9-letter words containing t, e, a, c
- instanced — Simple past tense and past participle of instance.
- instances — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- interacts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interact.
- interarch — to have intersecting arches
- interclan — a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor: the Mackenzie clan.
- interface — a surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases.
- interlace — progressive coding
- interrace — interracial
- intestacy — the state or fact of being intestate at death.
- intricate — having many interrelated parts or facets; entangled or involved: an intricate maze.
- invacuate — To confine (people) to a closed area in an emergency situation.
- inviscate — To daub or catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter.
- invocated — invoke.
- isocrates — 436–338 b.c, Athenian orator.
- isooctane — the octane C 8 H 18 , used as one of the standards in establishing the octane number of a fuel.
- italicise — to print in italic type.
- italicize — to print in italic type.
- jacketing — Present participle of jacket.
- jacksmelt — a large silversides, Atherinopsis californiensis, found along the coast of California, that grows to a length of 22 inches (55 cm).
- jackstone — jack1 (def 5a, b).
- jacobsite — a rare magnetic mineral, manganese iron oxide, MnFe 2 O 4 , similar to magnetite.
- jet black — deep-black: jet-black hair.
- jet-black — deep-black: jet-black hair.
- karyocyte — (cytology) Any cell that has a nucleus.
- keratotic — any skin disease characterized by a horny growth, as a wart.
- ketchikan — a seaport in SE Alaska: transportation and communications center.
- kinematic — the branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion, without reference to the masses or forces involved in it.
- lace into — a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- lace stay — that part of an Oxford shoe into which eyelets and laces are inserted.
- lacerated — lacerated.
- lacerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lacerate.
- lacertian — of or relating to lizards, or like a lizard
- lacertids — Plural form of lacertid.
- lacertine — belonging or relating to a lacertid
- laciniate — cut into narrow, irregular lobes; slashed; jagged.
- lactulose — (organic compound) A disaccharide of galactose and fructose formed when milk is heated.
- lactylate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of a lactylic acid.
- lancaster — the English royal family that reigned 1399–1461, descended from John of Gaunt (Duke of Lancaster), and that included Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI. Compare York (def 1).
- lancelets — Plural form of lancelet.
- lancinate — to stab or pierce.
- larcenist — a person who commits larceny.
- latchkeys — Plural form of latchkey.
- latecomer — a person who arrives late: The latecomers were seated after the overture.
- latencies — Plural form of latency.
- lateritic — a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
- latescent — becoming latent
- laticifer — a tubular structure through which latex circulates in a plant.
- laticlave — (in ancient Rome) a broad purple stripe on the tunic of a Roman senator or high-ranking official, denoting their high social position
- latreutic — of or relating to latria.
- launcelot — Arthurian Romance. the greatest of Arthur's knights and the lover of Queen Guinevere.