9-letter words containing t, o, c
- container — A container is something such as a box or bottle that is used to hold or store things in.
- contakion — kontakion.
- contangos — Plural form of contango.
- contemned — to treat or regard with disdain, scorn, or contempt.
- contemner — One who contemns, who displays contempt towards another.
- contemnor — to treat or regard with disdain, scorn, or contempt.
- contemper — to temper (something) by mixing with something of a different nature
- contempts — Plural form of contempt.
- contended — Simple past tense and past participle of contend.
- contender — A contender is someone who takes part in a competition.
- contented — If you are contented, you are satisfied with your life or the situation you are in.
- contently — satisfied with what one is or has; not wanting more or anything else.
- contessas — Plural form of contessa.
- contested — causing dispute or argument
- contester — a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
- contexted — Simple past tense and past participle of context.
- conticent — silent
- continent — A continent is a very large area of land, such as Africa or Asia, that consists of several countries.
- continual — A continual process or situation happens or exists without stopping.
- continued — continuing; not having stopped
- continuer — One who, or that which, continues.
- continues — to go on after suspension or interruption: The program continued after an intermission.
- continuos — a keyboard accompanying part consisting originally of a figured bass, which in modern scores is usually realized, and serving to provide or fill out the harmonic texture.
- continuum — A continuum is a set of things on a scale, which have a particular characteristic to different degrees.
- contorted — twisted out of shape
- contoured — A contoured surface has curves and slopes on it, rather than being flat.
- contracts — Plural form of contract.
- contrails — Plural form of contrail.
- contralto — A contralto is a woman with a low singing voice.
- contranym — A word that has two opposing meanings, such as 'cleave' (“come together” or “split apart”).
- contrasts — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
- contrasty — (of a photograph or subject) having sharp gradations in tone, esp between light and dark areas
- contrived — If you say that something someone says or does is contrived, you think it is false and deliberate, rather than natural and not planned.
- contriver — to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent: The author contrived a clever plot.
- contrives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contrive.
- control-c — (character) (Or ETX, End of Text) The ASCII character with code 3. Control-C is the interrupt character used in the command-line interface of many operating systems, including Unix and MS-DOS to force a running program to stop and return control to the user.
- control-g — bell
- control-o — (character) ASCII character 15 (SI). The character used on some operating systems to abort output but allow the program to keep on running. The name "SI" comes from its use on some terminals to "shift in" an alternative character set. "SO" is Control-N. Compare control-S.
- control-q — (character) (Or XON, DC1, Device Control 1) The character with ASCII code 17, used in software handshaking to resume output after a previous control-S.
- control-s — (character) (Or XOFF, DC3, Device Control 3) The character with ASCII code 19, used in software handshaking to temporarily suspend output until a control-Q is received.
- controled — Misspelling of controlled.
- controlee — (informal, UK) A person who is the subject of a control order.
- contronym — A word with two opposite meanings, e.g., sanction (which can mean both ‘a penalty for disobeying a law’ and ‘official permission or approval for an action’).
- contumacy — obstinate and wilful rebelliousness or resistance to authority; insubordination; disobedience
- contumely — scornful or insulting language or behaviour
- contusing — Present participle of contuse.
- contusion — A contusion is a bruise.
- contusive — to injure (tissue), especially without breaking the skin; bruise.
- convected — to transfer (heat or a fluid) by convection.
- convector — a space-heating device from which heat is transferred to the surrounding air by convection