9-letter words containing e, t, c
- at source — at the point of origin
- atacamite — a mineral, green in colour, containing copper and present in Australia, Chile, and Cornwall
- atheistic — Atheistic means connected with or holding the belief that there is no God.
- athematic — not based on themes
- athetosic — relating to or characterized by athetosis
- athletics — Athletics refers to track and field sports such as running, the high jump, and the javelin.
- athrocyte — a cell that is able to receive and store matter
- attackers — Plural form of attacker.
- attracted — feeling a pleasing, alluring, or fascinating influence from someone or something
- attracter — to draw by a physical force causing or tending to cause to approach, adhere, or unite; pull (opposed to repel): The gravitational force of the earth attracts smaller bodies to it.
- auctioned — Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- auspicate — to begin or inaugurate with a ceremony intended to bring good fortune
- autecious — autoecious
- authentic — An authentic person, object, or emotion is genuine.
- autoclave — a strong sealed vessel used for chemical reactions at high pressure
- autocoder — (language) Possibly the first primitive compiler. AUTOCODER was written by Alick E. Glennie in 1952. It translated symbolic statements into machine language for the Manchester Mark I computer. Autocoding later came to be a generic term for assembly language programming.
- autocrime — a crime involving a motor vehicle, esp the theft of a car
- autocrine — relating to self-stimulation, through the production of a factor and a specific receptor for it
- autocutie — a young and attractive but inexperienced female television presenter
- autocycle — a bicycle powered or assisted by a small engine
- autoecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- autogenic — Self-produced.
- autoscope — An optical instrument for examining one's own eye.
- autotelic — having a purpose in and justifying itself
- aviatrice — a woman who is a pilot; aviator.
- awestruck — If someone is awestruck, they are very impressed and amazed by something.
- b-picture — B-movie.
- babacoote — a species of large lemur, Lichanotus brevicaudatus, native to Madagascar
- bacchante — a priestess or female votary of Bacchus
- back rest — a support for the back of something
- back seat — a seat at the back, esp of a vehicle
- back vent — (in plumbing) a vent situated on the sewer side of a trap.
- backbeats — Plural form of backbeat.
- backbiter — to attack the character or reputation of (a person who is not present).
- backbites — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backbite.
- backdated — Put an earlier date to (a document or agreement) than the actual one.
- backdates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backdate.
- backplate — a plate of armour which guards the back
- backrests — Plural form of backrest.
- backseats — Plural form of backseat.
- backstage — In a theatre, backstage refers to the areas behind the stage.
- backswept — slanting backwards
- backtrace — (computing) A stack trace.
- backwater — A backwater is a place that is isolated.
- bacterial — Bacterial is used to describe things that relate to or are caused by bacteria.
- bacterias — (US) Plural form of bacteria.
- bacterins — a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.
- bacterio- — indicating bacteria or an action or condition relating to or characteristic of bacteria
- bacterium — Bacterium is the singular of bacteria.
- bacterize — to subject to bacterial action