9-letter words containing s, c, o
- biostatic — the branch of biology dealing with the structure of organisms in relation to their functions (opposed to biodynamics).
- bisection — to cut or divide into two equal or nearly equal parts.
- bishopric — A bishopric is the area for which a bishop is responsible, or the rank or office of being a bishop.
- blockbust — to encourage the sale of property by means of blockbusting
- blockship — a ship used to block a river or channel
- bobbysock — ankle-length sock worn esp by teenage girls
- bodacious — If you say that someone or something is bodacious, you mean that they are very good or impressive.
- bombastic — If you describe someone as bombastic, you are criticizing them for trying to impress other people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.
- bookstack — Usually, bookstacks. stack (def 4).
- boondocks — If you say that someone lives in the boondocks, you mean that they live a long way from any large cities.
- bop stack — A BOP stack is one of two or more units which control well pressure, and contain the wellhead and blowout preventers.
- borescope — a long narrow optical device used to inspect the interior of a tight space
- boschvark — a bush pig of S Africa
- bow shock — the shock front along which the solar wind encounters a planet's magnetic field.
- box score — In baseball and basketball, a box score is a printed table of statistics showing how each player performed in a game.
- boxercise — a system of sustained exercises combining boxing movements with aerobic activities
- boy scout — The Boy Scouts is an organization for boys which teaches them discipline and practical skills.
- broachers — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
- broadcast — A broadcast is a programme, performance, or speech on the radio or on television.
- broccolis — a form of a cultivated cruciferous plant, Brassica oleracea botrytis, whose leafy stalks and clusters of usually green buds are eaten as a vegetable.
- bush coat — a belted, hip-length, shirtlike jacket, usually with four patch pockets and a notched collar, adapted from the hunting coat customarily worn in the African bush.
- buttstock — the part of a gun behind the breech
- bydgoszcz — an industrial city and port in N Poland: under Prussian rule from 1772 to 1919. Pop: 579 000 (2005 est)
- c rations — tinned food formerly issued in packs to US soldiers
- c-section — A C-section is the same as a Caesarean.
- cabassous — Plural form of cabassou.
- cabochons — Plural form of cabochon.
- cachepots — Plural form of cachepot.
- cacoepist — One who engages in cacoepy, especially frequently.
- cacoethes — an uncontrollable urge or desire, esp for something harmful; mania
- caesionid — (zoology) Any member of the Caesionidae.
- cake shop — a shop that sells cakes
- cakeholes — Plural form of cakehole.
- calabogus — a mixed drink containing rum, spruce beer, and molasses
- calaboose — a prison; jail
- calculose — calculous
- calculous — of or suffering from a calculus
- callaloos — Plural form of callaloo.
- calliopes — Plural form of calliope.
- callosity — hardheartedness
- calloused — A foot or hand that is calloused is covered in calluses.
- callouses — made hard; hardened.
- callously — made hard; hardened.
- callowest — Superlative form of callow.
- calor gas — Calor gas is gas in liquid form which is sold in special containers so that people can use it in places which are not connected to the gas supply, such as tents or caravans.
- calotypes — Plural form of calotype.
- cameroons — former region in W Africa consisting of two trust territories, French Cameroons (in 1960 forming the republic of Cameroon ) and British Cameroons (in 1961 divided between Cameroon and Nigeria)
- camisoles — Plural form of camisole.
- campesino — a Latin American rural peasant
- camporees — Plural form of camporee.