9-letter words containing c, l, i, t, o
- octennial — occurring every eight years.
- octillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 27 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 48 zeros.
- octoploid — (genetics) having eight complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell.
- octupling — Present participle of octuple.
- ocularist — a person who makes artificial eyes
- oil patch — an area in which oil is produced.
- olfactics — The study of smells and how they are perceived.
- olfaction — the act of smelling.
- olfactive — Of or pertaining to the sense of smell; olfactory.
- oncolytic — absorbing or destroying tumours
- ontically — In an ontic sense.
- ontologic — of or relating to ontology, the branch of metaphysics that studies the nature of existence or being as such; metaphysical: Some of the U.S. founders held an ontological belief in natural rights.
- opthalmic — Misspelling of ophthalmic.
- optically — of, relating to, or applying optics or the principles of optics.
- oscillate — to swing or move to and fro, as a pendulum does.
- otolithic — Of or partaining to an otolith.
- pactional — relating to an agreement or a bargain
- patchouli — a plant, Pogostemon cablin, of tropical Asia, that yields a fragrant oil (patchouli oil) used in the manufacture of perfumes.
- pectolite — a mineral, hydrous calcium sodium silicate, usually occurring in radiating groups of crystals in rock cavities.
- phacolite — a colorless variety of chabazite.
- phacolith — a layer of igneous rock, which has the structure of a lens, and which occurs in an invasive position in sedimentary rock
- phthiocol — a yellow crystalline substance, C 1 1 H 8 O 3 , produced by the human tubercle bacillus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, having antibiotic and blood-clotting properties.
- pictorial — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- pitchpole — (of a boat) to capsize end over end, as in heavy surf.
- placation — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
- placitory — of or relating to pleas made to support a claim or a defence
- pleoptics — the practice of treating the vision defect amblyopia.
- plethoric — overfull; turgid; inflated: a plethoric, pompous speech.
- plication — the act or procedure of folding.
- poeticule — an inferior poet
- political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
- politico- — Politico- is added to adjectives to form other adjectives that describe something as being both political and the other thing that is mentioned.
- pollucite — a colourless rare mineral consisting of a hydrated caesium aluminium silicate, often containing some rubidium. It occurs in coarse granite, esp in Manitoba, and is an important source of caesium. Formula: CsAlSi2O6.1⁄2H2O
- polytypic — having or involving many or several types.
- potlicker — Midland and Southern U.S. Eye Dialect. pot liquor.
- poulticed — a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
- precoital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- proclitic — (of a word) closely connected in pronunciation with the following word and not having an independent accent or phonological status.
- prolactin — an anterior pituitary polypeptide hormone that stimulates lactation by the mammary glands at parturition in mammals, the activity of the crop in birds, and in some mammalian species the production of progesterone by the corpus luteum.
- proleptic — Rhetoric. the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance.
- ptolemaic — of or relating to Ptolemy or his system of astronomy.
- punctilio — a fine point, particular, or detail, as of conduct, ceremony, or procedure.
- quercitol — a colorless, crystalline, sweet, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 1 2 O 5 , obtained from acorns or oak bark: used chiefly in medicine.
- reliction — the process by which water recedes over time, changing the waterline and leaving land permanently exposed
- resolicit — to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: He solicited aid from the minister.
- rhyolitic — a fine-grained igneous rock rich in silica: the volcanic equivalent of granite.
- sailcloth — any of various fabrics, as of cotton, nylon, or Dacron, for boat sails or tents.
- scalation — an arrangement of scales, as on a fish.
- scapolite — any of a group of minerals of variable composition, essentially silicates of aluminum, calcium, and sodium, occurring as massive aggregates or tetragonal crystals.
- scholiast — an ancient commentator on the classics.