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9-letter words containing c, o, a, p, t

  • cytopathy — a disease or disorder of a cell
  • cytopenia — a condition characterized by a deficiency of a type of blood cells
  • cytophagy — the ingestion of cells by other cells.
  • cytoplasm — the protoplasm of a cell contained within the cell membrane but excluding the nucleus: contains organelles, vesicles, and other inclusions
  • cytoplast — the intact cytoplasm of a single cell
  • diatropic — the tendency of some plant organs to take a transverse position to the line of action of an outside stimulus.
  • ectoplasm — Biology. the outer portion of the cytoplasm of a cell. Compare endoplasm.
  • floptical — Denoting or relating to a type of floppy-disk drive using a laser to position the read-write head.
  • forcipate — having the shape of or resembling a forceps.
  • haplontic — (chiefly of an alga or other lower plant) having a life cycle in which the main form is haploid, with a diploid zygote being formed only briefly.
  • hepatoxic — Exhibiting hepatoxicity.
  • hopatcong — a town in N New Jersey.
  • 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.
  • hypotheca — (microbiology, planktology) The lower or posterior half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate.
  • impaction — an act or instance of impacting.
  • incompact — not compact; loose.
  • jack post — a post for supporting a floor beam, having two telescoping sections, adjustable to any height.
  • jockstrap — an elasticized belt, a men's undergarment, with a pouch for supporting and protecting the genitals, worn especially while participating in athletics.
  • macrotape — (storage)   /mak'roh-tayp/ An industry-standard reel of magnetic tape, as opposed to a microtape. See also round tape.
  • mercapto- — (in chemical compounds) indicating the presence of an HS- group
  • metascope — a device for converting infrared radiation into visible light.
  • 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.
  • myopathic — Pertaining to myopathy.
  • nonimpact — Not involving impact.
  • nyctalope — a person or animal affected by nyctalopia
  • nyctalops — a person affected by nyctalopia
  • objectpal — Object-oriented database language, part of Borland's MS-Windows version of Paradox.
  • occipital — of, relating to, or situated near the occiput or the occipital bone.
  • occupants — Plural form of occupant.
  • octaploid — an organism that consists of eight groups or sets of chromosomes
  • octapodic — (in poetic metre) having or consisting of eight feet
  • oil patch — an area in which oil is produced.
  • omphacite — a pale-green variety of pyroxene similar to olivine, found in eclogite.
  • opacities — the state or quality of being opaque.
  • open-cast — open-cut.
  • operatics — Exaggerated or overly emotional behaviour; histrionics.
  • opthalmic — Misspelling of ophthalmic.
  • optically — of, relating to, or applying optics or the principles of optics.
  • opticians — Plural form of optician.
  • outpacing — Present participle of outpace.
  • outplacer — a person who outplaces ex-employees
  • outpreach — to outdo in preaching or overcome by preaching
  • pack into — If someone packs a lot of something into a limited space or time, they fit a lot into it.
  • pack shot — (in television advertising) a close-up of the product being advertised, usually so that the viewer can register its logo and packaging
  • packcloth — a cloth used for packing
  • pactional — relating to an agreement or a bargain
  • panchetto — a Renaissance chair having three splayed legs and a shaped back joined into a solid wooden seat.
  • panoistic — (of insects) producing ova without cells to nurse them
  • pantropic — (especially of viruses) attracted to or affecting many types of body tissues.
  • panzootic — a disease that affects all the animals in a geographical area
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