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9-letter words containing t, o

  • camel-toe — the outline of a vulva as sometimes seen when a woman is wearing tight pants.
  • camouflet — a type of bomb that is used during a siege to collapse an enemy's tunnel
  • campstool — a lightweight folding stool
  • 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
  • cannotingcannot 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.
  • capacitor — A capacitor is a device for accumulating electric charge.
  • 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.
  • caporetto — Italian village (now in Slovenia): scene of a battle of WWI in which the Italian army was defeated by Austro-German forces (1917)
  • capotasto — capo1 .
  • capstones — Plural form of capstone.
  • captioned — Simple past tense and past participle of caption.
  • captopril — an ACE inhibitor used to treat high blood pressure and congestive heart failure
  • 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.
  • card vote — a vote by delegates, esp at a trade-union conference, in which each delegate's vote counts as a vote by all his or her constituents
  • cardstock — paper stock stiff enough for the printing of business cards and similar uses.
  • carefront — To caringly confront an individual; To approach someone in love and respect and correct them in an honoring manner.
  • cariosity — (medicine) caries.
  • 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.
  • carothers — Wallace Hume1896-1937; U.S. chemist
  • carromata — (in the Philippines) a light, two-wheeled covered vehicle, usually drawn by one horse.
  • carry out — If you carry out a threat, task, or instruction, you do it or act according to it.
  • carry-cot — carrier (sense 5)
  • carry-out — food: take-away
  • carrycots — Plural form of carrycot.
  • carthorse — A carthorse is a large, powerful horse that is used to pull carts or farm machinery.
  • cartloads — Plural form of cartload.
  • cartogram — a map showing statistical information in diagrammatic form
  • cartology — the theory or science of mapmaking
  • 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.
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