9-letter words containing o, c, a, n
- auctioned — Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- autocrine — relating to self-stimulation, through the production of a factor and a specific receptor for it
- autogenic — Self-produced.
- autonomic — occurring involuntarily or spontaneously
- auxotonic — (of muscle contraction) occurring against increasing force
- avicebron — (Solomon ben Judah ibn-Gabirol) 1021?–58, Jewish poet and philosopher in Spain.
- avocating — Present participle of avocate.
- avocation — Your avocation is a job or activity that you do because you are interested in it, rather than to earn your living.
- avoidance — Avoidance of someone or something is the act of avoiding them.
- avoparcin — an antibiotic, now banned in the EU, formerly used to treat farm animals
- avouching — Present participle of avouch.
- ayckbourn — Sir Alan. born 1939, English dramatist. His plays include Absurd Person Singular (1973), the trilogy The Norman Conquests (1974), A Chorus of Disapproval (1985), House and Garden (2000), and Private Fears in Public Places (2004)
- back down — If you back down, you withdraw a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are strongly opposed to it.
- backboned — With a strong spine.
- backbones — Plural form of backbone.
- backdowns — Plural form of backdown.
- backronym — an existing word turned into an acronym by creating an apt phrase whose initial letters match the word, as to help remember it or offer a theory of its origin. For example, rap has been said to be a backronym of “rhythm and poetry.”.
- backround — Misspelling of background.
- bacon fat — fat made by rendering bacon
- balconied — That has a balcony attached.
- balconies — Plural form of balcony.
- bandicoot — any agile terrestrial marsupial of the family Peramelidae of Australia and New Guinea. They have a long pointed muzzle and a long tail and feed mainly on small invertebrates
- barcelona — the chief port of Spain, on the NE Mediterranean coast: seat of the Republican government during the Civil War (1936–39); the commercial capital of Spain. Pop: 1 582 738 (2003 est)
- barcoding — The assignment of a barcode to a product and the printing of the barcode on the product.
- baronetcy — the rank, position, or patent of a baronet
- barracoon — (formerly) a temporary place of confinement for slaves or convicts, esp those awaiting transportation
- basilicon — any of a variety of healing ointments applied to wounds in early medicine, commonly using lard or oil, resin, and wax
- beaconage — a number or system of beacons.
- beaconing — a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
- bel canto — a style of singing characterized by beauty of tone rather than dramatic power
- belomancy — the art of divination using arrows
- biconcave — (of a lens) having concave faces on both sides; concavo-concave
- biconical — an object shaped like two cones with their bases together.
- binocular — involving, relating to, seeing with or intended for both eyes
- blacktown — a city in New South Wales, SE Australia, near Sydney.
- boat neck — a high slitlike neckline of a garment that extends onto the shoulders
- boneblack — a black residue from the destructive distillation of bones, containing about 10 per cent carbon and 80 per cent calcium phosphate, used as a decolorizing agent and pigment
- botanical — Botanical books, research, and activities relate to the scientific study of plants.
- brabancon — one of a variety of the Brussels griffon having a short, smooth coat.
- branchio- — gills
- bromantic — noting or pertaining to a bromance: You might call this movie a bromantic comedy.
- bronchial — Bronchial means affecting or concerned with the bronchial tubes.
- c rations — tinned food formerly issued in packs to US soldiers
- cabin boy — a boy who waits on the officers and passengers of a ship
- cabochons — Plural form of cabochon.
- cacholong — a type of opal, commonly of a milky colour
- cacodemon — an evil spirit or devil
- cacogenic — dysgenics.
- cacophony — You can describe a loud, unpleasant mixture of sounds as a cacophony.
- caesionid — (zoology) Any member of the Caesionidae.