9-letter words containing o, c, t
- 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
- castoreum — the oil secreted from the beaver which is used as bait by trappers
- castrator — One who castrates (gelds or neuters).
- castroism — the philosophy and policies of Fidel Castro and his followers
- castroist — of or relating to the philosophy and policies of Fidel Castro and his followers
- catabolic — destructive metabolism; the breaking down in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones, with the release of energy (opposed to anabolism).
- catacombs — an underground burial place, esp the galleries at Rome, consisting of tunnels with vaults or niches leading off them for tombs
- cataloged — a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
- cataloger — a person, normally in a library, who catalogues literary materials
- catalogic — of the nature of or relating to a catalogue
- catalogue — A catalogue is a list of things such as the goods you can buy from a particular company, the objects in a museum, or the books in a library.
- catalonia — a region of NE Spain, with a strong separatist tradition: became an autonomous region with its own parliament in 1979; an important agricultural and industrial region, with many resorts. Pop: 7 012 600 (2003 est). Area: 31 929 sq km (12 328 sq miles)
- catamount — any of various medium-sized felines, such as the puma or lynx
- catanzaro — a city in S Italy, in Calabria. Pop: 95 251 (2001)
- cataphora — the use of a word such as a pronoun that has the same reference as a word used subsequently in the same discourse
- catatonia — a state of muscular rigidity and stupor, sometimes found in schizophrenia
- catatonic — If you describe someone as being in a catatonic state, you mean that they are not moving or responding at all, usually as a result of illness, shock, or drugs.
- catch dog — a dog used to help round up livestock.
- catch out — To catch someone out means to cause them to make a mistake that reveals that they are lying about something, do not know something, or cannot do something.
- catchpole — (in medieval England) a sheriff's officer who arrested debtors
- catchpoll — (formerly) a petty officer of justice, especially one arresting persons for debt.
- catchword — A catchword is a word or phrase that becomes popular or well-known, for example, because it is associated with a political campaign.
- catchwork — A simple irrigation system, used on sloping land, in which water from a stream or spring is fed in at the top and allowed to trickle down over a number of artificial terraces.