italy.
- fascisti — an Italian political organization which seized power and set up a fascist dictatorship (1922-43) under Mussolini
- fascists — Plural form of fascist.
- fascitis — (pathology) Inflammation of the fascia.
- fescuing — Present participle of fescue.
- fiscally — of or relating to the public treasury or revenues: fiscal policies.
- floscule — a floret; a single blossom of a composite flower
- foolscap — a type of inexpensive writing paper, especially legal-size, lined, yellow sheets, bound in tablet form.
- frascati — a fruity white wine from Rome.
- frescade — a shaded walkway
- frescoed — Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture. Compare fresco secco.
- frescoer — a person who paints in fresco
- frescoes — Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture. Compare fresco secco.
- gascogne — Gascony
- geschrei — a yell; shout.
- glooscap — (among the Micmac and other Native North American peoples) a traditional trickster hero
- groschen — a zinc or aluminum coin of Austria until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a schilling.
- guesclin — Bertrand du ?1320–80, French commander during the Hundred Years' War
- guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
- hamlisch — Marvin. 1944–2012, US composer, best known for the musical A Chorus Line (1975)
- herschel — Sir John Frederick William, 1792–1871, English astronomer.
- hibiscus — Also called China rose. a woody plant, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, of the mallow family, having large, showy flowers: the state flower of Hawaii.
- hyoscine — scopolamine.
- icescape — a landscape covered with ice or with snow and ice: the limitless icescapes of Antarctica.
- inscient — Lacking knowledge; ignorant.
- insconce — Alternative spelling of ensconce.
- inscribe — to address or dedicate (a book, photograph, etc.) informally to a person, especially by writing a brief personal note in or on it.
- inscroll — enscroll.
- insculpt — engraved
- inviscid — (of a fluid) having no viscosity.
- iriscope — an instrument that displays the prismatic colours, consisting of a polished black glass which is breathed upon via a tube
- iscariot — the surname of Judas, the betrayer of Jesus. Mark 3:19; 14:10, 11.
- ischemia — local deficiency of blood supply produced by vasoconstriction or local obstacles to the arterial flow.
- ischemic — local deficiency of blood supply produced by vasoconstriction or local obstacles to the arterial flow.
- ischuria — Ischury.
- la scala — the chief opera house in Italy, in Milan (opened 1776)
- labrusca — of or derived from the North American fox grape, Vitis labrusca.
- lemnisci — Plural form of lemniscus.
- lipscomb — William Nunn [nuhn] /nʌn/ (Show IPA), Jr. 1919–2011, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1976.
- liquesce — to become liquid
- lubitsch — Ernst [urnst;; German ernst] /ɜrnst;; German ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1892–1947, German film director and producer, in the U.S. after 1922.
- luscious — highly pleasing to the taste or smell: luscious peaches.
- manscape — A view of a group of people.
- marascas — Plural form of marasca.
- mascagni — Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1863–1945, Italian operatic composer.
- mascaron — mask (def 11).
- masscult — the forms of culture, as music, drama, and literature, as selected, interpreted, and popularized by the mass media for dissemination to the widest possible audience.
- meniscal — Pertaining to, or having the form of, a meniscus.
- meniscus — a crescent or a crescent-shaped body.