9-letter words containing a, c, t
- backstage — In a theatre, backstage refers to the areas behind the stage.
- backstall — the loss of power and tendency to drop of a kite in low winds
- backstamp — a mark stamped on the back of an envelope by a post office to indicate the date and place of its arrival
- backstays — Plural form of backstay.
- backstops — Plural form of backstop.
- backstory — the events which take place before, and which help to bring about, the events portrayed in a film
- backstrap — A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe.
- backswept — slanting backwards
- backtrace — (computing) A stack trace.
- backtrack — If you backtrack on a statement or decision you have made, you do or say something that shows that you no longer agree with it or support it.
- backwater — A backwater is a place that is isolated.
- bacon fat — fat made by rendering bacon
- bacterial — Bacterial is used to describe things that relate to or are caused by bacteria.
- bacterias — (US) Plural form of bacteria.
- bacterins — a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.
- bacterio- — indicating bacteria or an action or condition relating to or characteristic of bacteria
- bacterium — Bacterium is the singular of bacteria.
- bacterize — to subject to bacterial action
- bacteroid — resembling a bacterium
- bad actor — a mean, ill-tempered, troublemaking, or evil person.
- ballastic — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- ballistic — Ballistic means relating to ballistics.
- bandicoot — any agile terrestrial marsupial of the family Peramelidae of Australia and New Guinea. They have a long pointed muzzle and a long tail and feed mainly on small invertebrates
- baptistic — Of or for baptism; baptismal.
- bar chart — A bar chart is a graph which uses parallel rectangular shapes to represent changes in the size, value, or rate of something or to compare the amount of something relating to a number of different countries or groups.
- bar ditch — a roadside borrow pit dug for drainage purposes.
- bariatric — of or relating to the treatment of obesity
- barkcloth — Cloth made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry or similar tree.
- baronetcy — the rank, position, or patent of a baronet
- base coat — the first coat of paint applied to a prepared surface
- basestock — Refined petroleum oil with no additives.
- batchelor — (British) alternative spelling of bachelor.
- batchmate — (India) classmate.
- bath chap — the lower part of the cheek of a pig, cooked and eaten, usually cold
- batrachia — amphibians, including frogs and toads, which have gills and a tail in their larval state, which are discarded later in life
- beach hut — a hut used for changing, storing deckchairs, etc
- beat back — to force to retreat; drive back
- bedjacket — A short jacket worn when sitting up in bed, usually by women.
- beechmast — collective term for beech nuts, esp when lying on the ground
- bel canto — a style of singing characterized by beauty of tone rather than dramatic power
- bepatched — mended with or covered in patches
- bescatter — to scatter or strew about
- best-case — being the best that can possibly be expected; optimal
- beta cell — B cell (def 2).
- betatopic — (of atoms) differing in proton number by one, theoretically as a result of emission of a beta particle
- bicaudate — having two tails or taillike appendages.
- bicipital — having two heads
- bicoastal — Someone or something that is bicoastal lives or occurs on both the east coast and the west coast of the U.S.
- bicompact — compact1 (def 7).
- bifurcate — If something such as a line or path bifurcates or is bifurcated, it divides into two parts which go in different directions.