10-letter words containing c, y, t, o, r
- cyathiform — shaped like a drinking glass or cup, with a wider upper section
- cyberstore — (computing) A website that allows users to browse and then order products or services via the Internet.
- cyclometer — a device that records the number of revolutions made by a wheel and hence the distance travelled
- cyclotrons — Plural form of cyclotron.
- cymotrichy — the state of having wavy hair
- cyrtostyle — a convex portico, as at an entrance.
- cystocarps — Plural form of cystocarp.
- cystograms — Plural form of cystogram.
- cystometer — a device for determining the reaction of the urinary bladder to increased internal pressure.
- cytochrome — any of a group of naturally occurring compounds, consisting of iron, a protein, and a porphyrin, that are important in cell oxidation-reduction reactions
- cytometric — of or relating to cytometry
- cytotropic — (of cells or groups of cells) growing or moving toward or away from each other.
- decryption — to decode or decipher.
- dedicatory — of or as a dedication
- detractory — (now rare) That detracts from something; disparaging, depreciatory.
- dictionary — (as modifier)
- dry socket — a painful inflammatory infection of the bone and tissues at the site of an extracted tooth.
- dyscontrol — The inability to control one's behavior.
- dystrophic — Medicine/Medical. pertaining to or caused by dystrophy.
- econometry — Econometrics.
- ectomorphy — having a thin body build, roughly characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic ectoderm (contrasted with endomorphic, mesomorphic).
- ectothermy — (biology) The condition of being ectothermic or warm-blooded; the ability to maintain the body's temperature.
- encryption — (cryptography) The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, and/or passwords. May also apply to electronic signal, hard drive, message, document...
- enterocyte — A cell of the intestinal lining.
- ergodicity — (uncountable) The condition of being ergodic.
- erotically — In an erotic manner.
- erythrocin — (medicine) synonym of erythromycin.
- escalatory — tending to escalate
- eucaryotic — Alternative spelling of eukaryotic.
- eukaryotic — (biology) Having complex cells in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei.
- excitatory — Characterized by, causing, or constituting excitation.
- excusatory — Serving to make an excuse.
- execratory — Tending to execrate or cause execration.
- eye doctor — ophthalmologist
- factionary — a member of a faction
- graciosity — graciousness
- grove city — a town in central Ohio.
- gynecocrat — gynarchy.
- gynocratic — Pertaining to government by women.
- gyrocopter — autogiro.
- gyrostatic — the science that deals with the laws of rotating bodies.
- heterocyst — one of the enlarged nitrogen-fixing cells occurring along the filaments in some blue-green algae.
- hydrolytic — producing, noting, or resulting in hydrolysis.
- hydrotheca — the part of the perisarc covering a hydranth.
- hylotropic — (of a substance) capable of undergoing a change in phase, as from a liquid to a gas, with no change in the original proportions of its constituents.
- hypertonic — Physiology. of or relating to hypertonia.
- hypertoxic — of, pertaining to, affected with, or caused by a toxin or poison: a toxic condition.
- hypocenter — focus (def 5).
- hypocentre — (geology) The focus of an earthquake, directly under the epicentre.
- hypocretin — Either of the peptide hormones orexin.