9-letter words containing a, c, t, o, r, e
- escargots — (US) Cooked land snails, usually served as an appetizer or starter.
- escheator — a person appointed to deal with escheats
- escortage — the act of escorting
- esoterica — Esoteric or highly specialized subjects or publications.
- eucaryote — Alternative spelling of eukaryote.
- evocatory — evocative
- excavator — A person who removes earth carefully and systematically from an archaeological site in order to find buried remains.
- excoriate — Censure or criticize severely.
- execrator — a person who execrates or makes an execration
- exoterica — (Used with or without an article) Writing, facts, principles, etc. that are widely known.
- extractor — A machine or device used to extract something.
- factorage — the action or business of a factor.
- factories — A building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine.
- factorise — (mathematics): To create a list of factors.
- factorize — Mathematics. to resolve into factors.
- footraces — Plural form of footrace.
- forcemeat — a mixture of finely chopped and seasoned foods, usually containing egg white, meat or fish, etc., used as a stuffing or served alone.
- forcipate — having the shape of or resembling a forceps.
- forecasts — Plural form of forecast.
- foreteach — to teach (something) ahead of time
- forficate — deeply forked, as the tail of a bird.
- formicate — To move like ants.
- fornicate — to commit fornication.
- fortalice — a small fort; an outwork.
- forthcame — Simple past form of forthcome.
- foscarnet — a drug used to treat herpes viruses
- frontenac — Comte de (kɔ̃t də). title of Louis de Buade. 1620–98, governor of New France (1672–82; 1689–98)
- greatcoat — a heavy overcoat.
- grocerant — A grocery store that sells prepared meals, either for eating on site or taking home.
- hectogram — a unit of mass or weight equal to 100 grams, equivalent to 3.527 ounces avoirdupois. Abbreviation: hg.
- hierocrat — a person who believes in government by religious leaders
- homecraft — skills used in the home
- horsecart — A cart drawn by a horse.
- iceboater — a person who races iceboats, especially as a hobby or in competition.
- isocrates — 436–338 b.c, Athenian orator.
- karyocyte — (cytology) Any cell that has a nucleus.
- keratotic — any skin disease characterized by a horny growth, as a wart.
- latecomer — a person who arrives late: The latecomers were seated after the overture.
- lectorate — a lecturer in a college or university.
- lovecraft — H(oward) P(hillips) 1890–1937, U.S. horror-story writer.
- macerator — to soften or separate into parts by steeping in a liquid.
- macrocyte — an abnormally large red blood cell.
- macroetch — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- macrotape — (storage) /mak'roh-tayp/ An industry-standard reel of magnetic tape, as opposed to a microtape. See also round tape.
- manticore — a legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion.
- masoretic — of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- mercapto- — (in chemical compounds) indicating the presence of an HS- group
- metalcore — (music) A genre of rock music related to punk and heavy metal.
- metarchon — a nontoxic substance, such as a chemical to mask pheromones, that reduces the persistence of a pest
- microtape — (hardware, storage) /mi:'kroh-tayp/ Occasionally used to mean a DECtape, as opposed to a macrotape. Apparently the term "microtape" was actually the official term used within DEC for these tapes until someone coined the word "DECtape", which, of course, sounded sexier to the marketroids. Another version of the story holds that someone discovered a conflict with another company's "microtape" trademark.