9-letter words containing c, a, t, o, s
- oscillate — to swing or move to and fro, as a pendulum does.
- oscitancy — yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- osculated — Simple past tense and past participle of osculate.
- osculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of osculate.
- ostracean — a member of the family formerly called Ostracea
- ostracise — to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
- ostracism — exclusion, by general consent, from social acceptance, privileges, friendship, etc.
- ostracize — to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
- ostracods — Plural form of ostracod.
- outcasted — Simple past tense and past participle of outcaste.
- outcastes — Plural form of outcaste.
- outscream — to scream louder than
- outsearch — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- overcasts — Plural form of overcast.
- overcoats — Plural form of overcoat.
- pack shot — (in television advertising) a close-up of the product being advertised, usually so that the viewer can register its logo and packaging
- panoistic — (of insects) producing ova without cells to nurse them
- pasticcio — a pastiche.
- patroclus — Classical Mythology. a friend of Achilles, who was slain by Hector at Troy.
- pectorals — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
- photoscan — to study the distribution of a radioactive isotope or radiopaque dye in (a body organ or part) through the use of x-rays.
- piscatory — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- pistachio — the nut of a Eurasian tree, Pistacia vera, of the cashew family, containing an edible, greenish kernel.
- podcaster — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
- post race — a race in which each owner is allowed to list a number of possible entries and, at a stipulated time before the race, specify which horse will actually compete.
- postcrash — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a crash
- prostatic — Also, prostatic [pro-stat-ik] /prɒˈstæt ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the prostate gland.
- psoriatic — a common chronic, inflammatory skin disease characterized by scaly patches.
- pyroclast — a piece of lava ejected from a volcano
- radiocast — a radiobroadcast.
- rhotacism — Historical Linguistics. a change of a speech sound, especially (s), to (r), as in the change from Old Latin lases to Latin lares.
- rock salt — common salt occurring in extensive, irregular beds in rocklike masses.
- rock star — a rock-'n'-roll star or celebrity.
- rock-salt — common salt occurring in extensive, irregular beds in rocklike masses.
- rockshaft — an oscillating shaft.
- roughcast — Also called spatter dash. an exterior wall finish composed of mortar and fine pebbles mixed together and dashed against the wall. Compare pebble dash.
- rutaceous — of or like rue.
- sack coat — a short coat or jacket with a straight back and no seam at the waist.
- sackcloth — sacking.
- sailcloth — any of various fabrics, as of cotton, nylon, or Dacron, for boat sails or tents.
- sanctions — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- santonica — the dried flower heads of any of several species of wormwood, belonging to the genus Artemisia, used as a vermifuge.
- sarcoptic — related to or caused by itch-mites that cause mange in animals
- satyricon — a satirical novel, interspersed with verse, written in the 1st century a.d. by Petronius, extant in fragments.
- sauceboat — a low, boat-shaped container for serving sauce or gravy, typically having a handle at one end and a long, wide lip at the other end.
- scalation — an arrangement of scales, as on a fish.
- scapegoat — a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place.
- scapolite — any of a group of minerals of variable composition, essentially silicates of aluminum, calcium, and sodium, occurring as massive aggregates or tetragonal crystals.
- scarpetto — a type of shoe traditionally worn by Alpine climbers
- scatology — the study of or preoccupation with excrement or obscenity.