9-letter words containing o, c, t, a
- adduction — an adducing or citing
- adductors — Plural form of adductor.
- adipocyte — a fat cell that accumulates and stores fats
- adjection — Act of adjecting or adding, or the thing added.
- advection — the transference of heat energy in a horizontal stream of gas, esp of air
- advocated — to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly: He advocated higher salaries for teachers.
- advocater — Alternative form of advocator.
- advocates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advocate.
- advocator — a person who advocates
- aerobatic — (used with a plural verb) stunts performed in flight by an airplane, glider, or the like.
- affection — If you regard someone or something with affection, you like them and are fond of them.
- agincourt — a battle fought in 1415 near the village of Azincourt, N France: a decisive victory for English longbowmen under Henry V over French forces vastly superior in number
- agnostics — Plural form of agnostic.
- agonistic — striving for effect; strained
- ahistoric — not related to or concerned with documented history
- air scout — a scout belonging to a scout troop that specializes in flying, gliding, etc
- aitchbone — the rump bone or floor of the pelvis in cattle
- albinotic — of or relating to albinism.
- alcathous — a son of Pelops and Hippodamia who married Euachme and became king of Megara.
- aleatoric — designating or of music that involves chance or unpredictability in composition or performance or both
- alectryon — any sapindaceous tree of the genus Alectryon of Australasia, Southeast Asia, and Micronesia
- alkalotic — characterized by alkalosis
- allantoic — of or in the allantois
- allocated — to set apart for a particular purpose; assign or allot: to allocate funds for new projects.
- allocates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of allocate.
- allocator — anyone or anything that allocates something
- allotypic — relating to an allotype
- alto clef — the clef that establishes middle C as being on the third line of the staff
- amaurotic — partial or total loss of sight, especially in the absence of a gross lesion or injury.
- amebocyte — any cell capable of moving like an amoeba, esp. one that floats freely in the blood or other body fluids, such as a white blood corpuscle
- ametropic — relating to ametropia
- ammocoete — the larva of primitive jawless vertebrates, such as the lamprey, that lives buried in mud and feeds on microorganisms
- ammonitic — Relating to, or containing, ammonites.
- amoristic — relating to, or characteristic of, romantic love
- anabiotic — a bringing back to consciousness; reanimation after apparent death.
- anacostia — a section of the District of Columbia, in the SE part.
- anaptotic — (of languages) tending to become uninflected, in accordance with a theory that languages evolve from uninflected to inflected and back.
- ancestors — Plural form of ancestor.
- anchorite — a person who lives in seclusion, esp a religious recluse; hermit
- anchoveta — a small anchovy, Cetengraulis mysticetus, of the American Pacific, used as bait by tuna fishermen
- anecdotal — Anecdotal evidence is based on individual accounts, rather than on reliable research or statistics, and so may not be valid.
- anecdotes — a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
- anecdotic — anecdotal
- anecdoton — (Grecian) alternative spelling of anecdote.
- anecdotum — (rare, Latinate) alternative spelling of anecdote.
- aniconist — a believer or follower of aniconism
- ankylotic — Of or pertaining to ankylosis.
- anorectal — relating to the anus and rectum
- anorectic — Also, anorectous. having no appetite.
- antechoir — the part of a church in front of the choir, usually enclosed by screens, tombs, etc