8-letter words containing c, t
- attercop — a spider
- atticism — the idiom or character of the Attic dialect of Ancient Greek, esp in the Hellenistic period
- atticize — to conform or adapt to the Attic Greek style of expression, habits, and beliefs
- attracts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of attract.
- atypical — Someone or something that is atypical is not typical of its kind.
- auctions — Plural form of auction.
- audacity — Audacity is audacious behaviour.
- auncient — Obsolete form of ancient.
- autacoid — any natural internal secretion, esp one that exerts an effect similar to a drug
- autarchy — unlimited rule; autocracy
- autarkic — the condition of self-sufficiency, especially economic, as applied to a nation.
- autecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- autistic — An autistic person suffers from autism.
- autocade — a procession or parade of automobiles; motorcade.
- autocarp — any fruit that is produced through self-fertilization
- autocide — suicide by crashing the vehicle one is driving.
- autocode — (language) 1. The assembly language accepted by AUTOCODER. 2. A generic term for symbolic assembly language. Versions of Autocode were developed for Ferranti Atlas, Titan, Mercury and Pegasus and IBM 702 and IBM 705.
- autocoid — Alternative form of autacoid.
- autoconf — (software, tool) The GNU project's tool that configures a source code distribution to compile and run on a different platform. Among open source hackers, a mere running binary of a program is not considered a full release; what's interesting is a source tree that can be built into binaries using standard tools. Since the mid-1990s, autoconf, automake, and libtools have been the standard way to make a distribution portable so that it can be built on multiple operating systems without change.
- autocrat — An autocrat is a person in authority who has complete power.
- autopsic — relating to autopsy
- autoptic — relating to or belonging to personal observation
- auxocyte — any cell undergoing meiosis, esp an oocyte or spermatocyte
- azotemic — the accumulation of abnormally large amounts of nitrogenous waste products in the blood, as in uremic poisoning.
- babracot — a wooden grating used by Indians in South America for roasting and drying food.
- baccarat — a card game in which two or more punters gamble against the banker
- bacchant — a priest or votary of Bacchus
- back lot — an outdoor area, usually adjoining a studio, used for the shooting of exterior scenes.
- back out — If you back out, you decide not to do something that you previously agreed to do.
- backbeat — the second and fourth beats of a bar written in even time or, in more complex time signatures, the last beat of the bar
- backbite — to talk spitefully about (an absent person)
- backcast — a backward casting of a fishing rod
- backchat — the act of answering back, esp impudently
- backdate — If a document or an arrangement is backdated, it is valid from a date before the date when it is completed or signed.
- backfist — a karate punch with the back of a clenched hand.
- backfoot — (transitive) To put on the defensive; to put off balance.
- backlift — the backward movement of a cricket bat in preparation for a swing
- backlist — a publisher's previously published books that are still available
- backlite — (in automotive styling) the rear window of a vehicle.
- backmost — furthest back
- backport — (software) To make a feature from a later version of a piece of software available in an earlier version. Backporting of features enables users of the older version to benefit from a feature without upgrading fully.
- backrest — The backrest of a seat or chair is the part which you rest your back on.
- backseat — relating to or taking place on the back seat of a vehicle
- backsets — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backset.
- backstab — to attack in a deceitful manner
- backstay — a stay leading aft from the upper part of a mast to the deck or stern
- backstop — a screen or fence to prevent balls leaving the playing area
- backtalk — an impudent response; impudence.
- backtick — back quote
- bacteria — Bacteria are very small organisms. Some bacteria can cause disease.