9-letter words containing oc
- motocross — a timed motorcycle race over a closed course consisting of a winding dirt trail with hills, jumps, sharp turns, and often muddy terrain.
- myelocyte — a cell of the bone marrow, especially one developing into a granulocyte.
- myocardia — the muscular substance of the heart.
- myoclonia — a disease characterized by myoclonus.
- myoclonic — Of or pertaining to myoclonus; consisting of or characterized by sudden jerking motions.
- myoclonus — an abrupt spasm or twitch of a muscle or group of muscles, occurring in some neurological diseases.
- negociant — wine merchant
- neocortex — the largest and evolutionarily most recent portion of the cerebral cortex, composed of complex, layered tissue, the site of most of the higher brain functions.
- neocosmic — Of or relating to the universe in its present state; specifically, relating to the races of human beings known to history.
- neurochip — a semiconductor chip designed for use in an electronic neural network
- neurocoel — the system of cavities of the embryonic brain and spinal cord.
- niocalite — (mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic light yellow mineral containing calcium, fluorine, niobium, oxygen, and silicon.
- noctiluca — a dinoflagellate of the genus Noctiluca, capable of producing light and, in groups, of causing a luminous appearance of the sea.
- nocturnal — of or relating to the night (opposed to diurnal).
- nocturnes — Plural form of nocturne.
- nocuously — In a nocuous manner.
- nomocanon — a compendium of Greek Orthodox ecclesiastical laws and Byzantine imperial laws that related to ecclesiastical matters.
- nomocracy — (politics) A political system under the sovereignty of rational laws and civic rights.
- non-local — pertaining to or characterized by place or position in space; spatial.
- nondoctor — a person who is not a medical doctor
- nonsocial — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- normocyte — an erythrocyte of normal size.
- notochord — a rodlike cord of cells that forms the chief axial supporting structure of the body of the lower chordates, as amphioxus and the cyclostomes, and of the embryos of the vertebrates.
- novocaine — Procaine.
- occasions — a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.
- occiduous — Western; occidental.
- occipital — of, relating to, or situated near the occiput or the occipital bone.
- occluding — Present participle of occlude.
- occlusion — the act or state of occluding or the state of being occluded.
- occlusive — occluding or tending to occlude.
- occultism — belief in the existence of secret, mysterious, or supernatural agencies.
- occultist — belief in the existence of secret, mysterious, or supernatural agencies.
- occupance — Occupancy.
- occupancy — the act, state, or condition of being or becoming a tenant or of living in or taking up quarters or space in or on something: Continued occupancy of the office depends on a rent reduction.
- occupants — Plural form of occupant.
- occupiers — Plural form of occupier.
- occupying — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- occurence — Misspelling of occurrence.
- occurrent — the action, fact, or instance of occurring.
- occurring — to happen; take place; come to pass: When did the accident occur?
- occursion — (obsolete) A meeting or striking together; a clash or collision.
- ocean bed — the bottom of the ocean
- oceanites — Plural form of oceanite.
- oceanside — a city in SW California.
- oceanward — Toward the ocean.
- ocellated — (of a spot or marking) eyelike.
- ochlagogy — (rare) Manipulation of a mob by use of inflammatory rhetoric, casting opprobrium, and by appeal to the lowest common denominator generally; extreme and wholly unscrupulous demagogy; the practice of an ochlagogue.
- ochlocrat — An adherent of the principle of ochlocracy; a advocate of mob rule.
- ocho rios — a seaport in N Jamaica: resort.
- ocotillos — Plural form of ocotillo.