9-letter words containing c, o, r, i, a, e
- forcipate — having the shape of or resembling a forceps.
- forecabin — the forward cabin on a vessel
- forficate — deeply forked, as the tail of a bird.
- formicate — To move like ants.
- fornicate — to commit fornication.
- fortalice — a small fort; an outwork.
- geocarpic — pertaining to geocarpy
- georgical — Georgic; relating to rural affairs.
- hierocrat — a person who believes in government by religious leaders
- ice apron — a structure built in a river upstream from a bridge pier or the like for protection against drifting ice.
- iceboater — a person who races iceboats, especially as a hobby or in competition.
- ignorance — the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
- incourage — Archaic form of encourage.
- isocrates — 436–338 b.c, Athenian orator.
- keratotic — any skin disease characterized by a horny growth, as a wart.
- localizer — (computing) A person who localizes.
- macrolide — Any of a class of antibiotics containing a lactone ring, of which the first and best known is erythromycin.
- manticore — a legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion.
- masoretic — of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- microbeam — (physics) A beam having a small cross section.
- microtape — (hardware, storage) /mi:'kroh-tayp/ Occasionally used to mean a DECtape, as opposed to a macrotape. Apparently the term "microtape" was actually the official term used within DEC for these tapes until someone coined the word "DECtape", which, of course, sounded sexier to the marketroids. Another version of the story holds that someone discovered a conflict with another company's "microtape" trademark.
- microwave — an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH 3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm.
- narcotine — An alkaloid found in opium; noscapine.
- narcotise — Alternative spelling of narcotize.
- narcotize — to subject to or treat with a narcotic; stupefy.
- nonameric — Of or pertaining to a nonamer.
- opacifier — an agent added to render something opaque
- operatics — Exaggerated or overly emotional behaviour; histrionics.
- ordinance — an authoritative rule or law; a decree or command.
- ostracise — to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
- ostracize — to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
- overclaim — to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: to claim an estate by inheritance.
- parecious — paroicous.
- paregoric — a camphorated tincture of opium, containing benzoic acid, anise oil, etc., used chiefly to stop diarrhea in children.
- paroemiac — proverbial; axiomatic
- peribonca — a river in central Quebec, Canada, flowing S to Lake St. John. 280 miles (451 km) long.
- pericopae — a selection or extract from a book.
- porcelain — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- preaction — the process or state of acting or of being active: The machine is not in action now.
- preatomic — of or relating to the period of history preceding the atomic age.
- precocial — (of an animal species) active and able to move freely from birth or hatching and requiring little parental care (opposed to altricial).
- precoital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- premosaic — of the period before Moses
- 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.
- 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.
- racegoing — that goes to races
- 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.
- recaution — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- recoinage — the act, process, or right of making coins.