8-letter words containing a, r, c, t, o
- offtrack — occurring or carried on away from a racetrack: offtrack betting.
- olfactor — A smelling organ; a nose.
- on track — heading for sth
- operatic — of or relating to opera: operatic music.
- orchanet — Alternative form of alkanet.
- orgastic — the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
- ostracod — seed shrimp.
- ostracon — (in ancient Greece) a potsherd, especially one used as a ballot on which the name of a person voted to be ostracized was inscribed.
- outcaper — to exceed in capering
- outcharm — to exceed in charming
- outcrawl — to crawl further than or faster than
- outmarch — to march faster or farther than.
- outraced — Simple past tense and past participle of outrace.
- outrance — the utmost extremity.
- outreach — to reach beyond; exceed: The demand has outreached our supply.
- overacts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overact.
- overcast — overspread or covered with clouds; cloudy: an overcast day.
- overcoat — a short story (1842) by Gogol.
- pectoral — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
- piscator — fisherman.
- portance — bearing; behavior.
- postcard — Also called picture postcard. a small, commercially printed card, usually having a picture on one side and space for a short message on the other.
- postrace — designating the period after a race
- pot arch — an auxiliary furnace in which pots used in melting frit are preheated.
- protocal — (spelling) It's spelled "protocol".
- protract — to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
- q factor — See Q (def 6).
- q-factor — See Q (def 6).
- r factor — a genetic component of some bacteria that provides resistance to antibiotics and can be transferred from one bacterium to another by conjugation.
- racahout — a substance similar to chocolate prepared as either a food or drink and made from acorns and cocoa
- rack out — a framework of bars, wires, or pegs on which articles are arranged or deposited: a clothes rack; a luggage rack.
- raincoat — a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.
- reaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- recaptor — someone who recaptures something that had been taken
- rectoral — of or relating to God's rule
- redactor — to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- relocate — to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location: plans to relocate the firm to Houston.
- retroact — to act in opposition; react.
- riot act — an English statute of 1715 providing that if 12 or more persons assemble unlawfully and riotously, to the disturbance of the public peace, and refuse to disperse upon proclamation they shall be considered guilty of felony.
- rock art — painting or engraving on rock
- romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- root cap — the loose mass of epidermal cells covering the apex of most roots, serving to protect the meristematic cells behind it.
- scordato — out of tune
- scranton — William Warren, 1917–2011, U.S. politician.
- sectator — a member or follower of a sect
- sectoral — Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- slot car — a miniature, electrically-operated toy racing car that runs on a slotted track and is controlled by an operator with a handheld rheostat.
- socrates — 469?–399 b.c, Athenian philosopher.
- socratic — of or relating to Socrates or his philosophy, followers, etc., or to the Socratic method.
- sortance — suitableness