9-letter words containing c, p, o
- supercold — extremely cold
- supercool — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
- superjock — an extremely athletic person
- susceptor — a piece of metallic film on a package of microwaveable food that helps cook and brown the food by producing and concentrating energy on the food's outer surface.
- suspicion — act of suspecting.
- sycophant — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sympatico — simpatico
- symphonic — Music. of, for, pertaining to, or having the character of a symphony or symphony orchestra.
- symposiac — of, relating to, or suitable for a symposium.
- symptotic — relating to symptosis
- syncopate — Music. to place (the accents) on beats that are normally unaccented. to treat (a passage, piece, etc.) in this way.
- tape echo — a means of delaying the repeat of a sound by adjusting the time lapse between the recording and playback heads of a tape recorder
- technopop — synthpop.
- telescope — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
- telescopy — the use of the telescope.
- time copy — written material set in type and held for future use. Compare filler (def 5).
- tiptronic — a type of gearbox that has both automatic and manual options
- to pieces — into shreds or small bits
- tocopilla — a seaport in N Chile.
- toe-piece — the forward part of the device fixed to a ski to grip a ski boot, for either water skiing or snow skiing
- toothpick — a small pointed piece of wood, plastic, etc., for removing substances, especially food particles, from between the teeth.
- top whack — the maximum price
- top-class — Top-class means among the finest of its kind.
- top-notch — first-rate: a topnotch job.
- topcastle — a large fighting top used in medieval ships.
- topectomy — excision of part of the cerebral cortex for the relief of unmanageable pain or especially as a treatment for certain mental disorders.
- topically — pertaining to or dealing with matters of current or local interest: a topical reference.
- toponymic — of toponyms
- topstitch — to sew a line of stitches on the face side of (a garment or the like) alongside a seam.
- townscape — a scene or view, either pictorial or natural, of a town or city.
- trap rock — trap2
- truckstop — a gas station, usually at the side of a major highway, where truck drivers stop for fuel, and often including a restaurant, sleeping and showering rooms, a store selling basic items, etc.
- tuck shop — a shop where pastry, candy, or the like is sold.
- tuck-shop — a shop where pastry, candy, or the like is sold.
- turcopole — during the Crusades, a type of lightly armed and low-ranking soldier belonging to the Order of St John of Jerusalem, used mainly as mounted archers and scouts
- two-pence — (used with a singular or plural verb) British. a sum of two pennies.
- two-piece — having or consisting of two parts or pieces, especially two matching pieces of a clothing ensemble: a two-piece bathing suit.
- uncopious — large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful: copious amounts of food.
- uncorrupt — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
- uncoupler — an agent responsible for the uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation
- uncropped — the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered: the wheat crop.
- unpoliced — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- unpolitic — impolitic.
- up-anchor — to weigh anchor.
- upcountry — of, relating to, residing in, or situated in the interior of a region or country; inland.
- usucapion — the acquisition of property through long, undisturbed possession.
- utopistic — utopianism.
- vaporific — producing vapor; tending to form vapor.
- vitascope — one of the first motion-picture projectors, developed by Thomas Edison.
- whipcordy — resembling a whipcord