9-letter words containing s, t, a, c, o
- macrotous — having large ears
- masochist — Psychiatry. a person who has masochism, the condition in which sexual or other gratification depends on one's suffering physical pain or humiliation.
- masoretic — of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- mastocyte — Mast cell.
- metascope — a device for converting infrared radiation into visible light.
- microstat — a negative of a microphotograph made directly from a negative by a copy camera.
- mislocate — to misplace.
- mist-coat — (in house painting or interior decoration) a coat of thinner, sometimes pigmented, applied to a finish coat of paint to increase its luster.
- mocktails — Plural form of mocktail.
- monastics — Plural form of monastic.
- moot case — a case dealing with an abstract question, or one seeking a judgement on a right before the right has been asserted
- mosaicist — a person who works in mosaic.
- moschatel — a small plant, Adoxa moschatellina, having greenish or yellowish flowers with a musky odor.
- motorcars — Plural form of motorcar.
- motoscafo — a passenger motorboat most often used on the canals in Venice
- moustache — the hair growing on the upper lip.
- mustachio — a mustache.
- narcotics — Plural form of narcotic.
- narcotise — Alternative spelling of narcotize.
- narcotism — habitual use of narcotics.
- narcotist — One who is addicted to a narcotic drug.
- nectarous — of the nature of or resembling nectar.
- nonracist — One who is not a racist.
- nonstatic — (computing) (object-oriented programming) Not static.
- nostalgic — experiencing or exhibiting nostalgia, a sentimental or wistful yearning for the happiness felt in a former place, time, or situation.
- nostratic — designating or of a proposed language superfamily that includes the Indo-European, Afroasiatic, Dravidian, Uralic, and Altaic families
- notecards — An ambitious hypertext system developed at Xerox PARC, "designed to support the task of transforming a chaotic collection of unrelated thoughts into an integrated, orderly interpretation of ideas and their interconnections".
- notecases — Plural form of notecase.
- nyctalops — a person affected by nyctalopia
- obfuscate — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- obscurant — a person who strives to prevent the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obsecrate — to entreat solemnly; beseech; supplicate.
- obstacles — Plural form of obstacle.
- obstinacy — the quality or state of being obstinate; stubbornness.
- occupants — Plural form of occupant.
- oceanites — Plural form of oceanite.
- octastich — a stanza or piece of poetic writing that contains eight lines
- octastyle — having eight columns in the front, as a temple or portico.
- ocularist — a person who makes artificial eyes
- oldcastle — Sir John (Lord Cobham) 1377–1417, English martyr: leader of a Lollard conspiracy; executed for treason and heresy; model for Shakespeare's Falstaff.
- olfactics — The study of smells and how they are perceived.
- onanistic — withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus.
- oncostman — a miner who is paid daily
- onomastic — of or relating to proper names.
- opacities — the state or quality of being opaque.
- open-cast — open-cut.
- operatics — Exaggerated or overly emotional behaviour; histrionics.
- opticians — Plural form of optician.
- orchestra — a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
- orgiastic — of, relating to, or having the nature of an orgy.