9-letter words containing c, o, u, t, e
- cut above — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- cut loose — to free or become freed from restraint, custody, anchorage, etc
- cut stone — a stone or stonework dressed to a relatively fine finish with tools other than hammers.
- cutaneous — of, relating to, or affecting the skin
- decocture — the essence or liquor resulting from decoction
- deduction — A deduction is a conclusion that you have reached about something because of other things that you know to be true.
- destructo — a person who causes havoc or destruction
- documents — Plural form of document.
- dulcorate — (obsolete, transitive) To sweeten; to make less acrimonious.
- dutch hoe — a type of hoe in which the head consists of a two-edged cross-blade attached to two prongs or of a single pressing of this shape
- ectropium — Ectropion.
- education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- educators — Plural form of educator.
- educatory — educative.
- eductions — Plural form of eduction.
- elocution — The skill of clear and expressive speech, especially of distinct pronunciation and articulation.
- elocutory — elocutionary
- emunction — The act of blowing one's nose.
- emunctory — Pertaining to the elimination of waste from the body.
- en croûte — wrapped in pastry and baked
- encounter — Unexpectedly experience or be faced with (something difficult or hostile).
- eucaryote — Alternative spelling of eukaryote.
- eurytopic — (of a species) able to tolerate a wide range of environments
- eutectoid — Relating to or denoting an alloy that has a minimum transformation temperature between a solid solution and a simple mixture of metals.
- eutrophic — (of a lake or other body of water) rich in nutrients and so supporting a dense plant population, the decomposition of which kills animal life by depriving it of oxygen.
- execution — The carrying out or putting into effect of a plan, order, or course of action.
- executors — Plural form of executor.
- executory — Of or pertaining to administration or execution.
- exsuction — The act of sucking out.
- facetious — not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
- force-out — a put-out of a base runner on a force play.
- forecourt — Tennis. the part of either half of a tennis court that lies between the net and the line that marks the inbounds limit of a service. Compare backcourt (def 1).
- fruticose — having the form of a shrub; shrublike.
- gluconate — a salt of gluconic acid
- hacqueton — an upholstered garment for the upper body worn under chain mail or such a garment covered with chain mail
- headcount — The act of counting how many people are present in a group.
- homecourt — (basketball) The home court of a basketball team.
- hot sauce — any of several highly spiced, pungent condiments, especially one containing some type of pepper or chili.
- housecats — Plural form of housecat.
- housecoat — a woman's robe or dresslike garment in various lengths, for casual wear about the house.
- hutcheson — Francis. 1694–1746, Scottish philosopher: he published books on ethics and aesthetics, including System of Moral Philosophy (1755)
- incestous — Misspelling of incestuous.
- inoculate — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- introduce — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- lactulose — (organic compound) A disaccharide of galactose and fructose formed when milk is heated.
- launcelot — Arthurian Romance. the greatest of Arthur's knights and the lover of Queen Guinevere.
- leucocyte — leukocyte.
- leucothea — a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft.
- leucothoe — any of various shrubs of the genus Leucothoe, of the heath family, having clusters of white or pinkish flowers.
- leucotome — an instrument for dissecting the white matter of the brain, consisting of a cannula containing a slender rotating blade.