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9-letter words containing c, p, o

  • crazy top — a disease of cotton, corn, etc., characterized by abnormal branching and small, misshapen leaves in the upper part of the plant, caused by water shortage, organic deficiencies in the soil, or unknown causes.
  • cremocarp — any fruit consisting of two united carpels which hang from a supporting axis
  • crepoline — a light silk or silk and wool material used in dressmaking
  • cristophe — Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), ("Henri I"I) 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary general, born in Grenada: king 1811–20.
  • crock pot — slow cooker
  • crock-pot — an electric cooker consisting of an earthenware pot inside a container with a heating element that maintains a steady low temperature, used as for simmering stews for several hours
  • crockpots — Plural form of crockpot.
  • crop milk — a liquid secreted in the crop of certain adult pigeons and fed to their newly hatched young.
  • crop-dust — to subject (a field) to crop-dusting.
  • cropbound — (of poultry) having a congested crop
  • crorepati — (in India) a person whose assets are worth at least one crore or 10 million rupees
  • cross-ply — (of a motor tyre) having the fabric cords in the outer casing running diagonally to stiffen the sidewalls
  • crosspost — (computing) An electronic message posted to multiple newsgroups simultaneously.
  • croupiers — Plural form of croupier.
  • crow pram — concurrent read, owner write PRAM.
  • crown cap — an airtight metal seal crimped on the top of most bottled beers, ciders, mineral waters, etc
  • crowsteps — Plural form of crowstep.
  • cryophile — (biology) An organism that thrives at low temperatures.
  • cryophyte — an organism, esp an alga or moss, that grows on snow or ice
  • cryoprobe — a surgical instrument with an extremely cold tip, used in cryosurgery to destroy tissue
  • cryoscope — any instrument used to determine the freezing point of a substance
  • cryoscopy — the determination of freezing points, esp for the determination of molecular weights by measuring the lowering of the freezing point of a solvent when a known quantity of solute is added
  • cryosleep — (science fiction) A deep sleep during which the body is stored at very cold temperature, to preserve it; cryogenic sleep.
  • cryptogam — (in former plant classification schemes) any organism that does not produce seeds, including algae, fungi, mosses, and ferns
  • cryptonym — a code name or secret name
  • cs-prolog — Distributed logic language. "CS-Prolog on Multi-Transputer Systems", I. Futo et al, Microprocessors & Microsystems, March 1989.
  • ctesiphon — an ancient city on the River Tigris about 100 km (60 miles) above Babylon. First mentioned in 221 bc, it was destroyed in the 7th and 8th centuries ad
  • culpatory — expressing blame
  • cup coral — any of several species of coral in which the polyp forms and houses itself in a cup-shaped depression in the skeleton.
  • cup towel — a dishtowel.
  • cupboards — Plural form of cupboard.
  • cupboardy — (rare) Cupboardlike: for example small, fusty or poorly lit.
  • cupertino — a town in W California.
  • cupferron — a salt ammonium compound (N-nitrosophenylhydroxylamine) used as a reagent in metal ion complexation
  • cupflower — any of various plants belonging to the genus Nierembergia, of the nightshade family, having showy tubular or bell-shaped flowers.
  • cupholder — a competitor who has won or successfully defended a specific cup, trophy, championship, etc.; champion.
  • cupolated — having a cupola or cupolas.
  • curly top — a disease of plants, especially beets, characterized by puckered or cupped leaves and stunting or distortion, caused by a virus, Ruga verrucosans.
  • cuspidors — Plural form of cuspidor.
  • cyanotype — a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, that produces a blue line on a white background.
  • cyberporn — any pornography accessible online or on the internet
  • cybershop — Purchase or shop for goods and services on a website.
  • cyclopean — of, relating to, or resembling the Cyclops
  • cyclopian — having only one eye
  • cymograph — an instrument for tracing the outline of an architectural moulding
  • cymophane — a yellow or green opalescent variety of chrysoberyl
  • cynophile — A person who loves canines; a dog lover.
  • cynophobe — A person with cynophobia.
  • cyphonism — An ancient form of punishment involving a sort of wooden pillory by which the victim's neck was bent or weighed downward.
  • cyprinoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyprinoidea, a large suborder of teleost fishes including the cyprinids, characins, electric eels, and loaches
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