9-letter words containing t, r, o, c
- rocketeer — a person who discharges, rides in, or pilots a rocket.
- rockshaft — an oscillating shaft.
- rockwater — water that comes out of rock
- root crop — a crop, as beets, turnips, or sweet potatoes, grown for its large and edible undergound parts.
- rootstock — Horticulture. a root and its associated growth buds, used as a stock in plant propagation.
- rotachute — a device serving the same purpose as a parachute, in which the canopy is replaced by freely revolving rotor blades, used for the delivery of stores or recovery of missiles
- rotoscope — a projection device that allows images from live-action films to be traced to create an animated sequence
- rough-cut — cut into small, irregular pieces (contrasted with fine-cut): rough-cut tobacco.
- roughcast — Also called spatter dash. an exterior wall finish composed of mortar and fine pebbles mixed together and dashed against the wall. Compare pebble dash.
- ructation — an eructation or belch
- rutaceous — of or like rue.
- sarcoptic — related to or caused by itch-mites that cause mange in animals
- satyricon — a satirical novel, interspersed with verse, written in the 1st century a.d. by Petronius, extant in fragments.
- scarpetto — a type of shoe traditionally worn by Alpine climbers
- sclerotal — a bony area or plate found in the sclerotic (the eyeball covering) of some animals
- sclerotic — Also, scleral. Anatomy. of or relating to the sclera.
- sclerotin — an insoluble protein that serves to stiffen the chitin of the cuticle of arthropods.
- scorbutic — pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with scurvy.
- score out — to delete or cancel by marking through with a line or lines; cross out
- scorodite — a green or brownish mineral containing iron and aluminium
- scot-free — completely free from harm, restraint, punishment, or obligation: The driver of the car escaped from the accident scot-free. The judge let the defendant off scot-free.
- scout car — a fast, lightly-armored military vehicle equipped with guns and used chiefly for reconnaissance.
- scouthery — scorching
- screw top — (of a container) having a top that screws on.
- screw-top — (of a container) having a top that screws on.
- scriptory — of or relating to writing
- scrutator — a person who investigates.
- scrutoire — writing desk (def 1).
- scut work — work that is regarded as tedious and routine or menial
- scutiform — being in the shape of a shield; shield-shaped.
- secretion — (in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- secretory — pertaining to secretion.
- sectorial — of or relating to a sector.
- sectorize — to split or divide into sectors
- serotypic — of or relating to a serotype
- sheetrock — a trademark name for plasterboard or drywall, composed of gypsum enclosed by heavy sheets of paper and used for constructing interior walls and ceilings
- shopcraft — any of various skilled trades involving maintenance or repair work, as metalworking or boilermaking, especially in the railroad industry.
- short con — any simple confidence game involving a relatively small amount of money.
- short cut — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
- short-cut — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
- shortcake — a cake made with a relatively large amount of butter or other shortening.
- siderotic — a disease of the lungs caused by inhaling iron or other metallic particles.
- skyrocket — a rocket firework that ascends into the air and explodes at a height, usually in a brilliant array of sparks of one or more colors.
- slavocrat — (in the US before the Civil War) a slaveholder, or an advocate of slavery
- soft rock — a comparatively unaggressive, melodic style of rock-'n'-roll in which the arrangement and lyrics are emphasized more than the beat.
- soft-core — of, relating to, or containing sexually arousing depictions that are not fully explicit: soft-core pornography. Compare hard-core (def 2).
- softcover — paperback edition of a book
- solicitor — a person who solicits.
- songcraft — the art of songwriting
- sonicator — a device for treatment with ultrasound