9-letter words containing c, a, t, r, o
- prelocate — to set, fix, or establish in a position, situation, or locality; place; settle: to locate our European office in Paris.
- privocrat — (esp in neo-conservative thought) a person who is not in favour of relinquishing individual freedoms in order to give the state more powers to combat terrorism
- proaction — the process or state of acting or of being active: The machine is not in action now.
- proactive — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- procacity — insolence
- procreant — procreating or generating: a sufficiently procreant breed of fish; a procreant cause.
- procreate — to beget or generate (offspring).
- proctodea — parts of the anus
- prolactin — an anterior pituitary polypeptide hormone that stimulates lactation by the mammary glands at parturition in mammals, the activity of the crop in birds, and in some mammalian species the production of progesterone by the corpus luteum.
- prostatic — Also, prostatic [pro-stat-ik] /prɒˈstæt ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the prostate gland.
- provocant — a person who deliberately behaves controversially to provoke argument or other strong reactions
- psoriatic — a common chronic, inflammatory skin disease characterized by scaly patches.
- pyroclast — a piece of lava ejected from a volcano
- race riot — a riot resulting from animosity or tensions between racial or ethnic groups.
- race-riot — a riot resulting from animosity or tensions between racial or ethnic groups.
- raceabout — a small, sloop-rigged racing yacht with a short bowsprit.
- raciation — the evolutionary development of races
- raconteur — a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
- radectomy — excision of part or all of the root of a tooth.
- radiocast — a radiobroadcast.
- razor cut — a fluffy hairstyle, usually tapering at the neck, trimmed by a razor
- re-locate — to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location: plans to relocate the firm to Houston.
- recaption — the taking back without violence of one's property or a member of one's family or household unlawfully in the possession or custody of another.
- recatalog — a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
- recaution — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- recompact — to pack or join (something) closely together again
- recontact — the act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people.
- recountal — an act of recounting.
- recreator — to refresh by means of relaxation and enjoyment, as restore physically or mentally.
- rectorate — the office, dignity, or term of a rector.
- redaction — to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- refractor — a person or thing that refracts.
- relocatee — someone who is relocated or moved to a new location
- relocator — a program designed to transfer files from one computer to another
- retractor — a person or thing that retracts.
- retropack — a system of retrorockets on a spacecraft
- rh factor — any of a type of specific antigen present on the surface of red blood cells, persons having inherited such antigens being designated Rh+ (Rh positive) and persons lacking them, a much smaller group, being designated Rh− (Rh negative) blood of Rh− persons is incompatible with Rh+ blood because of antibody reaction, and an Rh− woman who bears an Rh+ baby will have formed antibodies to the fetal blood that, unless removed from her bloodstream by apheresis in a subsequent pregnancy, will be carried across the placenta and destroy red blood cells of the next Rh+ fetus, resulting in erythroblastosis in the newborn.
- rhapontic — a type of rhubarb
- rhotacism — Historical Linguistics. a change of a speech sound, especially (s), to (r), as in the change from Old Latin lases to Latin lares.
- rhotacize — to change (a sound) to an (r); subject to rhotacism.
- roadcraft — the skills and knowledge used to drive road vehicles
- rocinante — Rosinante.
- 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.
- rockwater — water that comes out of rock
- rotachute — a device serving the same purpose as a parachute, in which the canopy is replaced by freely revolving rotor blades, used for the delivery of stores or recovery of missiles
- 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.
- ructation — an eructation or belch