9-letter words containing a, c, r, o, t
- archivolt — a moulding around an arch, sometimes decorated
- archontic — relating to an archon
- archstone — a wedge-shaped stone forming the curved part of an arch
- arctogaea — a zoogeographical area comprising the Palaearctic, Nearctic, Oriental, and Ethiopian regions
- arcuation — the use of arches or vaults in buildings
- aromantic — Not given to experiencing romantic attraction to others.
- aromatics — Plural form of aromatic.
- artichoke — Artichokes or globe artichokes are round green vegetables that have fleshy leaves arranged like the petals of a flower.
- ascorbate — a salt of ascorbic acid
- astrocyte — any of the star-shaped cells in the tissue supporting the brain and spinal cord (neuroglia)
- at anchor — If a boat is at anchor, it is floating in a particular place and is prevented from moving by its anchor.
- at source — at the point of origin
- athrocyte — a cell that is able to receive and store matter
- atrocious — If you describe something as atrocious, you are emphasizing that its quality is very bad.
- attractor — a person or thing that attracts.
- auctorial — of or relating to an author
- autocoder — (language) Possibly the first primitive compiler. AUTOCODER was written by Alick E. Glennie in 1952. It translated symbolic statements into machine language for the Manchester Mark I computer. Autocoding later came to be a generic term for assembly language programming.
- autocracy — Autocracy is government or control by one person who has complete power.
- autocrats — Plural form of autocrat.
- autocrime — a crime involving a motor vehicle, esp the theft of a car
- autocrine — relating to self-stimulation, through the production of a factor and a specific receptor for it
- autocross — a form of motor sport in which cars race over a half-mile circuit of rough grass
- autotruck — a motor truck.
- backcourt — In sports such tennis and badminton, the backcourt is the section of each side of the court that is furthest from the net. In basketball, the backcourt is the rear part of the court, where the defense plays. You can also use backcourt to refer to the members of a team who play mainly in this part of the court.
- backstory — the events which take place before, and which help to bring about, the events portrayed in a film
- bacterio- — indicating bacteria or an action or condition relating to or characteristic of bacteria
- bacteroid — resembling a bacterium
- bad actor — a mean, ill-tempered, troublemaking, or evil person.
- barkcloth — Cloth made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry or similar tree.
- baronetcy — the rank, position, or patent of a baronet
- batchelor — (British) alternative spelling of bachelor.
- black rot — any of various plant diseases of fruits and vegetables, producing blackening, rotting, and shrivelling and caused by bacteria (including Xanthomonas campestris) and fungi (such as Physalospora malorum)
- bookcraft — literary skill; authorship.
- bracteole — a secondary bract subtending a flower within an inflorescence
- broach to — to turn or swing so that the beam faces the waves and wind and there is danger of swamping or capsizing
- broadcast — A broadcast is a programme, performance, or speech on the radio or on television.
- bromantic — noting or pertaining to a bromance: You might call this movie a bromantic comedy.
- c rations — tinned food formerly issued in packs to US soldiers
- cabriolet — A cabriolet is a type of car with two doors and a convertible top.
- cactiform — resembling a cactus
- caliatour — a tropical dyewood, possibly red sandalwood
- canrobert — François Certain [frahn-swa ser-tan] /frɑ̃ˈswa sɛrˈtɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1809–95, French marshal.
- cantorial — of or relating to a precentor
- capacitor — A capacitor is a device for accumulating electric charge.
- caporetto — Italian village (now in Slovenia): scene of a battle of WWI in which the Italian army was defeated by Austro-German forces (1917)
- captopril — an ACE inhibitor used to treat high blood pressure and congestive heart failure
- carbonate — Carbonate is used in the names of some substances that are formed from carbonic acid, which is a compound of carbon dioxide and water.
- carbonite — An explosive manufactured from a variety of materials, including nitroglycerine, wood meal and nitrates.
- card vote — a vote by delegates, esp at a trade-union conference, in which each delegate's vote counts as a vote by all his or her constituents
- cardstock — paper stock stiff enough for the printing of business cards and similar uses.