9-letter words containing c, o, l, y
- leucocyte — leukocyte.
- leucotomy — prefrontal lobotomy.
- leukocyte — white blood cell.
- line copy — a document, drawing, or the like, consisting of two tones, as black and white, without intermediate gradations. Compare halftone (def 1).
- lipectomy — the surgical removal of fatty tissue.
- lipolytic — Of or pertaining to lipolysis.
- lithocyst — a sac, containing otoliths, found in many invertebrates, supposedly connected to hearing and orientation
- lobectomy — excision of a lobe of an organ or gland.
- lock away — put in prison
- logically — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- logomachy — a dispute about or concerning words.
- loquacity — the state of being loquacious; talkativeness; garrulity.
- lycopolis — the Ancient Greek name for Asyut
- lycopsids — Plural form of lycopsid.
- lynch mob — A lynch mob is an angry crowd of people who want to kill someone without a trial, because they believe that person has committed a crime.
- lyocratic — noting a colloid owing its stability to the affinity of its particles for the liquid in which they are dispersed.
- lyophilic — noting a colloid the particles of which have a strong affinity for the liquid in which they are dispersed.
- lyophobic — noting a colloid the particles of which have little or no affinity 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.
- lysocline — the depth of the ocean at which the solubility of calcium carbonate increases substantially.
- lysogenic — harboring a temperate virus as a prophage or plasmid.
- macrology — Long and tedious talk without much substance; superfluity of words.
- mccloskey — John, 1810–85, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman: first U.S. cardinal 1875.
- micrology — excessive attention to petty details or distinctions.
- micropyle — Zoology. any minute opening in an ovum through which a spermatozoon can enter, as in many insects.
- mockingly — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- monocycle — a one-wheeled vehicle.
- mucolytic — denoting or pertaining to enzymes that break down mucus.
- multicopy — any of several or many copies (of a book, document, record, etc)
- muscology — the scientific study of mosses
- mycoflora — the fungi characteristic of a particular environment.
- mycologic — Of, or relating to mycology or to the fungi; mycological.
- mycophile — A person who likes hunting for, cooking or eating mushrooms and other edible fungi.
- myelocyte — a cell of the bone marrow, especially one developing into a granulocyte.
- mylonitic — relating to or resembling mylonite
- myoclonia — a disease characterized by myoclonus.
- myoclonic — Of or pertaining to myoclonus; consisting of or characterized by sudden jerking motions.
- myoclonus — an abrupt spasm or twitch of a muscle or group of muscles, occurring in some neurological diseases.
- narcology — The study of drug abuse.
- necrology — a list of persons who have died within a certain time.
- nocuously — In a nocuous manner.
- noncyclic — not forming or relating to a cycle
- nyctalope — a person or animal affected by nyctalopia
- nyctalops — a person affected by nyctalopia
- obscenely — offensive to morality or decency; indecent; depraved: obscene language.
- obscurely — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- ochlagogy — (rare) Manipulation of a mob by use of inflammatory rhetoric, casting opprobrium, and by appeal to the lowest common denominator generally; extreme and wholly unscrupulous demagogy; the practice of an ochlagogue.
- octastyle — having eight columns in the front, as a temple or portico.
- ohmically — By means of ohmic heating, the process by which the passage of an electric current through a conductor releases heat.
- olfactory — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.