9-letter words containing a, c, t, e, o
- centonate — having many pieces or patches
- ceratodus — any of various extinct lungfish constituting the genus Ceratodus, common in Cretaceous and Triassic times
- certosina — a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- cessation — The cessation of something is the stopping of it.
- cetaceous — Relating to whales or more generally to any marine mammal of the order Cetacea.
- cetshwayo — ?1826–84, king of the Zulus (1873–79): defeated the British at Isandhlwana (1879) but was overwhelmed by them at Ulundi (1879); captured, he stated his case in London, and was reinstated as ruler of part of Zululand (1883)
- chaetopod — any annelid worm of the classes Oligochaeta or Polychaeta
- chamosite — a mineral of the chlorite group, hydrous aluminum silicate of iron, occurring in gray or black crystals in oolitic iron ore.
- charleton — a male given name.
- charlotte — a baked dessert served hot or cold, commonly made with fruit and layers or a casing of bread or cake crumbs, sponge cake, etc
- charoseth — haroseth.
- chaseport — a porthole through which a gun was fired
- chassepot — a breech-loading bolt-action rifle formerly used by the French Army
- cheap out — to take the cheapest option; try to do something as cheaply as possible
- chelation — the process by which a chelate is formed
- chelators — Plural form of chelator.
- chemostat — an apparatus for growing bacterial cultures at a constant rate by controlling the supply of nutrient medium
- chicalote — a poppy, Argemone platyceras, of the southwestern US and Mexico with prickly leaves and white or yellow flowers
- chlorates — Plural form of chlorate.
- chocolate — Chocolate is a sweet hard food made from cocoa beans. It is usually brown in colour and is eaten as a sweet.
- choluteca — a city in S Honduras.
- chopsteak — chopped steak.
- chordates — belonging or pertaining to the phylum Chordata, comprising the true vertebrates and those animals having a notochord, as the lancelets and tunicates.
- choreatic — any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- chromates — Plural form of chromate.
- ciliolate — covered with minute hairs, as some plants
- cinerator — an incinerator.
- cithaeron — a mountain range in SE Greece: sacred to Dionysus, in Greek mythology. to 4623 feet (1409 meters).
- claremont — a town in SW California.
- claystone — a compact very fine-grained rock consisting of consolidated clay particles
- clean out — If you clean out something such as a cupboard, room, or container, you take everything out of it and clean the inside of it thoroughly.
- clear out — If you tell someone to clear out of a place or to clear out, you are telling them rather rudely to leave the place.
- cleopatra — a yellow butterfly, Gonepteryx cleopatra, the male of which has its wings flushed with orange
- clodpated — stupid
- co-parent — a divorced or separated parent who shares equally with the other parent in the custody and care of a child.
- co-relate — to correlate.
- co-tenant — a joint tenant.
- coadapted — adapted to one another
- coadunate — united; joined together
- coagulate — When a liquid coagulates, it becomes very thick.
- coarctate — (of a pupa) enclosed in a hard barrel-shaped case (puparium), as in the housefly
- coastline — A country's coastline is the outline of its coast.
- coastwise — along the coast
- coat tree — clothes tree.
- coatdress — a coatlike dress having a buttoned front and, usually, lapels and long sleeves
- cobaltite — a rare silvery-white mineral consisting of cobalt arsenic sulphide in cubic crystalline form: a major ore of cobalt, used in ceramics. Formula: CoAsS
- cochleate — shaped like a snail's shell; spirally twisted
- cockateel — Archaic form of cockatiel.
- cockatiel — A cockatiel is a bird similar to a cockatoo that is often kept as a pet.
- cocreated — Simple past tense and past participle of cocreate.