9-letter words containing t, o, a, n
- bookstand — a cradle for holding an open book so that it may be read comfortably
- bosanquet — Bernard, 1848–1923, English philosopher and writer.
- bostonian — a person from Boston
- botanical — Botanical books, research, and activities relate to the scientific study of plants.
- botanizer — a person who botanizes
- botulinal — of or relating to the bacterium Clostridium botulinum
- bradenton — a city in W Florida.
- brantford — a city in central Canada, in SW Ontario. Pop: 86 417 (2001)
- brazelton — Brazelton behavioral scale: a test widely used to evaluate infants' responses to environmental stimuli.
- bromantic — noting or pertaining to a bromance: You might call this movie a bromantic comedy.
- brominate — to treat or react with bromine
- brown bat — any of several small to medium-sized common bats of the genera Myotis and Eptesicus, found worldwide in caves, trees, and buildings, including M. lucifugus (little brown bat) and E. fuscus (big brown bat) a widespread North American species.
- brown fat — tissue composed of a type of fat cell that dissipates as heat most of the energy released when food is oxidized; brown adipose tissue. It is present in hibernating animals and human babies and is thought to be important in adult weight control
- brown rat — a common brownish rat, Rattus norvegicus: a serious pest in all parts of the world
- bufotalin — the principal poisonous substance in the skin and saliva of the common European toad
- buoyantly — in a happy, confident manner
- c rations — tinned food formerly issued in packs to US soldiers
- canalboat — a long narrow boat used on canals, esp for carrying freight
- canaletto — original name Giovanni Antonio Canale. 1697–1768, Italian painter and etcher, noted particularly for his highly detailed paintings of cities, esp Venice, which are marked by strong contrasts of light and shade
- cancelbot — a computer program that deletes unwanted mailings to internet usergroups
- cane toad — a large toad, Rhinella marina, native to Central and South America but introduced into many countries to control insects and other pests of sugar-cane plantations
- cannoting — cannot but, have no alternative but to: We cannot but choose otherwise.
- canoeists — Plural form of canoeist.
- canonchet — (Nanuntenoo) died 1676, Narragansett leader: executed by colonists.
- canrobert — François Certain [frahn-swa ser-tan] /frɑ̃ˈswa sɛrˈtɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1809–95, French marshal.
- cant hook — a heavy wooden lever with a blunt tip and a hinged hook near the end: used by lumbermen in handling logs
- cantalope — Misspelling of cantaloupe.
- cantillon — Richard [ree-shar;; English rich-erd] /riˈʃar;; English ˈrɪtʃ ərd/ (Show IPA), c1680–1734, French economist, born in Ireland.
- cantonese — Cantonese means belonging or relating to the Chinese provinces of Canton (Guangdong in Mandarin).
- cantoning — Present participle of canton.
- cantonise — divide into cantons
- cantonize — to divide into cantons
- cantorial — of or relating to a precentor
- canzonets — Plural form of canzonet.
- cape town — the legislative capital of South Africa and capital of Western Cape province, situated in the southwest on Table Bay: founded in 1652, the first White settlement in southern Africa; important port. Pop: 3 740 026 (2011)
- caponette — a capon produced by the administration of a synthetic sex hormone.
- capstones — Plural form of capstone.
- captioned — Simple past tense and past participle of caption.
- carbonate — Carbonate is used in the names of some substances that are formed from carbonic acid, which is a compound of carbon dioxide and water.
- carbonite — An explosive manufactured from a variety of materials, including nitroglycerine, wood meal and nitrates.
- carefront — To caringly confront an individual; To approach someone in love and respect and correct them in an honoring manner.
- carnation — A carnation is a plant with white, pink, or red flowers.
- carnosity — an abnormal fleshy protrusion growing on any part of the body
- carnotite — a radioactive yellow mineral consisting of hydrated uranium potassium vanadate: occurs in sedimentary rocks and is a source of uranium, radium, and vanadium. Formula: K2(UO2)2(VO4)2.3H2O
- carotenes — Plural form of carotene.
- cartonage — the material from which many Egyptian mummy masks and coffins were made, consisting of linen or papyrus held together with glue
- cartonero — A person in Latin America who collects discarded waste, such as cardboard, to reuse or resell.
- cartonful — As much as a carton will hold.
- cartooney — Misspelling of cartoony.
- caseation — the formation of cheese from casein during the coagulation of milk