9-letter words containing a, c, o, u
- succorant — the act of seeking out affectionate care and social support.
- succotash — a cooked dish of kernels of corn mixed with shell beans, especially lima beans, and, often, with green and sweet red peppers.
- sucralose — a white, crystalline powder, C 12 H 19 Cl 3 O 8 , produced synthetically from sucrose, about 600 times as sweet as sucrose but having no calories.
- suctorial — adapted for sucking or suction, as an organ; functioning as a sucker for imbibing or adhering.
- suctorian — a suctorial animal.
- suffocate — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- sugarcoat — to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
- sulcation — having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.
- surrogacy — the state of being a surrogate or surrogate mother.
- t account — A T account is a type of account that uses two columns to show debits and credits.
- tag cloud — a visual representation of user-generated electronic tags or keywords that classify and describe online content, typically an alphabetical list or a grouping of words in different font sizes, as to show relative frequency or provide links to further information: a tag cloud of the words used in the president's speech. See also tag1 (def 9b).
- tau cross — a T -shaped cross.
- taxaceous — belonging to the Taxaceae, the yew family of plants.
- tenacious — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
- theaceous — belonging to the Theaceae, the tea family of plants.
- touchable — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- touchback — a play in which the ball is downed after having been kicked into the end zone by the opposing team or having been recovered or intercepted there, or in which it has been kicked beyond the end zone. Compare safety (def 6a).
- touchmark — touch (def 55a, c).
- truckload — the amount that a truck can carry.
- tubicolar — living in a self-constructed tube
- tuscarora — a member of an Indian people living originally in North Carolina and later, after their admission into the Iroquois confederacy, in New York.
- ulmaceous — belonging to the Ulmaceae, the elm family of plants.
- ultracold — extremely cold
- ultracool — extremely sophisticated or stylish
- una corda — with the soft pedal depressed (a musical direction in piano playing).
- uncandour — lack of candour
- uncoating — a process whereby the genome of a virus is exposed in order for the virus to replicate
- uncongeal — to make liquid
- uncordial — unfriendly
- undecagon — a polygon having 11 angles and 11 sides.
- undercoat — a coat or jacket worn under another.
- uniocular — monocular.
- unlocated — to identify or discover the place or location of: to locate the bullet wound.
- unlogical — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- unorganic — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
- unquachog — a member of an American Indian people of eastern Long Island, New York.
- unsolaced — not comforted
- up-anchor — to weigh anchor.
- urceolate — shaped like a pitcher; swelling out like the body of a pitcher and contracted at the orifice, as a corolla.
- usucapion — the acquisition of property through long, undisturbed possession.
- vacuation — an act of emptying
- vacuolate — having a vacuole or vacuoles.
- vancouver — George, 1758–98, English explorer.
- veracious — habitually speaking the truth; truthful; honest: a veracious witness.
- vicarious — performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another: vicarious punishment.
- vinaceous — of, relating to, or resembling wine or grapes.
- vitaceous — belonging to the Vitaceae, the grape family of plants.
- vivacious — lively; animated; spirited: a vivacious folk dance.
- vocabular — a vocabulary
- volacious — able or fit to fly.