9-letter words containing o, c, t, s
- overcoats — Plural form of overcoat.
- overstock — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- pack shot — (in television advertising) a close-up of the product being advertised, usually so that the viewer can register its logo and packaging
- panoistic — (of insects) producing ova without cells to nurse them
- pasticcio — a pastiche.
- patroclus — Classical Mythology. a friend of Achilles, who was slain by Hector at Troy.
- pectinose — arabinose.
- pectorals — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
- penobscot — a river flowing S from N Maine into Penobscot Bay. 350 miles (565 km) long.
- pentecost — a Christian festival celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter, commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles; Whitsunday.
- phonetics — (in Chinese writing) a written element that represents a sound and is used in combination with a radical to form a character.
- photonics — the study and technology of the use of light for the transmission of information.
- photoscan — to study the distribution of a radioactive isotope or radiopaque dye in (a body organ or part) through the use of x-rays.
- piscatory — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- pistachio — the nut of a Eurasian tree, Pistacia vera, of the cashew family, containing an edible, greenish kernel.
- pleoptics — the practice of treating the vision defect amblyopia.
- podcaster — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
- poeticism — a poetic expression that has become hackneyed, forced, or artificial.
- porticoes — a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- post race — a race in which each owner is allowed to list a number of possible entries and, at a stipulated time before the race, specify which horse will actually compete.
- post-rock — a type of music that often varies from traditional rock in terms of form and instrumentation
- postcrash — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a crash
- posticous — hinder; posterior.
- posttonic — immediately following a stressed syllable: a posttonic syllable; a posttonic vowel.
- proctitis — inflammation of the rectum and anus.
- proscript — a proscription or prohibition
- prosected — to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- prosector — a person who dissects cadavers for the illustration of anatomical lectures or the like.
- prosecute — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- prospects — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
- prostatic — Also, prostatic [pro-stat-ik] /prɒˈstæt ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the prostate gland.
- protistic — of or relating to the kingdom Protista
- protocols — the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
- psoriatic — a common chronic, inflammatory skin disease characterized by scaly patches.
- psych out — to intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often followed by out): to psych out the competition.
- psych-out — an act or instance of psyching out.
- psychotic — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
- pyroclast — a piece of lava ejected from a volcano
- quicksort — A sorting algorithm with O(n log n) average time complexity. One element, x of the list to be sorted is chosen and the other elements are split into those elements less than x and those greater than or equal to x. These two lists are then sorted recursively using the same algorithm until there is only one element in each list, at which point the sublists are recursively recombined in order yielding the sorted list. This can be written in Haskell:
- radiocast — a radiobroadcast.
- reconsult — to consult (someone or something) again
- recordist — Also called sound recordist. Movies. the person in charge of sound recording on a film set. Compare mixer.
- recosting — the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything: the high cost of a good meal.
- rectoress — a female rector
- resection — Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
- resolicit — to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: He solicited aid from the minister.
- rhotacism — Historical Linguistics. a change of a speech sound, especially (s), to (r), as in the change from Old Latin lases to Latin lares.
- rochester — John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of, 1647–80, English poet and courtier.
- rock dust — a crushed limestone sprayed on surfaces in mines to make coal dust incombustible in case of a gas explosion.
- rock salt — common salt occurring in extensive, irregular beds in rocklike masses.