9-letter words containing a, c, o, e
- octameter — consisting of eight measures or feet.
- octastyle — having eight columns in the front, as a temple or portico.
- octateuch — the first eight books of the Old Testament, consisting of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, and Ruth, or a volume containing them.
- octennial — occurring every eight years.
- oenanthic — having a smell that is similar to wine
- oenomancy — a type of prophecy or foretelling that involves analysing wine and its qualities and characteristics
- offenbach — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1819–80, French composer.
- officiate — to perform the office of a member of the clergy, as at a divine service.
- ogee arch — an arch, each haunch of which is an ogee with the concave side uppermost.
- oldcastle — Sir John (Lord Cobham) 1377–1417, English martyr: leader of a Lollard conspiracy; executed for treason and heresy; model for Shakespeare's Falstaff.
- oleaceous — belonging to the Oleaceae, the olive family of plants.
- oleanolic — Of or pertaining to oleanolic acid or its derivatives.
- olecranal — the part of the ulna beyond the elbow joint.
- olecranon — the part of the ulna beyond the elbow joint.
- olfactive — Of or pertaining to the sense of smell; olfactory.
- omittance — The act of omitting something.
- omphacite — a pale-green variety of pyroxene similar to olivine, found in eclogite.
- on camera — a device for capturing a photographic image or recording a video, using film or digital memory.
- one-a-cat — one old cat.
- one-acter — a short play consisting of one act.
- one-track — having only one track.
- opacifier — an agent added to render something opaque
- opacities — the state or quality of being opaque.
- opalesced — Simple past tense and past participle of opalesce.
- opalesces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of opalesce.
- open call — an audition, especially for actors or dancers, open to anyone wishing to try out.
- open-cast — open-cut.
- operatics — Exaggerated or overly emotional behaviour; histrionics.
- opercular — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
- orcharder — One who owns or operates an orchard.
- orchestra — a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
- ordinance — an authoritative rule or law; a decree or command.
- oscillate — to swing or move to and fro, as a pendulum does.
- osculated — Simple past tense and past participle of osculate.
- osculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of osculate.
- ostracean — a member of the family formerly called Ostracea
- ostracise — to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
- ostracize — to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
- outbacker — a person who lives in the Australian outback
- outcasted — Simple past tense and past participle of outcaste.
- outcastes — Plural form of outcaste.
- outcharge — to charge more than
- outercoat — coat (def 1).
- outplacer — a person who outplaces ex-employees
- outpreach — to outdo in preaching or overcome by preaching
- outscream — to scream louder than
- outsearch — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- over-care — a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
- overacted — Simple past tense and past participle of overact.
- overactor — Someone who overacts.