9-letter words containing o, c, t
- categoric — Categoric means the same as categorical.
- catfooted — having feet resembling those of a cat.
- cathinone — (organic compound) The aromatic amine 2-amino-1-phenyl-1-propanone that is the active ingredient of khat.
- catholics — Plural form of Catholic.
- cathouses — Plural form of cathouse.
- catoptric — the branch of optics dealing with the formation of images by mirrors.
- causation — The causation of something, usually something bad, is the factors that have caused it.
- cautelous — crafty or cunning
- cautioned — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- cautioner — A person who cautions.
- cautionry — the position or function of a surety, a person who protects and takes responsibility for another person
- caveators — a person who files or enters a caveat.
- cavorting — to prance or caper about.
- cd4 count — a blood test that measures the number of helper T cells, used to evaluate patients infected with HIV.
- ceanothus — any shrub of the North American rhamnaceous genus Ceanothus: grown for their ornamental, often blue, flower clusters
- cecostomy — Alternative spelling of caecostomy.
- cefoxitin — a broad-spectrum, crystalline, semisynthetic cephalosporin antibiotic, C 16 H 17 N 3 O 7 , used in the treatment of serious infections caused by susceptible Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.
- celiotomy — laparotomy (def 2).
- cenobites — Plural form of cenobite.
- cenobitic — Of or pertaining to a cenobite.
- cenotaphs — Plural form of cenotaph.
- centesimo — a former monetary unit of Italy, San Marino, and the Vatican City worth one hundredth of a lira
- centonate — having many pieces or patches
- centriole — either of two rodlike bodies in most animal cells that form the poles of the spindle during mitosis
- centroids — Plural form of centroid.
- cents-off — of or relating to a marketing device, as a coupon, that entitles a buyer to a specified amount off the regular price.
- centurion — A centurion was an officer in the Roman army.
- ceratodus — any of various extinct lungfish constituting the genus Ceratodus, common in Cretaceous and Triassic times
- cerecloth — waxed waterproof cloth of a kind formerly used as a shroud
- certosina — a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- cespitose — growing in dense, matlike clumps without creeping stems, as moss, grass, etc.
- cespitous — Turfy; resembling turf.
- cessation — The cessation of something is the stopping of it.
- cetaceous — Relating to whales or more generally to any marine mammal of the order Cetacea.
- cetshwayo — ?1826–84, king of the Zulus (1873–79): defeated the British at Isandhlwana (1879) but was overwhelmed by them at Ulundi (1879); captured, he stated his case in London, and was reinstated as ruler of part of Zululand (1883)
- ceylonite — a dark blue or black form of spinel
- chaetopod — any annelid worm of the classes Oligochaeta or Polychaeta
- chalk out — to outline (a plan, scheme, etc); sketch
- chamosite — a mineral of the chlorite group, hydrous aluminum silicate of iron, occurring in gray or black crystals in oolitic iron ore.
- charleton — a male given name.
- charlotte — a baked dessert served hot or cold, commonly made with fruit and layers or a casing of bread or cake crumbs, sponge cake, etc
- charoseth — haroseth.
- chaseport — a porthole through which a gun was fired
- chassepot — a breech-loading bolt-action rifle formerly used by the French Army
- chat room — A chat room is a site on the Internet where people can exchange messages about a particular subject.
- chat show — A chat show is a television or radio show in which people talk in a friendly, informal way about different topics.
- chatoyant — having changeable lustre; twinkling
- chatrooms — Plural form of chatroom.
- cheap out — to take the cheapest option; try to do something as cheaply as possible
- check out — When you check out of a hotel or clinic where you have been staying, or if someone checks you out, you pay the bill and leave.