9-letter words containing r, t, c
- autocracy — Autocracy is government or control by one person who has complete power.
- autocrats — Plural form of autocrat.
- autocrime — a crime involving a motor vehicle, esp the theft of a car
- autocrine — relating to self-stimulation, through the production of a factor and a specific receptor for it
- autocross — a form of motor sport in which cars race over a half-mile circuit of rough grass
- autotruck — a motor truck.
- aviatrice — a woman who is a pilot; aviator.
- awestruck — If someone is awestruck, they are very impressed and amazed by something.
- b-picture — B-movie.
- back rest — a support for the back of something
- backbiter — to attack the character or reputation of (a person who is not present).
- backcourt — In sports such tennis and badminton, the backcourt is the section of each side of the court that is furthest from the net. In basketball, the backcourt is the rear part of the court, where the defense plays. You can also use backcourt to refer to the members of a team who play mainly in this part of the court.
- backdraft — an explosive surge in a fire produced by the sudden mixing of air with other combustible gases.
- backprint — The mark or impression left by a person's back having been pressed against a surface.
- backrests — Plural form of backrest.
- backstory — the events which take place before, and which help to bring about, the events portrayed in a film
- backstrap — A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe.
- backtrace — (computing) A stack trace.
- backtrack — If you backtrack on a statement or decision you have made, you do or say something that shows that you no longer agree with it or support it.
- backwater — A backwater is a place that is isolated.
- bacterial — Bacterial is used to describe things that relate to or are caused by bacteria.
- bacterias — (US) Plural form of bacteria.
- bacterins — a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.
- bacterio- — indicating bacteria or an action or condition relating to or characteristic of bacteria
- bacterium — Bacterium is the singular of bacteria.
- bacterize — to subject to bacterial action
- bacteroid — resembling a bacterium
- bad actor — a mean, ill-tempered, troublemaking, or evil person.
- bar chart — A bar chart is a graph which uses parallel rectangular shapes to represent changes in the size, value, or rate of something or to compare the amount of something relating to a number of different countries or groups.
- bar ditch — a roadside borrow pit dug for drainage purposes.
- bariatric — of or relating to the treatment of obesity
- barkcloth — Cloth made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry or similar tree.
- baronetcy — the rank, position, or patent of a baronet
- batchelor — (British) alternative spelling of bachelor.
- batrachia — amphibians, including frogs and toads, which have gills and a tail in their larval state, which are discarded later in life
- benchrest — a tablelike support for a target rifle used in target practice.
- bescatter — to scatter or strew about
- bewitcher — a person who enchants or bewitches
- bicentric — having two centres
- bifurcate — If something such as a line or path bifurcates or is bifurcated, it divides into two parts which go in different directions.
- biometric — Biometric tests and devices use biological information about a person to create a detailed record of their personal characteristics.
- birdwatch — to watch birds
- bisectrix — the bisector of the angle between the optic axes of a crystal
- black art — black magic
- black rat — a common rat, Rattus rattus: a household pest that has spread from its native Asia to all countries
- black rot — any of various plant diseases of fruits and vegetables, producing blackening, rotting, and shrivelling and caused by bacteria (including Xanthomonas campestris) and fungi (such as Physalospora malorum)
- black tar — black heroin.
- blowtorch — A blowtorch is the same as a blowlamp.
- bookcraft — literary skill; authorship.
- boycotter — a person who boycotts