9-letter words containing o, c, t, a
- cantoning — Present participle of canton.
- cantonise — divide into cantons
- cantonize — to divide into cantons
- cantorial — of or relating to a precentor
- canzonets — Plural form of canzonet.
- capacitor — A capacitor is a device for accumulating electric charge.
- cape town — the legislative capital of South Africa and capital of Western Cape province, situated in the southwest on Table Bay: founded in 1652, the first White settlement in southern Africa; important port. Pop: 3 740 026 (2011)
- caponette — a capon produced by the administration of a synthetic sex hormone.
- caporetto — Italian village (now in Slovenia): scene of a battle of WWI in which the Italian army was defeated by Austro-German forces (1917)
- capotasto — capo1 .
- capstones — Plural form of capstone.
- captioned — Simple past tense and past participle of caption.
- captopril — an ACE inhibitor used to treat high blood pressure and congestive heart failure
- carbonate — Carbonate is used in the names of some substances that are formed from carbonic acid, which is a compound of carbon dioxide and water.
- carbonite — An explosive manufactured from a variety of materials, including nitroglycerine, wood meal and nitrates.
- card vote — a vote by delegates, esp at a trade-union conference, in which each delegate's vote counts as a vote by all his or her constituents
- cardstock — paper stock stiff enough for the printing of business cards and similar uses.
- carefront — To caringly confront an individual; To approach someone in love and respect and correct them in an honoring manner.
- cariosity — (medicine) caries.
- carnation — A carnation is a plant with white, pink, or red flowers.
- carnosity — an abnormal fleshy protrusion growing on any part of the body
- carnotite — a radioactive yellow mineral consisting of hydrated uranium potassium vanadate: occurs in sedimentary rocks and is a source of uranium, radium, and vanadium. Formula: K2(UO2)2(VO4)2.3H2O
- carotenes — Plural form of carotene.
- carothers — Wallace Hume1896-1937; U.S. chemist
- carromata — (in the Philippines) a light, two-wheeled covered vehicle, usually drawn by one horse.
- carry out — If you carry out a threat, task, or instruction, you do it or act according to it.
- carry-cot — carrier (sense 5)
- carry-out — food: take-away
- carrycots — Plural form of carrycot.
- carthorse — A carthorse is a large, powerful horse that is used to pull carts or farm machinery.
- cartloads — Plural form of cartload.
- cartogram — a map showing statistical information in diagrammatic form
- cartology — the theory or science of mapmaking
- cartonage — the material from which many Egyptian mummy masks and coffins were made, consisting of linen or papyrus held together with glue
- cartonero — A person in Latin America who collects discarded waste, such as cardboard, to reuse or resell.
- cartonful — As much as a carton will hold.
- cartooney — Misspelling of cartoony.
- cartopper — an object, esp a small boat, designed to be transported on top of a vehicle
- cartouche — a carved or cast ornamental tablet or panel in the form of a scroll, sometimes having an inscription
- carve out — to make or create (a career)
- carve-out — to cut (a solid material) so as to form something: to carve a piece of pine.
- case shot — a quantity of small projectiles enclosed in a single case, as a shrapnel shell, for firing from a gun
- caseation — the formation of cheese from casein during the coagulation of milk
- cashpoint — A cashpoint is the same as a cash dispenser.
- cassation — (esp in France) annulment, as of a judicial decision by a higher court
- cassoulet — a stew originating from France, made from haricot beans and goose, duck, pork, etc
- cast down — If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
- cast iron — Cast iron is iron which contains a small amount of carbon. It is hard and cannot be bent so it has to be made into objects by casting.
- cast-iron — made of cast iron.
- castellón — seaport in E Spain, on the Mediterranean: pop. 133,000