9-letter words containing i, c, o
- anabiotic — a bringing back to consciousness; reanimation after apparent death.
- anacostia — a section of the District of Columbia, in the SE part.
- anaerobic — Anaerobic creatures or processes do not need oxygen in order to function or survive.
- anaphoric — of or relating to anaphora
- anaptotic — (of languages) tending to become uninflected, in accordance with a theory that languages evolve from uninflected to inflected and back.
- anchoring — any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- anchorite — a person who lives in seclusion, esp a religious recluse; hermit
- anchovies — Plural form of anchovy.
- anecdotic — anecdotal
- angiocarp — a plant bearing an angiocarpous fruit.
- anhedonic — unable to feel or experience pleasure
- aniconism — the belief in not using or worshipping images of deities
- aniconist — a believer or follower of aniconism
- ankylotic — Of or pertaining to ankylosis.
- anonychia — congenital absence of the nails.
- anorchism — Anorchia.
- anorectic — Also, anorectous. having no appetite.
- anorexics — Plural form of anorexic.
- antechoir — the part of a church in front of the choir, usually enclosed by screens, tombs, etc
- anthozoic — relating to anthozoans
- anthropic — of or relating to human beings
- anti-lock — designating or of an automotive braking system that prevents the wheels from locking during a sudden stop
- antichlor — a substance used to remove chlorine from a material after bleaching or to neutralize the chlorine present
- anticodon — a three-base unit of genetic code contained in transfer RNA that corresponds to a codon region on messenger RNA, involved in genetic translation
- anticosti — an island of E Canada, in the Gulf of St Lawrence; part of Quebec. Area: 7881 sq km (3043 sq miles)
- antiknock — a compound, such as lead tetraethyl, added to petrol to reduce knocking in the engine
- antimacho — opposed to macho attitudes
- antimonic — of or containing antimony in the pentavalent state
- antinomic — opposition between one law, principle, rule, etc., and another.
- antiochus — name of thirteen kings of the Seleucid dynasty of Syria
- antishock — designed to reduce the force of impact
- antitonic — (physiology) That reduces muscular or vascular tonus.
- antitoxic — of, containing, or acting as an antitoxin
- antonymic — having the opposite meaning, relating to antonyms
- aperiodic — not periodic; not occurring at regular intervals
- apiaceous — of the family Apiaceae; umbelliferous
- apodictic — that can clearly be shown or proved; absolutely certain or necessarily true
- apomictic — produced by, or relating to, apomixis
- apophatic — of or relating to the belief that God can only be described by a process of negation
- apophenic — Of or relating to apophenia.
- apoptotic — of or relating to apoptosis
- apostolic — Apostolic means belonging or relating to a Christian religious leader, especially the Pope.
- apothecia — the fruit of certain lichens and fungi: usually an open, saucer-shaped or cup-shaped body, the inner surface of which is covered with a layer that bears asci.
- aquaholic — Addicted to water.
- aquarobic — pertaining to exercises performed standing up in a swimming pool
- arachnoid — the middle of the three membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord
- arccosine — the function the value of which for a given argument between –1 and 1 is the angle in radians (between 0 and π), the cosine of which is that argument: the inverse of the cosine function
- archilowe — a treat, such as a drink, given in return for something
- archivolt — a moulding around an arch, sometimes decorated
- archontic — relating to an archon