9-letter words containing c, o, a
- anecdotic — anecdotal
- anecdoton — (Grecian) alternative spelling of anecdote.
- anecdotum — (rare, Latinate) alternative spelling of anecdote.
- angiocarp — a plant bearing an angiocarpous fruit.
- anhedonic — unable to feel or experience pleasure
- aniconism — the belief in not using or worshipping images of deities
- aniconist — a believer or follower of aniconism
- ankylotic — Of or pertaining to ankylosis.
- announced — Simple past tense and past participle of announce.
- announcer — An announcer is someone who introduces programmes on radio or television or who reads the text of a radio or television advertisement.
- announces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of announce.
- annoyance — Annoyance is the feeling that you get when someone makes you feel fairly angry or impatient.
- anonychia — congenital absence of the nails.
- anorchism — Anorchia.
- anorectal — relating to the anus and rectum
- anorectic — Also, anorectous. having no appetite.
- anorexics — Plural form of anorexic.
- antechoir — the part of a church in front of the choir, usually enclosed by screens, tombs, etc
- antecourt — a forecourt.
- anteporch — an outer porch.
- anthocarp — a composite false fruit, consisting of the actual fruit and the perianth
- anthozoic — relating to anthozoans
- anthropic — of or relating to human beings
- anti-lock — designating or of an automotive braking system that prevents the wheels from locking during a sudden stop
- antichlor — a substance used to remove chlorine from a material after bleaching or to neutralize the chlorine present
- anticodon — a three-base unit of genetic code contained in transfer RNA that corresponds to a codon region on messenger RNA, involved in genetic translation
- anticosti — an island of E Canada, in the Gulf of St Lawrence; part of Quebec. Area: 7881 sq km (3043 sq miles)
- antiknock — a compound, such as lead tetraethyl, added to petrol to reduce knocking in the engine
- antimacho — opposed to macho attitudes
- antimonic — of or containing antimony in the pentavalent state
- antinomic — opposition between one law, principle, rule, etc., and another.
- antiochus — name of thirteen kings of the Seleucid dynasty of Syria
- antishock — designed to reduce the force of impact
- antitonic — (physiology) That reduces muscular or vascular tonus.
- antitoxic — of, containing, or acting as an antitoxin
- antonescu — Ion. 1882–1946, Romanian general and statesman; appointed prime minister (1940) by King Carol II. He was executed for war crimes
- antonymic — having the opposite meaning, relating to antonyms
- aperiodic — not periodic; not occurring at regular intervals
- apiaceous — of the family Apiaceae; umbelliferous
- apocenter — the point in the orbit of a heavenly body farthest from a primary other than the earth or the sun.
- apocopate — to omit the final sound or sounds of (a word)
- apocrypha — the 14 books included as an appendix to the Old Testament in the Septuagint and the Vulgate but not included in the Hebrew canon. They are not printed in Protestant versions of the Bible
- apodictic — that can clearly be shown or proved; absolutely certain or necessarily true
- apomictic — produced by, or relating to, apomixis
- apophatic — of or relating to the belief that God can only be described by a process of negation
- apophenic — Of or relating to apophenia.
- apoptotic — of or relating to apoptosis
- apostolic — Apostolic means belonging or relating to a Christian religious leader, especially the Pope.
- apothecia — the fruit of certain lichens and fungi: usually an open, saucer-shaped or cup-shaped body, the inner surface of which is covered with a layer that bears asci.
- aquaholic — Addicted to water.