8-letter words containing t, r, o, c
- listproc — A mailing list processor owned and developed by BITNET which runs under Unix. See also Listserv, Majordomo.
- locators — Plural form of locator.
- lockhart — John Gibson, 1794–1854, Scottish biographer and novelist.
- lockport — a city in W New York, on the New York State Barge Canal.
- locutory — locutorium.
- lordotic — Pathology. an abnormal forward curvature of the spine in the lumbar region, resulting in a swaybacked posture. Compare kyphosis, scoliosis.
- loricate — covered with a lorica.
- lt comdr — Lieutenant Commander
- macrotia — (medicine) Abnormal development of the auricle of the ear.
- mercapto — containing the mercapto group; sulfhydryl; thiol.
- mercator — Gerhardus [jer-hahr-duh s] /dʒərˈhɑr dəs/ (Show IPA), (Gerhard Kremer) 1512–94, Flemish cartographer and geographer.
- meteoric — of, relating to, or consisting of meteors.
- microbat — Any of the small bats in the suborder Microchiroptera.
- microbot — A small mobile robot equipped with a microcontroller.
- microdot — a photograph reduced to the size of a printed period, used especially to transmit messages, photographs, drawings, etc.
- microjet — a light jet-propelled aircraft
- micronut — (climbing) A small nut (piece of metal jammed into the rockface to protect a climb).
- microtia — A congenital deformity where the pinna (external ear) is underdeveloped.
- mobocrat — One who favours a form of government in which the unintelligent populace rules without restraint.
- monocrat — a person favoring monocracy.
- mortific — causing death
- motorcar — Chiefly British. an automobile.
- narcotic — any of a class of substances that blunt the senses, as opium, morphine, belladonna, and alcohol, that in large quantities produce euphoria, stupor, or coma, that when used constantly can cause habituation or addiction, and that are used in medicine to relieve pain, cause sedation, and induce sleep.
- necrotic — death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
- neoteric — modern; new; recent.
- net cord — a cord that passes along and supports the top of a tennis net
- neurotic — pertaining to the nerves or to nerve disease; neural: no longer in technical use.
- nitrolic — of or noting a series of acids of the type RC(=NOH)NO 2 , whose salts form deep-red solutions.
- noctuary — a journal of what happens in the night
- nocturia — a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
- nocturne — a piece appropriate to the night or evening.
- nocturns — Plural form of nocturn.
- nonactor — a person who is not an actor
- norcroft — (Contraction of Norman + Mycroft) A company producing C compilers, set up by Arthur Norman and Alan Mycroft. Now "sort of" called Codemist. The original Norcroft compiler was written by Alan and Arthur to provide a platform for teaching languages and compilers on the Cambridge University mainframe. They then went on to develop versions for the transputer, ARM and others.
- notecard — A paper card on which notes are written, or which is intended for such use.
- objector — anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form.
- obstruct — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- occulter — Any object, natural or man-made, that blocks the light of an object from an observer, typically used in reference to astronomical events.
- octarchy — a government by eight persons.
- octaroon — Alternative spelling of octoroon.
- octeract — (mathematics) A eight-dimensional hypercube.
- octonary — pertaining to the number 8.
- octoroon — a person having one-eighth black ancestry, with one black great-grandparent; the offspring of a quadroon and a white person.
- offtrack — occurring or carried on away from a racetrack: offtrack betting.
- olfactor — A smelling organ; a nose.
- on track — heading for sth
- operatic — of or relating to opera: operatic music.
- orchanet — Alternative form of alkanet.
- orchitis — inflammation of the testis.
- 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.