9-letter words containing oc
- gynocracy — gynarchy.
- haemocoel — (biology) A cavity, between the organs of arthropods and mollusks, through which the blood etc. circulates.
- haemocyte — Alternative spelling of hemocyte.
- hair-lock — a curl of the hair of the head
- half-cock — to set the hammer of (a firearm) at half cock.
- halocline — a well-defined vertical salinity gradient in ocean or other saline water.
- hammocked — Ensconced in a hammock.
- hard rock — heavy form of popular music
- hard-rock — (loosely) of or relating to igneous or metamorphic rocks, as in mining (hard-rock mining) and geology (hard-rock geology)
- hay shock — a haycock.
- headlocks — Plural form of headlock.
- headstock — the part of a machine containing or directly supporting the moving or working parts, as the assembly supporting and driving the live spindle in a lathe.
- hemocoels — Plural form of hemocoel.
- hemocytes — Plural form of hemocyte.
- hierocrat — a person who believes in government by religious leaders
- hippocras — an old medicinal cordial made of wine mixed with spices.
- hitchcock — Sir Alfred (Joseph) 1899–1980, U.S. film and television director and producer, born in England.
- hockshops — (US, rare) Plural form of hockshop.
- hollyhock — any of several plants belonging to the genus Alcea (or Althaea), of the mallow family, native to Eurasia, especially A. rosea, a tall plant having a long cluster of showy, variously colored flowers.
- holocaust — a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
- holoclone — (biology) A colony-forming stem cell that has a higher growth potential than a meroclone because it does not contain differentiated cells.
- holocrine — (of a gland) releasing a secretion that is a product of disintegrating cells.
- homocercy — the condition in fish of having a symmetrical tail
- hoochinoo — a type of distilled liquor made by Alaskan Indians.
- hose-cock — a threaded exterior faucet, as for attaching a garden hose.
- hydrocast — a process in which water is collected at various depths in a device with bottles clamped together, providing data on differing water characteristics.
- hydrocele — an accumulation of serous fluid, usually about the testis.
- hypocaust — a hollow space or system of channels in the floor or walls of some ancient Roman buildings that provided a central heating system by receiving and distributing the heat from a furnace.
- hypocotyl — the part of a plant embryo directly below the cotyledons, forming a connection with the radicle.
- hypocracy — Misspelling of hypocrisy.
- hypocrism — (obsolete) hypocrisy.
- hypocrisy — a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
- hypocrite — a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, especially one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.
- ice block — a flavoured frozen water ice: in Australia and New Zealand, sometimes on a stick
- idiocracy — Government that is based upon abstract theory.
- idiocrasy — idiosyncrasy.
- ileocecal — of, relating to, or involving the ileum and cecum.
- ileocolic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the ileum and colon.
- ilocano's — a member of a people of Luzon in the Philippines.
- in pocket — a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
- indochina — a peninsula in SE Asia, between the Bay of Bengal and the South China Sea, comprising Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, W Malaysia, and Burma (Myanmar).
- innocence — the quality or state of being innocent; freedom from sin or moral wrong.
- innocency — innocence (defs 1–6).
- innocents — free from moral wrong; without sin; pure: innocent children.
- innocuity — not harmful or injurious; harmless: an innocuous home remedy.
- innocuous — not harmful or injurious; harmless: an innocuous home remedy.
- inoculant — inoculum.
- inoculate — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- interlock — to fit into each other, as parts of machinery, so that all action is synchronized.
- invocable — to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for: to invoke God's mercy.