9-Letter Words Containing: A,N,I,S,C

• a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy

• a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down

• a small short-billed Old World snipe

• American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting

• (nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the water

• crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings

• a tart spicy quality

• the quality of being agreeably stimulating or mentally exciting

• convert a cock into a capon

• The preparatory stroke preceding that which produces contact with the target. Normally associated with sports using an implement such as a bat, club, racket or stick.

• (football) the person who plays wingback

• (American football) the position of the offensive back who lines up behind or outside the end

• miscellaneous curios