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9-letter words containing u, c, t

  • autocycle — a bicycle powered or assisted by a small engine
  • autoecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
  • autofocus — a device that focuses a lens, camera, etc. automatically
  • autogenic — Self-produced.
  • autoicous — (of plants, esp mosses) having male and female reproductive organs on the same plant
  • autolycus — a crater in the NW quadrant of the moon about 38 km in diameter and 3000 m deep
  • autolytic — the breakdown of plant or animal tissue by the action of enzymes contained in the tissue affected; self-digestion.
  • automagic — done with such ease and speed as to seem like magic
  • automatic — An automatic machine or device is one which has controls that enable it to perform a task without needing to be constantly operated by a person. Automatic methods and processes involve the use of such machines.
  • autonomic — occurring involuntarily or spontaneously
  • autoscope — An optical instrument for examining one's own eye.
  • autoscopy — the experience of hallucination in which one sees oneself from outside one's own body
  • autotelic — having a purpose in and justifying itself
  • autotruck — a motor truck.
  • auxilytic — promoting lysis or increasing lytic action.
  • auxotonic — (of muscle contraction) occurring against increasing force
  • awestruck — If someone is awestruck, they are very impressed and amazed by something.
  • b-picture — B-movie.
  • backcourt — In sports such tennis and badminton, the backcourt is the section of each side of the court that is furthest from the net. In basketball, the backcourt is the rear part of the court, where the defense plays. You can also use backcourt to refer to the members of a team who play mainly in this part of the court.
  • bacterium — Bacterium is the singular of bacteria.
  • beach hut — a hut used for changing, storing deckchairs, etc
  • beechnuts — Plural form of beechnut.
  • bicaudate — having two tails or taillike appendages.
  • bifurcate — If something such as a line or path bifurcates or is bifurcated, it divides into two parts which go in different directions.
  • bile duct — the duct that conveys bile from the liver and the gall bladder to the duodenum
  • bismuthic — of or containing bismuth in the pentavalent state
  • bisulcate — marked by two grooves
  • black out — If you black out, you lose consciousness for a short time.
  • blackbutt — any of various Australian eucalyptus trees having rough fibrous bark and hard wood used as timber
  • block out — If someone blocks out a thought, they try not to think about it.
  • blockbust — to encourage the sale of property by means of blockbusting
  • bontebuck — bontebok.
  • boy scout — The Boy Scouts is an organization for boys which teaches them discipline and practical skills.
  • brush cut — crew cut
  • bucentaur — the state barge of Venice from which the doge and other officials dropped a ring into the sea on Ascension Day to symbolize the ceremonial marriage of the state with the Adriatic
  • bucharest — the capital of Romania, in the southeast. Pop: 1 764 000 (2005 est)
  • buck moth — a saturniid moth, Hemileuca maia, having delicate, grayish wings with a white band.
  • bucketful — A bucketful of something is the amount contained in a bucket.
  • buckstays — a beam held by stays to the exterior of a masonry wall, as that of a furnace or boiler, to keep the adjacent areas of the wall from being forced outward.
  • buckteeth — a projecting tooth, especially an upper front tooth.
  • buckthorn — any of several thorny small-flowered shrubs of the genus Rhamnus, esp the Eurasian species R. cathartica, whose berries were formerly used as a purgative: family Rhamnaceae
  • bucktooth — a projecting upper front tooth
  • buckwheat — Buckwheat is a type of small black grain used for feeding animals and making flour. Buckwheat also refers to the flour itself.
  • buckytube — a tube of carbon atoms structurally similar to buckminsterfullerene
  • bucuresti — Bucharest
  • bud stick — a shoot of a plant from which buds are cut for the propagation of that plant.
  • bush coat — a belted, hip-length, shirtlike jacket, usually with four patch pockets and a notched collar, adapted from the hunting coat customarily worn in the African bush.
  • bushcraft — ability and experience in matters concerned with living in the bush
  • busticate — to break
  • butcher's — a look
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