9-letter words containing co
- arcsecond — unit used in astronomy
- area code — The area code for a particular city or region is the series of numbers that you have to dial before someone's personal number if you are making a telephone call to that place from a different area.
- arecoline — a drug derived from betel nuts and producing a range of effects, including increased salivation, body temperature, and heart rate
- ascocarps — Plural form of ascocarp.
- ascogonia — Plural form of ascogonium.
- ascorbate — a salt of ascorbic acid
- ascospore — one of the spores (usually eight in number) that are produced in an ascus
- ash color — ash gray.
- auriscope — a medical instrument for examining the external ear
- auriscopy — (medicine) Examination of the ear using an auriscope.
- autocoder — (language) Possibly the first primitive compiler. AUTOCODER was written by Alick E. Glennie in 1952. It translated symbolic statements into machine language for the Manchester Mark I computer. Autocoding later came to be a generic term for assembly language programming.
- autoicous — (of plants, esp mosses) having male and female reproductive organs on the same plant
- 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
- b complex — vitamin B (complex)
- babacoote — a species of large lemur, Lichanotus brevicaudatus, native to Madagascar
- back copy — A back copy of a magazine or newspaper is the same as a back issue.
- 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.
- bacon fat — fat made by rendering bacon
- balconied — That has a balcony attached.
- balconies — Plural form of balcony.
- ball cock — a device for regulating the flow of a liquid into a tank, cistern, etc, consisting of a floating ball mounted at one end of an arm and a valve on the other end that opens and closes as the ball falls and rises with the water level in the cistern
- ballcocks — Plural form of ballcock.
- balsamico — Balsamic vinegar.
- bandicoot — any agile terrestrial marsupial of the family Peramelidae of Australia and New Guinea. They have a long pointed muzzle and a long tail and feed mainly on small invertebrates
- barcoding — The assignment of a barcode to a product and the printing of the barcode on the product.
- baroscope — any instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, esp a manometer with one side open to the atmosphere
- barracoon — (formerly) a temporary place of confinement for slaves or convicts, esp those awaiting transportation
- base coat — the first coat of paint applied to a prepared surface
- basilicon — any of a variety of healing ointments applied to wounds in early medicine, commonly using lard or oil, resin, and wax
- beachcomb — to search for and collect objects such as seashells and driftwood along the seashore
- beaconage — a number or system of beacons.
- beaconing — a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
- beccafico — any of various European songbirds, esp warblers of the genus Sylvia, eaten as a delicacy in Italy and other countries
- become of — to happen to; be the fate of
- bedcovers — Plural form of bedcover.
- bellicose — You use bellicose to refer to aggressive actions or behaviour that are likely to start an argument or a fight.
- bicoastal — Someone or something that is bicoastal lives or occurs on both the east coast and the west coast of the U.S.
- bicompact — compact1 (def 7).
- biconcave — (of a lens) having concave faces on both sides; concavo-concave
- biconical — an object shaped like two cones with their bases together.
- billycock — any of several round-crowned brimmed hats of felt, such as the bowler
- bioscopic — examination of a body to discover whether or not it is alive.
- black cow — Midwestern U.S. a root beer float containing vanilla ice cream.
- blackcock — the male of the black grouse
- blow-comb — a small, usually handheld electrical appliance combining a comb and blow-dryer, permitting one to style the hair while drying it.
- blue comb — a disease of birds resembling Bright's disease in humans affecting especially domestic fowl, characterized by fever, sunken eyes, and shriveling of the skin of the wattles, shanks, and comb.
- body copy — the main part of an advertisement, as opposed to headlines, etc
- bombycoid — relating to moths of the family Bombycidae
- borescope — a long narrow optical device used to inspect the interior of a tight space