9-letter words containing a, c, o, r
- anchorage — An anchorage is a place where a boat can anchor safely.
- anchoress — a female anchorite
- anchoring — any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- anchorite — a person who lives in seclusion, esp a religious recluse; hermit
- anchorman — The anchorman on a television or radio programme, especially a news programme, is the person who presents it.
- anchormen — Plural form of anchorman.
- androcles — (in Roman legend) a slave whose life was spared in the arena by a lion from whose paw he had once extracted a thorn
- androsace — any plant of the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having basal leaves and white or reddish flowers.
- angiocarp — a plant bearing an angiocarpous fruit.
- announcer — An announcer is someone who introduces programmes on radio or television or who reads the text of a radio or television advertisement.
- anorchism — Anorchia.
- anorectal — relating to the anus and rectum
- anorectic — Also, anorectous. having no appetite.
- anorexics — Plural form of anorexic.
- antechoir — the part of a church in front of the choir, usually enclosed by screens, tombs, etc
- antecourt — a forecourt.
- anteporch — an outer porch.
- anthocarp — a composite false fruit, consisting of the actual fruit and the perianth
- anthropic — of or relating to human beings
- antichlor — a substance used to remove chlorine from a material after bleaching or to neutralize the chlorine present
- aperiodic — not periodic; not occurring at regular intervals
- apocenter — the point in the orbit of a heavenly body farthest from a primary other than the earth or the sun.
- apocrypha — the 14 books included as an appendix to the Old Testament in the Septuagint and the Vulgate but not included in the Hebrew canon. They are not printed in Protestant versions of the Bible
- aquarobic — pertaining to exercises performed standing up in a swimming pool
- arachnoid — the middle of the three membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord
- arccosine — the function the value of which for a given argument between –1 and 1 is the angle in radians (between 0 and π), the cosine of which is that argument: the inverse of the cosine function
- archabbot — In certain Catholic (notably Benedictine) congregations, the title of the general superior, ranking above all other abbots, vested in a particular abbey, which hence is called an archabbey (usually its motherhouse, such as Beuron, which gave its name to a Benedictine congregation).
- archaeol. — archaeology
- archilowe — a treat, such as a drink, given in return for something
- archivolt — a moulding around an arch, sometimes decorated
- archology — the study of the origins of things
- archontic — relating to an archon
- archosaur — any of a group of reptiles consisting of dinosaurs, pterosaurs, modern birds, modern crocodiles and extinct relatives of crocodiles, all having a diapsid skull
- archstone — a wedge-shaped stone forming the curved part of an arch
- arcograph — an instrument used for drawing arcs without using a central point
- arcsecond — unit used in astronomy
- arctogaea — a zoogeographical area comprising the Palaearctic, Nearctic, Oriental, and Ethiopian regions
- arcuation — the use of arches or vaults in buildings
- area code — The area code for a particular city or region is the series of numbers that you have to dial before someone's personal number if you are making a telephone call to that place from a different area.
- arecoline — a drug derived from betel nuts and producing a range of effects, including increased salivation, body temperature, and heart rate
- armorican — a native or inhabitant of Armorica
- aromantic — Not given to experiencing romantic attraction to others.
- aromatics — Plural form of aromatic.
- arrogance — the quality or state of being arrogant; overbearing pride or self-importance
- arrogancy — offensive display of superiority or self-importance; overbearing pride.
- artichoke — Artichokes or globe artichokes are round green vegetables that have fleshy leaves arranged like the petals of a flower.
- ascocarps — Plural form of ascocarp.
- ascorbate — a salt of ascorbic acid
- ascospore — one of the spores (usually eight in number) that are produced in an ascus
- ash color — ash gray.