9-letter words containing c, l, o, t, r
- courtlike — reminiscent of the court in style or manner; elegant; courtly
- courtling — a fawning or sycophantic member of a royal court
- coverlets — Plural form of coverlet.
- cristobal — seaport in Panama, at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal: part of the city of Colón
- cromulent — (humorous) Fine, acceptable or normal; excellent, realistic, legitimate or authentic.
- crosslets — Plural form of crosslet.
- crosstalk — unwanted signals in one channel of a communications system as a result of a transfer of energy from one or more other channels
- crotaline — of or relating to rattlesnakes (Crotalinae)
- crotalism — a type of poisoning caused by ingestion of plants of the genus Crotalaria
- cryolathe — an instrument for reshaping the cornea to correct severe nearsightedness or farsightedness: the cornea is removed from the eye, rapidly frozen, reshaped, and reinserted.
- culpatory — expressing blame
- curly top — a disease of plants, especially beets, characterized by puckered or cupped leaves and stunting or distortion, caused by a virus, Ruga verrucosans.
- cuticolor — of the color of flesh.
- cyclotron — a type of particle accelerator in which the particles spiral inside two D-shaped hollow metal electrodes placed facing each other under the effect of a strong vertical magnetic field, gaining energy by a high-frequency voltage applied between these electrodes
- decontrol — When governments decontrol an activity, they remove controls from it so that companies or organizations have more freedom.
- deflector — A device that deflects something, in particular.
- doctorial — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- doctrinal — of, relating to, or concerned with doctrine: a doctrinal dispute.
- doleritic — Of the nature of dolerite.
- dropcloth — A large piece of plastic or canvas put over something to protect it from construction debris or paint.
- dulcorate — (obsolete, transitive) To sweeten; to make less acrimonious.
- electoral — Of or relating to elections or electors.
- electrode — A conductor through which electricity enters or leaves an object, substance, or region.
- electrons — Plural form of electron.
- elocutory — elocutionary
- escalator — A moving staircase consisting of an endlessly circulating belt of steps driven by a motor, conveying people between the floors of a public building.
- factorial — Mathematics. the product of a given positive integer multiplied by all lesser positive integers: The quantity four factorial (4!) = 4 ⋅ 3 ⋅ 2 ⋅ 1 = 24. Symbol: n!, where n is the given integer.
- floristic — pertaining to flowers or a flora.
- flowchart — Also called flow sheet. a detailed diagram or chart of the operations and equipment through which material passes, as in a manufacturing process.
- fluorotic — Relating to fluorosis.
- forecloth — a cloth hung over the front of something, esp an altar
- fortalice — a small fort; an outwork.
- goldcrest — a Eurasian kinglet, Regulus regulus, having a bright yellow patch on the top of the head.
- golf cart — a small, battery-powered, three- or four-wheel vehicle used for transporting one or two golfers and their equipment around a golf course.
- haircloth — cloth of hair from the manes and tails of horses, woven with a cotton warp, and used for interlinings of clothes, upholstery, etc.
- holarctic — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising the Nearctic and Palearctic regions.
- horotelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate standard for a given group of plants or animals.
- inflictor — to impose as something that must be borne or suffered: to inflict punishment.
- interlock — to fit into each other, as parts of machinery, so that all action is synchronized.
- jaculator — a person who hurls or throws
- joculator — (obsolete) A jester; a joker.
- latecomer — a person who arrives late: The latecomers were seated after the overture.
- latrociny — banditry
- law court — court of law.
- lectorate — a lecturer in a college or university.
- lictorian — of or relating to a lictor
- locomotor — Also, locomotory. of, relating to, or affecting locomotion.
- lovecraft — H(oward) P(hillips) 1890–1937, U.S. horror-story writer.
- lyocratic — noting a colloid owing its stability to the affinity of its particles for the liquid in which they are dispersed.
- lyotropic — noting any series of ions, salts, or radicals arranged in descending order relative to the magnitude of their effect on a given solvent.