9-letter words containing c, o, t, e, r, m
- embryotic — Embryonic.
- emunctory — Pertaining to the elimination of waste from the body.
- eroticism — The quality or character of being erotic.
- focometer — an instrument for measuring the focal length of a lens or other optical system.
- forcemeat — a mixture of finely chopped and seasoned foods, usually containing egg white, meat or fish, etc., used as a stuffing or served alone.
- forcement — (obsolete) The act of forcing; compulsion.
- formicate — To move like ants.
- forthcame — Simple past form of forthcome.
- forthcome — To come forth.
- geometric — of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
- gyrectomy — excision of a cerebral gyrus.
- hectogram — a unit of mass or weight equal to 100 grams, equivalent to 3.527 ounces avoirdupois. Abbreviation: hg.
- hectorism — the character or actions of a hector
- homecourt — (basketball) The home court of a basketball team.
- homecraft — skills used in the home
- ice storm — a storm of freezing rain and widespread glaze formation.
- incoterms — Plural form of incoterm.
- intercome — (intransitive) To intervene; interpose; interfere.
- intercoms — Plural form of intercom.
- isometric — of, relating to, or having equality of measure.
- latecomer — a person who arrives late: The latecomers were seated after the overture.
- macerator — to soften or separate into parts by steeping in a liquid.
- macrocyte — an abnormally large red blood cell.
- macroetch — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- macrotape — (storage) /mak'roh-tayp/ An industry-standard reel of magnetic tape, as opposed to a microtape. See also round tape.
- manticore — a legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion.
- masoretic — of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- mecometer — a caliperlike instrument for measuring the length of newborn infants.
- mercapto- — (in chemical compounds) indicating the presence of an HS- group
- meroistic — (of an ovary) producing yolk and ova
- mestrovic — Ivan [ahy-vuh n Serbo-Croatian. ee-vahn] /ˈaɪ vən Serbo-Croatian. ˈi vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1883–1962, Yugoslav sculptor, in the U.S. after 1946.
- metalcore — (music) A genre of rock music related to punk and heavy metal.
- metarchon — a nontoxic substance, such as a chemical to mask pheromones, that reduces the persistence of a pest
- microcyte — Pathology. an abnormally small red blood cell.
- microlite — any microscopic crystal.
- microsite — (Internet) A self-contained page or group of pages meant to supplement a larger website.
- 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.
- microtome — an instrument for cutting very thin sections, as of organic tissue, for microscopic examination.
- microtone — any musical interval smaller than a semitone, specifically, a quarter tone.
- microtube — A microscopic tube, especially one used in the construction of specialized lasers.
- mockernut — a North American hickory, Carya tomentosa, bearing a sweet, edible nut.
- motorcade — a procession or parade of automobiles or other motor vehicles.
- mucronate — having an abruptly projecting point, as a feather or leaf.
- multicore — (computer hardware, of a processor) Combining two or more independent cores into a single package composed of a single integrated circuit.
- necrotomy — Surgery. the excision of necrosed bone.
- nonmetric — not metric
- normocyte — an erythrocyte of normal size.
- octameter — consisting of eight measures or feet.
- octometer — octameter.
- oncometer — an instrument for measuring the size of body organs