8-letter words containing t, o, r, i, c
- orgastic — the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
- ornithic — of or relating to birds.
- orthicon — a camera tube, more sensitive than the iconoscope, in which a beam of low-velocity electrons scans a photoemissive mosaic.
- orthotic — Also, orthosis. a device or support, especially for the foot, used to relieve or correct an orthopedic problem.
- outcrier — One who cries out or proclaims; a herald or crier.
- outcries — Plural form of outcry.
- outprice — To sell at a lower price than (another seller).
- outtrick — to outdo in trickery
- periotic — surrounding the ear.
- persicot — a sweet beverage that is made from the stones of apricots or peaches that are soaked or pulverized in distilled liquid or alcohol
- petrolic — of, relating to, containing, or obtained from petroleum
- piscator — fisherman.
- poristic — of or relating to a porism
- pretonic — a medicine that invigorates or strengthens: a tonic of sulphur and molasses.
- procinct — the state of preparedness
- protonic — a positively charged elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of all atomic nuclei. It is the lightest and most stable baryon, having a charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron, a spin of ½, and a mass of 1.673 × 10− 27 kg. Symbol: P.
- raincoat — a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.
- reaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- recommit — to commit again.
- renotice — an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning: a day's notice.
- retinoic — containing or derived from retinoid
- rhetoric — (in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast.
- ricochet — the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting one or more times from the surface over which it is passing or against which it hits a glancing blow.
- riot act — an English statute of 1715 providing that if 12 or more persons assemble unlawfully and riotously, to the disturbance of the public peace, and refuse to disperse upon proclamation they shall be considered guilty of felony.
- robotics — the use of computer-controlled robots to perform manual tasks, especially on an assembly line.
- romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- ructions — disturbance
- ructious — tending or likely to cause ructions
- socratic — of or relating to Socrates or his philosophy, followers, etc., or to the Socratic method.
- sorbitic — relating to sorbite
- strontic — of or relating to strontium
- strophic — Also, strophical. consisting of, pertaining to, or characterized by a strophe or strophes.
- thoracic — of or relating to the thorax.
- torchier — of, relating to, or characteristic of a torch song or a torch singer.
- torching — a light to be carried in the hand, consisting of some combustible substance, as resinous wood, or of twisted flax or the like soaked with tallow or other flammable substance, ignited at the upper end.
- torchlit — illuminated by the light of a torch or torches
- toreutic — of or relating to toreutics or the objects produced by this technique.
- tornadic — a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris. Compare waterspout (def 3).
- tovarich — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
- traction — the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- triazoic — hydrazoic.
- trichion — the point of intersection of the normal hairline and the middle line of the forehead.
- trichoid — resembling hair; hairlike.
- trichome — Botany. an outgrowth from the epidermis of plants, as a hair.
- trichord — a musical instrument with three strings
- tricolor — Also, tricolored; especially British, tricoloured. having three colors.
- trifocal — Optics. having three foci.
- trigonic — pertaining to a trigon
- tripodic — having or using three feet or legs.
- trisomic — having one chromosome in addition to the usual diploid number.