9-letter words containing o, c, t
- atrocious — If you describe something as atrocious, you are emphasizing that its quality is very bad.
- attractor — a person or thing that attracts.
- auctioned — Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- auctorial — of or relating to an author
- autecious — autoecious
- autocidal — (of insect pest control) effected by the introduction of sterile or genetically altered individuals into the wild population
- autoclave — a strong sealed vessel used for chemical reactions at high pressure
- autocoder — (language) Possibly the first primitive compiler. AUTOCODER was written by Alick E. Glennie in 1952. It translated symbolic statements into machine language for the Manchester Mark I computer. Autocoding later came to be a generic term for assembly language programming.
- autocracy — Autocracy is government or control by one person who has complete power.
- autocrats — Plural form of autocrat.
- autocrime — a crime involving a motor vehicle, esp the theft of a car
- autocrine — relating to self-stimulation, through the production of a factor and a specific receptor for it
- autocross — a form of motor sport in which cars race over a half-mile circuit of rough grass
- autocutie — a young and attractive but inexperienced female television presenter
- autocycle — a bicycle powered or assisted by a small engine
- autoecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- autofocus — a device that focuses a lens, camera, etc. automatically
- autogenic — Self-produced.
- autoicous — (of plants, esp mosses) having male and female reproductive organs on the same plant
- autolycus — a crater in the NW quadrant of the moon about 38 km in diameter and 3000 m deep
- autolytic — the breakdown of plant or animal tissue by the action of enzymes contained in the tissue affected; self-digestion.
- automagic — done with such ease and speed as to seem like magic
- automatic — An automatic machine or device is one which has controls that enable it to perform a task without needing to be constantly operated by a person. Automatic methods and processes involve the use of such machines.
- autonomic — occurring involuntarily or spontaneously
- autoscope — An optical instrument for examining one's own eye.
- autoscopy — the experience of hallucination in which one sees oneself from outside one's own body
- autotelic — having a purpose in and justifying itself
- autotruck — a motor truck.
- auxotonic — (of muscle contraction) occurring against increasing force
- 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.
- axiomatic — If something is axiomatic, it seems to be obviously true.
- babacoote — a species of large lemur, Lichanotus brevicaudatus, native to Madagascar
- backcloth — A backcloth is a large piece of cloth, often with scenery or buildings painted on it, that is hung at the back of a stage while a play is being performed.
- backcourt — In sports such tennis and badminton, the backcourt is the section of each side of the court that is furthest from the net. In basketball, the backcourt is the rear part of the court, where the defense plays. You can also use backcourt to refer to the members of a team who play mainly in this part of the court.
- backstops — Plural form of backstop.
- backstory — the events which take place before, and which help to bring about, the events portrayed in a film
- bacon fat — fat made by rendering bacon
- bacterio- — indicating bacteria or an action or condition relating to or characteristic of bacteria
- bacteroid — resembling a bacterium
- bad actor — a mean, ill-tempered, troublemaking, or evil person.
- 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
- barkcloth — Cloth made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry or similar tree.
- baronetcy — the rank, position, or patent of a baronet
- base coat — the first coat of paint applied to a prepared surface
- basestock — Refined petroleum oil with no additives.
- batchelor — (British) alternative spelling of bachelor.
- bel canto — a style of singing characterized by beauty of tone rather than dramatic power
- belection — bolection.
- betatopic — (of atoms) differing in proton number by one, theoretically as a result of emission of a beta particle