6-letter words containing o, c, t
- cavort — When people cavort, they leap about in a noisy and excited way.
- caxton — a book printed by William Caxton
- cenote — (esp in the Yucatán peninsula) a natural well formed by the collapse of an overlying limestone crust: often used as a sacrificial site by the Mayas
- centos — Plural form of cento.
- centro — a city in S California.
- cforth — A Forth interpreter. Posted to comp.sources.unix volume 1.
- chalot — Plural form of chalah.
- chaton — a stone with a reflective metal foil backing
- chiton — (in ancient Greece and Rome) a loose woollen tunic worn knee length by men and full length by women
- choate — Rufus1799-1859; U.S. lawyer
- chotts — Plural form of chott.
- chroot — (operating system) The UNIX command to make the root directory (/) become something other than its default for the lifetime of the current process. It can only be run by privileged users and is used to give a process (commonly a network server such as FTP or HTTP) access to a restricted portion of the file system. The new root contains copies of all the essential files and directories, e.g. /lib, /dev/tty, /tmp.
- citato — l.s.c.
- citola — a medieval stringed instrument
- citole — cittern
- citron — a small Asian rutaceous tree, Citrus medica, having lemon-like fruit with a thick aromatic rind
- cloath — (obsolete) cloth.
- cloete — Stuart, 1897–1976, South African novelist, born in France.
- cloots — a cloven hoof; one of the divisions of the cloven hoof of the swine, sheep, etc.
- closet — A closet is a piece of furniture with doors at the front and shelves inside, which is used for storing things.
- clothe — To clothe someone means to provide them with clothes to wear.
- clotho — one of the three Fates, spinner of the thread of life
- cloths — a fabric formed by weaving, felting, etc., from wool, hair, silk, flax, cotton, or other fiber, used for garments, upholstery, and many other items.
- clotty — full of clots
- clouet — François (frɑ̃swa), ?1515–72, and his father, Jean (ʒɑ̃), ?1485–?1540, French portrait painters
- clouts — Plural form of clout.
- co-opt — If you co-opt someone, you persuade them to help or support you.
- coasts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coast.
- coated — covered with an outer layer, film, etc
- coatee — a short coat, esp for a baby
- coater — a machine that applies a coating to something
- coates — Joseph Gordon. 1878–1943, New Zealand statesman; prime minister of New Zealand (1925–28)
- coatis — Plural form of coati.
- cobalt — Cobalt is a hard silvery-white metal which is used to harden steel and for producing a blue dye.
- cobnut — filbert
- cocket — a document issued by a customs officer
- codist — a codifier
- coedit — to edit (a book, newspaper, etc) jointly
- coempt — to buy up (something) in its entirety
- coetus — Rare spelling of coitus.
- cogent — A cogent reason, argument, or example is strong and convincing.
- cogito — a person's philosophical theory
- cohort — A person's cohorts are their friends, supporters, or associates.
- cohost — to host (an event) jointly
- coital — Coital means connected with or relating to sexual intercourse.
- coitus — Coitus is sexual intercourse.
- collet — (in a jewellery setting) a band or coronet-shaped claw that holds an individual stone
- coltan — a metallic ore found esp in the E Congo, consisting of columbite and tantalite (a source of the element tantalum)
- colter — a blade or disk on a plow, for forming the vertical wall of the furrow
- colton — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.