9-letter words containing a, c, o, e
- recreator — to refresh by means of relaxation and enjoyment, as restore physically or mentally.
- rectorate — the office, dignity, or term of a rector.
- red coral — any of several alcyonarian corals of the genus Corallium, as C. nobile, of the Mediterranean Sea, having a red or pink skeleton, used for jewelry.
- redaction — to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- refractor — a person or thing that refracts.
- relocatee — someone who is relocated or moved to a new location
- relocator — a program designed to transfer files from one computer to another
- resonance — the state or quality of being resonant.
- retractor — a person or thing that retracts.
- retropack — a system of retrorockets on a spacecraft
- revocable — that may be revoked.
- revocably — that may be revoked.
- rheobasic — of or relating to rheobase
- rhotacize — to change (a sound) to an (r); subject to rhotacism.
- rice coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from 3/16 to 5/16 inch (about 0.5 to 0.8 cm).
- road race — a race on public roads
- rocambole — a European plant, Allium scorodoprasum, of the amaryllis family, used like garlic.
- rocinante — Rosinante.
- rock cake — a small cake containing dried fruit and spice, with a rough surface supposed to resemble a rock
- rock face — a perpendicular side of a rock
- rock-face — an exposure of rock in a steep slope or cliff.
- rockwater — water that comes out of rock
- roll cage — a system of metal bars fitted around the seating area of a vehicle, especially a racing car, to prevent the occupants from being crushed if the vehicle rolls over.
- romanesco — a variety of green cauliflower
- roofscape — a view of the rooftops of a town, city, etc
- rosaceous — belonging to the plant family Rosaceae. Compare rose family.
- rosecrans — William Starke [stahrk] /stɑrk/ (Show IPA), 1819–98, U.S. general.
- rotachute — a device serving the same purpose as a parachute, in which the canopy is replaced by freely revolving rotor blades, used for the delivery of stores or recovery of missiles
- rounceval — a variety of large pea
- rudaceous — (of conglomerate, breccia, and similar rocks) composed of coarse-grained material
- rutaceous — of or like rue.
- sachemdom — the office of a sachem
- sage cock — the male sage grouse.
- samoyedic — of or relating to the Samoyed people or languages.
- sarcodine — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- sarcomere — any of the segments of myofibril in striated muscle fibers.
- sarcosine — a crystalline compound, C 3 H 7 NO 2 , with a sweet taste, soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol: used in the manufacture of toothpaste, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals.
- sarcosome — a mitochondrion occurring in a muscle fiber.
- sauceboat — a low, boat-shaped container for serving sauce or gravy, typically having a handle at one end and a long, wide lip at the other end.
- scaledown — a reduction in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion: a scaledown of military expenditures.
- scalework — an ornamentation technique used to depict scales on fish or other creatures
- scalloped — Scalloped objects are decorated with a series of small curves along the edges.
- scalloper — a person or thing that scallops.
- scapegoat — a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place.
- scapolite — any of a group of minerals of variable composition, essentially silicates of aluminum, calcium, and sodium, occurring as massive aggregates or tetragonal crystals.
- scare off — frighten away
- scarecrow — an object, usually a figure of a person in old clothes, set up to frighten crows or other birds away from crops.
- scarpetto — a type of shoe traditionally worn by Alpine climbers
- scenarios — an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- schiavone — the Italian name for a 17th century basket-hilted sword with a double edge