9-letter words containing t, c
- blitz can — Military. jerry can (def 1).
- blitz-can — Also called blitz can. Military. a narrow, flat-sided, 5-gallon (19-liter) container for fluids, as fuel.
- bloc-vote — to vote in or as a bloc: Party conservatives can be counted on to bloc-vote.
- block out — If someone blocks out a thought, they try not to think about it.
- block tin — pure tin, esp when cast into ingots
- blockbust — to encourage the sale of property by means of blockbusting
- blowtorch — A blowtorch is the same as a blowlamp.
- boat deck — the deck of a ship on which the lifeboats are kept
- boat neck — a high slitlike neckline of a garment that extends onto the shoulders
- bolection — a stepped moulding covering and projecting beyond the joint between two members having surfaces at different levels
- 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.
- bontebuck — bontebok.
- bookcraft — literary skill; authorship.
- bookstack — Usually, bookstacks. stack (def 4).
- boot camp — In the United States, a boot camp is a camp where people who have just joined the army, navy, or marines are trained.
- bootblack — a person whose work is shining shoes and boots
- bop stack — A BOP stack is one of two or more units which control well pressure, and contain the wellhead and blowout preventers.
- botanical — Botanical books, research, and activities relate to the scientific study of plants.
- botchedly — in a botched or clumsy manner
- boy scout — The Boy Scouts is an organization for boys which teaches them discipline and practical skills.
- boycotter — a person who boycotts
- bracelets — a slang name for handcuffs
- brachiate — having widely divergent paired branches
- bracketed — a support, as of metal or wood, projecting from a wall or the like to hold or bear the weight of a shelf, part of a cornice, etc.
- bracteate — (of a plant) having bracts
- bracteole — a secondary bract subtending a flower within an inflorescence
- branchlet — a small branch
- brat pack — A brat pack is a group of young people, especially actors or writers, who are popular or successful at the moment.
- brecciate — to form into breccia
- brechtian — Bertolt [ber-tawlt] /ˈbɛr tɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1898–1956, German dramatist and poet.
- bregmatic — of or relating to the bregma
- britannic — of Britain; British (esp in the phrases His or Her Britannic Majesty)
- briticism — a custom, linguistic usage, or other feature peculiar to Britain or its people
- brittonic — Brythonic
- broach to — to turn or swing so that the beam faces the waves and wind and there is danger of swamping or capsizing
- broadcast — A broadcast is a programme, performance, or speech on the radio or on television.
- brochette — a skewer or small spit, used for holding pieces of meat, etc, while roasting or grilling
- bromantic — noting or pertaining to a bromance: You might call this movie a bromantic comedy.
- brush cut — crew cut
- brythonic — the S group of Celtic languages, consisting of Welsh, Cornish, and Breton
- bucentaur — the state barge of Venice from which the doge and other officials dropped a ring into the sea on Ascension Day to symbolize the ceremonial marriage of the state with the Adriatic
- bucharest — the capital of Romania, in the southeast. Pop: 1 764 000 (2005 est)
- buck moth — a saturniid moth, Hemileuca maia, having delicate, grayish wings with a white band.
- bucketful — A bucketful of something is the amount contained in a bucket.
- buckstays — a beam held by stays to the exterior of a masonry wall, as that of a furnace or boiler, to keep the adjacent areas of the wall from being forced outward.
- buckteeth — a projecting tooth, especially an upper front tooth.
- buckthorn — any of several thorny small-flowered shrubs of the genus Rhamnus, esp the Eurasian species R. cathartica, whose berries were formerly used as a purgative: family Rhamnaceae
- bucktooth — a projecting upper front tooth
- buckwheat — Buckwheat is a type of small black grain used for feeding animals and making flour. Buckwheat also refers to the flour itself.
- buckytube — a tube of carbon atoms structurally similar to buckminsterfullerene