9-letter words containing c, e, t, y
- currently — at the presenttime; now: She is currently working as a lab technician.
- curtseyed — Simple past tense and past participle of curtsey.
- cutcherry — (formerly, in India) government offices and law courts collectively
- cyanotype — a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, that produces a blue line on a white background.
- cyanurate — a salt or ester derived from cyanide
- cybercast — (Internet) A broadcast of audiovisual material over the Internet.
- cyberchat — Chat that takes place on the Internet, as in a chatroom or via instant messages.
- cybercity — A city with a strong basis in information technology.
- cybergoth — (uncountable) A subculture combining elements of goth and rave culture, typically involving energetic electronic music and brightly coloured, futuristic clothing.
- cybernate — to control (a manufacturing process) with a servomechanism or (of a process) to be controlled by a servomechanism
- cybernaut — a person who is an expert in or uses the internet a lot
- cyclamate — a salt or ester of cyclamic acid. Certain of the salts have a very sweet taste and were formerly used as food additives and sugar substitutes
- cyclepath — a special path for the exclusive use of cyclists
- cyclonite — a white crystalline insoluble explosive prepared by the action of nitric acid on hexamethylenetetramine; cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine: used in bombs and shells. Formula: C3H6N6O6
- cyclotome — a type of scalpel for performing a cyclotomy.
- cynegetic — of or relating to hunting with dogs
- cystidean — any one of the order of fossil echinoderms Cystidea
- cystocele — a hernia of the urinary bladder, esp one protruding into the vagina
- cytherean — of or relating to Cytherea.
- cytokines — Plural form of cytokine.
- cytometer — a glass slide used to count and measure cells
- cytometry — the counting of blood cells using a cytometer
- cytopenia — a condition characterized by a deficiency of a type of blood cells
- cytosmear — (cytology) A sample of cells, in the form of a smear on a microscope slide, that has been stained ready for diagnostic examination.
- cytostome — the mouth of a protozoan.
- daycentre — a building used for daycare or other welfare services
- decastyle — a portico consisting of ten columns
- deceptory — inclined to deceive
- decertify — to withdraw or remove a certificate or certification from (a person, organization, or country)
- declivity — a downward slope, esp of the ground
- decretory — characterized by making an absolute and final decision
- decrypted — to decode or decipher.
- dejectory — tending to cast down
- democraty — Obsolete form of democracy.
- diapyetic — of or pertaining to diapyesis
- dicastery — A term used by the Vatican corresponding to ministry or department as subdivisions of the papal Curia, referring to the administrative departments of the Vatican City State, as well as strictly ecclesiastical departments; more often termed congregation.
- dictyogen — a monocotyledon with reticulated leaves
- directory — a book containing an alphabetical index of the names and addresses of persons in a city, district, organization, etc., or of a particular category of people.
- dyslectic — Dyslexic.
- dyspeptic — pertaining to, subject to, or suffering from dyspepsia.
- dystectic — relating to the process of turning a solid compound to liquid by the application of heat and in which the compound splits into its two constituent parts
- dysthetic — relating to dysthesia
- ecdysiast — stripper (def 3).
- ecosystem — a system, or a group of interconnected elements, formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their environment.
- ectophyte — a parasitic plant growing on an animal or another plant.
- edge city — an area on the outskirts of a city having a high density of office buildings, shopping malls, hotels, etc.
- educatory — educative.
- electrify — Charge with electricity; pass an electric current through.
- electuary — A medicinal substance mixed with honey or another sweet substance.
- elocutory — elocutionary