9-letter words containing c, o, a
- backcloth — A backcloth is a large piece of cloth, often with scenery or buildings painted on it, that is hung at the back of a stage while a play is being performed.
- backcourt — In sports such tennis and badminton, the backcourt is the section of each side of the court that is furthest from the net. In basketball, the backcourt is the rear part of the court, where the defense plays. You can also use backcourt to refer to the members of a team who play mainly in this part of the court.
- backcross — to mate (a hybrid of the first generation) with one of its parents
- backdowns — Plural form of backdown.
- backdrops — Plural form of backdrop.
- backflows — Plural form of backflow.
- backhouse — an outdoor privy; outhouse
- backorder — Commerce. an order or part of an order waiting to be filled.
- backroads — Plural form of backroad.
- backronym — an existing word turned into an acronym by creating an apt phrase whose initial letters match the word, as to help remember it or offer a theory of its origin. For example, rap has been said to be a backronym of “rhythm and poetry.”.
- backrooms — Plural form of backroom.
- backround — Misspelling of background.
- backshore — the area of a beach above the usual high tide mark
- backsolve — To determine the inputs that would lead to a given output in a mathematical system.
- backstops — Plural form of backstop.
- backstory — the events which take place before, and which help to bring about, the events portrayed in a film
- backsword — a person who uses the backsword
- backwoods — If you refer to an area as the backwoods, you mean that it is a long way from large towns and is isolated from modern life.
- backwords — Plural form of backword.
- bacon fat — fat made by rendering bacon
- bacterio- — indicating bacteria or an action or condition relating to or characteristic of bacteria
- bacteroid — resembling a bacterium
- bad actor — a mean, ill-tempered, troublemaking, or evil person.
- bakuchiol — A meroterpene phenol, extracted from seeds of Psoralea corylifolia, that shows antimicrobial activity.
- balconied — That has a balcony attached.
- balconies — Plural form of balcony.
- ball cock — a device for regulating the flow of a liquid into a tank, cistern, etc, consisting of a floating ball mounted at one end of an arm and a valve on the other end that opens and closes as the ball falls and rises with the water level in the cistern
- ballcocks — Plural form of ballcock.
- balsamico — Balsamic vinegar.
- bandicoot — any agile terrestrial marsupial of the family Peramelidae of Australia and New Guinea. They have a long pointed muzzle and a long tail and feed mainly on small invertebrates
- bar chord — a musical chord that is played on a stringed instrument using the barré technique.
- baracaldo — city in The Basque Country, N Spain: pop. 105,000
- barachois — (in the Atlantic Provinces of Canada) a shallow lagoon formed by a sand bar
- barcarole — a Venetian boat song in a time of six or twelve quaver beats to the bar
- barcelona — the chief port of Spain, on the NE Mediterranean coast: seat of the Republican government during the Civil War (1936–39); the commercial capital of Spain. Pop: 1 582 738 (2003 est)
- barcoding — The assignment of a barcode to a product and the printing of the barcode on the product.
- barkcloth — Cloth made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry or similar tree.
- barocchio — Giacomo (ˈdʒakomo)
- baronetcy — the rank, position, or patent of a baronet
- baroscope — any instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, esp a manometer with one side open to the atmosphere
- barouches — Plural form of barouche.
- barracoon — (formerly) a temporary place of confinement for slaves or convicts, esp those awaiting transportation
- barricado — a barricade.
- base coat — the first coat of paint applied to a prepared surface
- basestock — Refined petroleum oil with no additives.
- basilicon — any of a variety of healing ointments applied to wounds in early medicine, commonly using lard or oil, resin, and wax
- batchelor — (British) alternative spelling of bachelor.
- beachcomb — to search for and collect objects such as seashells and driftwood along the seashore
- beachgoer — a person who goes to the beach, esp frequently
- beaconage — a number or system of beacons.