9-letter words containing c, o, a
- allegoric — consisting of or pertaining to allegory; of the nature of or containing allgegory; figurative: an allegorical poem; an allegorical meaning.
- allicholy — a feeling of sadness and despondency
- allobaric — of or relating to change in atmospheric pressure: allobaric wind.
- allocable — able to be allocated
- allocarpy — the production of fruit through cross-fertilization
- allocated — to set apart for a particular purpose; assign or allot: to allocate funds for new projects.
- allocates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of allocate.
- allocator — anyone or anything that allocates something
- allogenic — Immunology. allogeneic.
- allotypic — relating to an allotype
- allowance — An allowance is money that is given to someone, usually on a regular basis, in order to help them pay for the things that they need.
- alopecoid — resembling a fox
- alto clef — the clef that establishes middle C as being on the third line of the staff
- alum rock — a town in W central California, near San Jose.
- amaurotic — partial or total loss of sight, especially in the absence of a gross lesion or injury.
- amblyopic — Of, relating to, or suffering from amblyopia.
- ambrosiac — Having the qualities of ambrosia; delicious.
- ambuscado — an ambush
- amebocyte — any cell capable of moving like an amoeba, esp. one that floats freely in the blood or other body fluids, such as a white blood corpuscle
- americano — a drink consisting of espresso coffee diluted with hot water
- ametropic — relating to ametropia
- aminoacid — Alternative spelling of amino acid.
- aminocarb — a crystalline compound, C 11 H 16 N 2 O 2 , used as a nonsystemic insecticide on various food crops and forest growth.
- ammocoete — the larva of primitive jawless vertebrates, such as the lamprey, that lives buried in mud and feeds on microorganisms
- ammonical — (inorganic chemistry) Of or pertaining to ammonia.
- ammonitic — Relating to, or containing, ammonites.
- amoristic — relating to, or characteristic of, romantic love
- amplicons — Plural form of amplicon.
- anabiotic — a bringing back to consciousness; reanimation after apparent death.
- anachrony — a discrepancy between the order of events in a story and the order in which they are presented in the plot: Anachronies are either flashbacks or flashforwards.
- anacondas — Plural form of anaconda.
- anacostia — a section of the District of Columbia, in the SE part.
- anacronym — An acronym the original meaning of which is not known to most speakers.
- anaerobic — Anaerobic creatures or processes do not need oxygen in order to function or survive.
- anaphoric — of or relating to anaphora
- anaptotic — (of languages) tending to become uninflected, in accordance with a theory that languages evolve from uninflected to inflected and back.
- ancestors — Plural form of ancestor.
- anchorage — An anchorage is a place where a boat can anchor safely.
- anchoress — a female anchorite
- anchoring — any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- anchorite — a person who lives in seclusion, esp a religious recluse; hermit
- anchorman — The anchorman on a television or radio programme, especially a news programme, is the person who presents it.
- anchormen — Plural form of anchorman.
- anchoveta — a small anchovy, Cetengraulis mysticetus, of the American Pacific, used as bait by tuna fishermen
- anchovies — Plural form of anchovy.
- anchylose — ankylose
- androcles — (in Roman legend) a slave whose life was spared in the arena by a lion from whose paw he had once extracted a thorn
- androsace — any plant of the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having basal leaves and white or reddish flowers.
- anecdotal — Anecdotal evidence is based on individual accounts, rather than on reliable research or statistics, and so may not be valid.
- anecdotes — a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.