9-letter words containing c, e, t, o
- leucotome — an instrument for dissecting the white matter of the brain, consisting of a cannula containing a slender rotating blade.
- leucotomy — prefrontal lobotomy.
- leukocyte — white blood cell.
- lipectomy — the surgical removal of fatty tissue.
- livestock — the horses, cattle, sheep, and other useful animals kept or raised on a farm or ranch.
- lobectomy — excision of a lobe of an organ or gland.
- locatable — to identify or discover the place or location of: to locate the bullet wound.
- locatelli — Pietro [pee-ey-troh;; Italian pye-traw] /piˈeɪ troʊ;; Italian ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1695–1764, Italian violinist and composer.
- locatives — Plural form of locative.
- locellate — split into secondary cells
- lock gate — one of the two gates of a lock
- lock step — a way of marching in such close file that the corresponding legs of the marchers must keep step precisely
- locomoted — Simple past tense and past participle of locomote.
- loculated — Locular.
- locuplete — amply stocked
- lovecraft — H(oward) P(hillips) 1890–1937, U.S. horror-story writer.
- macerator — to soften or separate into parts by steeping in a liquid.
- macrocyte — an abnormally large red blood cell.
- macroetch — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- macrotape — (storage) /mak'roh-tayp/ An industry-standard reel of magnetic tape, as opposed to a microtape. See also round tape.
- manticore — a legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion.
- masoretic — of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- mastocyte — Mast cell.
- mecometer — a caliperlike instrument for measuring the length of newborn infants.
- megatonic — one million tons.
- melanotic — of or affected with melanosis.
- melocoton — any of several large varieties of peach that ripen late in the season
- mercapto- — (in chemical compounds) indicating the presence of an HS- group
- meroistic — (of an ovary) producing yolk and ova
- mestrovic — Ivan [ahy-vuh n Serbo-Croatian. ee-vahn] /ˈaɪ vən Serbo-Croatian. ˈi vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1883–1962, Yugoslav sculptor, in the U.S. after 1946.
- metabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- metacomet — one of the 12 apostles. Mark 3:18; John 1:43–48; 6:5–7.
- metalcore — (music) A genre of rock music related to punk and heavy metal.
- metalogic — the logical analysis of the fundamental concepts of logic.
- metarchon — a nontoxic substance, such as a chemical to mask pheromones, that reduces the persistence of a pest
- metascope — a device for converting infrared radiation into visible light.
- metonymic — Of, or relating to, a word or phrase that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object.
- microcyte — Pathology. an abnormally small red blood cell.
- microlite — any microscopic crystal.
- microsite — (Internet) A self-contained page or group of pages meant to supplement a larger website.
- microtape — (hardware, storage) /mi:'kroh-tayp/ Occasionally used to mean a DECtape, as opposed to a macrotape. Apparently the term "microtape" was actually the official term used within DEC for these tapes until someone coined the word "DECtape", which, of course, sounded sexier to the marketroids. Another version of the story holds that someone discovered a conflict with another company's "microtape" trademark.
- microtome — an instrument for cutting very thin sections, as of organic tissue, for microscopic examination.
- microtone — any musical interval smaller than a semitone, specifically, a quarter tone.
- microtube — A microscopic tube, especially one used in the construction of specialized lasers.
- mislocate — to misplace.
- mitogenic — any substance or agent that stimulates mitotic cell division.
- mockernut — a North American hickory, Carya tomentosa, bearing a sweet, edible nut.
- moctezuma — Montezuma II.
- monacetin — acetin.
- monocytes — (immunology) Plural form of monocyte.