5-letter words containing t, c
- optic — of or relating to the eye or sight.
- p-tac — Parallel Three Address Code.
- patch — Alexander McCarrell [muh-kar-uh l] /məˈkær əl/ (Show IPA), 1889–1945, U.S. World War II general.
- patco — Professional Air Traffic Controllers' Organization
- pc at — IBM PC AT
- pc-rt — (computer) An incorrect name for the RT-PC.
- pccts — Purdue Compiler-Construction Tool Set
- picot — one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- pitch — to smear or cover with pitch.
- potch — inferior quality opal used in jewellery for mounting precious opals
- ratch — a ratchet.
- react — to act in response to an agent or influence: How did the audience react to the speech?
- recit — narrative
- recta — a plural of rectum.
- recti — plural of rectus.
- recto — a right-hand page of an open book or manuscript; the front of a leaf (opposed to verso).
- recut — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- retch — to make efforts to vomit.
- rotch — a little auk
- rt-pc — (computer) RISC Technology Personal Computer. (Commonly, but incorrectly, known as the "PC-RT", later changed to just "RT") IBM's first RISC-based Unix computer. The RT-PC was the predecessor to IBM's RS/6000. It ran AIX 1.x and 2.x and had a PC-AT bus and IBM's ROMP microprocessor. It was withdrawn from the marketing around 1989 or 1990.
- scant — barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate: to do scant justice.
- scart — to scratch or scrape
- scatt — (in the Shetland and Orkney Islands) a crown tax, as for use of common lands.
- sceat — a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scent — a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable: the scent of roses.
- scoot — to go swiftly or hastily; dart.
- scots — a native or inhabitant of Scotland.
- scott — Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- scout — a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- scrat — to scratch
- scuft — the nape or back of the neck
- scuta — plural of scutum.
- scute — a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- spect — single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- stack — a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers.
- stacy — a male or female given name.
- stech — to fill or gorge (one's stomach) with food.
- stich — a verse or line of poetry.
- stick — a thrust with a pointed instrument; stab.
- stock — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- stoic — STring Oriented Interactive Compiler
- stuck — simple past tense and past participle of stick2 .
- tacan — an electronic ultrahigh-frequency navigation system for aircraft which gives a continuous indication of bearing and distance from a transmitting station
- taces — tasset.
- tacet — (on a musical score) a direction indicating that a particular instrument or singer does not take part in a movement or part of a movement
- tache — a buckle; clasp.
- tacit — understood without being openly expressed; implied: tacit approval.
- tacks — a lease, especially on farmland.
- tacky — not tasteful or fashionable; dowdy.
- tacna — city in S Peru: pop. 174,000