9-letter words containing t, a, i, l, c, o
- political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
- precoital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- prolactin — an anterior pituitary polypeptide hormone that stimulates lactation by the mammary glands at parturition in mammals, the activity of the crop in birds, and in some mammalian species the production of progesterone by the corpus luteum.
- ptolemaic — of or relating to Ptolemy or his system of astronomy.
- sailcloth — any of various fabrics, as of cotton, nylon, or Dacron, for boat sails or tents.
- scalation — an arrangement of scales, as on a fish.
- scapolite — any of a group of minerals of variable composition, essentially silicates of aluminum, calcium, and sodium, occurring as massive aggregates or tetragonal crystals.
- scholiast — an ancient commentator on the classics.
- sectional — pertaining or limited to a particular section; local or regional: sectional politics.
- sectorial — of or relating to a sector.
- socialist — an advocate or supporter of socialism.
- socialite — a socially prominent person.
- sociality — social nature or tendencies as shown in the assembling of individuals in communities.
- stoically — impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics: a stoical sufferer.
- suctorial — adapted for sucking or suction, as an organ; functioning as a sucker for imbibing or adhering.
- sulcation — having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.
- tail coat — a man's fitted coat, cut away over the hips and descending in a pair of tapering skirts behind, usually black and worn as part of full evening dress.
- tail cone — a cone-shaped component at the rear of a jet engine, rocket, or missile, usually serving as an exhaust pipe.
- tailstock — a movable or sliding support for the dead center of a lathe or grinder.
- tectorial — a rooflike structure.
- tocopilla — a seaport in N Chile.
- tonalitic — relating to or consisting of tonalite
- tonically — a medicine that invigorates or strengthens: a tonic of sulphur and molasses.
- topically — pertaining to or dealing with matters of current or local interest: a topical reference.
- toxically — of, pertaining to, affected with, or caused by a toxin or poison: a toxic condition.
- triclosan — a drug used to treat skin infections
- trifocals — glasses with trifocal lenses
- tubicolar — living in a self-constructed tube
- vectorial — Mathematics. a quantity possessing both magnitude and direction, represented by an arrow the direction of which indicates the direction of the quantity and the length of which is proportional to the magnitude. Compare scalar (def 4). such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities obey the parallelogram law of addition. such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities are to transform in a particular way under changes of the coordinate system. any generalization of the above quantities.
- volcanist — a person who studies volcanoes
- wyliecoat — a woolen or flannel undergarment, as a warm undershirt.