9-letter words containing o
- acception — (obsolete) acceptation; the received meaning.
- acceptors — Plural form of acceptor.
- accession — Accession is the act of taking up a position as the ruler of a country.
- accessors — Plural form of accessor.
- accessory — Accessories are items of equipment that are not usually essential, but which can be used with or added to something else in order to make it more efficient, useful, or decorative.
- acclivous — Sloping upward; rising like a hillside.
- accoladed — any award, honor, or laudatory notice: The play received accolades from the press.
- accolades — Plural form of accolade.
- accolated — (of portraits on a coin, medal, or escutcheon) overlapping and facing in the same direction; conjoined.
- accompany — If you accompany someone, you go somewhere with them.
- accordant — in conformity or harmony
- accorders — Plural form of accorder.
- according — in proportion; in relation
- accordion — An accordion is a musical instrument in the shape of a fairly large box which you hold in your hands. You play the accordion by pressing keys or buttons on either side while moving the two sides together and apart. Accordions are used especially to play traditional popular music.
- accosting — Present participle of accost.
- accounted — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
- accounter — A person providing an account of events.
- accourage — to give encouragement to
- accoutred — equipped or dressed in a particular way
- accoutres — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accoutre.
- accretion — An accretion is an addition to something, usually one that has been added over a period of time.
- accroides — an alcohol-soluble resin, obtained from Australian trees, used in paper manufacturing and as a component of varnishes
- accustoms — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accustom.
- ace point — the first point in backgammon.
- acesodyne — mitigating pain; anodyne.
- acetaldol — aldol (def 1).
- acetyloxy — (organic chemistry, especially in combination) The radical CH3COO-, common to acetate esters, when used as a substituent.
- acholuria — the absence of bile pigments in the urine.
- achromate — a person unable to perceive color.
- achromats — Plural form of achromat.
- achromous — Colorless; achromatic.
- acid drop — a boiled sweet with a sharp taste
- acid rock — a type of rock music characterized by electronically amplified bizarre instrumental effects
- acid soil — a soil that gives a pH reaction of below about 6, found esp in cool moist areas where soluble bases are leached away
- acidophil — (of cells or cell contents) easily stained by acid dyes
- acidulous — rather sour
- aciniform — shaped like a bunch of grapes
- acoluthic — following, subsequent; specifically, relating to an afterimage
- aconcagua — a mountain in W Argentina: the highest peak in the Andes and in the W Hemisphere. Height: 6960 m (22 835 ft)
- aconitine — a poison extracted from aconite
- acorn cup — the woody cuplike base that holds the nut from an oak tree
- acoustics — the scientific study of sound and sound waves
- acre-foot — the volume of water that would cover an area of 1 acre to a depth of 1 foot: equivalent to 43 560 cubic feet or 1233.5 cubic metres
- acrobatic — An acrobatic movement or display involves difficult physical acts such as jumping and balancing, especially in a circus.
- acrodonts — Plural form of acrodont.
- acrodrome — (of the veins of a leaf) running parallel to the edges of the leaf and fusing at the tip
- acrodynia — (pathology) An epidemic disease of the skin characterized by increased sensibility of the soles and palms, with pricking sensations in them and rheumatoid pains in the hands and feet.
- acrolects — Plural form of acrolect.
- acroliths — Plural form of acrolith.
- acrologic — Of or pertaining to the naming of hieroglyphic symbols by the first phonetic sound of the picture they represent.