9-letter words containing p, t, c, a
- aspectual — of or relating to grammatical aspect
- asphaltic — Resembling, containing, or relating to asphalt; bituminous.
- at a clip — If something moves or happens at a fast clip, it moves or happens quickly.
- atypicals — Plural form of atypical.
- auspicate — to begin or inaugurate with a ceremony intended to bring good fortune
- 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
- backplate — a plate of armour which guards the back
- backprint — The mark or impression left by a person's back having been pressed against a surface.
- backstamp — a mark stamped on the back of an envelope by a post office to indicate the date and place of its arrival
- backstops — Plural form of backstop.
- backstrap — A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe.
- backswept — slanting backwards
- baptistic — Of or for baptism; baptismal.
- bath chap — the lower part of the cheek of a pig, cooked and eaten, usually cold
- bepatched — mended with or covered in patches
- betatopic — (of atoms) differing in proton number by one, theoretically as a result of emission of a beta particle
- bicipital — having two heads
- bicompact — compact1 (def 7).
- black pit — a disease of lemons, characterized by dark brown, sunken spots on the skin of the fruit, caused by a bacterium, Xanthomonas syringae.
- boot camp — In the United States, a boot camp is a camp where people who have just joined the army, navy, or marines are trained.
- bop stack — A BOP stack is one of two or more units which control well pressure, and contain the wellhead and blowout preventers.
- brat pack — A brat pack is a group of young people, especially actors or writers, who are popular or successful at the moment.
- cachepots — Plural form of cachepot.
- cacoepist — One who engages in cacoepy, especially frequently.
- cacotopia — a dystopia
- cadetship — a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- cajeputol — cineole.
- cajuputol — a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C 10 H 18 O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
- caliphate — the office, jurisdiction, or reign of a caliph
- calotypes — Plural form of calotype.
- cam plant — any plant that undergoes a form of photosynthesis known as crassulacean acid metabolism, in which carbon dioxide is taken up only at night
- camp site — a place used or suitable for camping.
- campanist — an expert on bells
- campcraft — the skills that are required for camping
- campshirt — a loose, short-sleeved shirt or blouse with an open collar
- campsites — Plural form of campsite.
- campstool — a lightweight folding stool
- cantalope — Misspelling of cantaloupe.
- capacitor — A capacitor is a device for accumulating electric charge.
- cape cart — a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle sometimes with a canvas hood
- cape town — the legislative capital of South Africa and capital of Western Cape province, situated in the southwest on Table Bay: founded in 1652, the first White settlement in southern Africa; important port. Pop: 3 740 026 (2011)
- capitally — in an excellent manner; admirably
- capitasti — a plural of capotasto.
- capitated — having a fixed upper limit
- capitatim — Per head.
- capitular — of or associated with a cathedral chapter
- capitulum — a racemose inflorescence in the form of a disc of sessile flowers, the youngest at the centre. It occurs in the daisy and related plants
- caponette — a capon produced by the administration of a synthetic sex hormone.
- caporetto — Italian village (now in Slovenia): scene of a battle of WWI in which the Italian army was defeated by Austro-German forces (1917)