9-letter words containing c, y, t, o, r
- cryometry — The measurement of very low temperatures.
- cryophyte — an organism, esp an alga or moss, that grows on snow or ice
- cryostats — Plural form of cryostat.
- 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
- culpatory — expressing blame
- curiosity — Curiosity is a desire to know about something.
- curly top — a disease of plants, especially beets, characterized by puckered or cupped leaves and stunting or distortion, caused by a virus, Ruga verrucosans.
- customary — Customary is used to describe things that people usually do in a particular society or in particular circumstances.
- cybergoth — (uncountable) A subculture combining elements of goth and rave culture, typically involving energetic electronic music and brightly coloured, futuristic clothing.
- cyclotron — a type of particle accelerator in which the particles spiral inside two D-shaped hollow metal electrodes placed facing each other under the effect of a strong vertical magnetic field, gaining energy by a high-frequency voltage applied between these electrodes
- cystiform — resembling a cyst
- cystocarp — a reproductive body in red algae, developed after fertilization and consisting of filaments bearing carpospores
- cystogram — A diagnostic image produced by cystography.
- cytometer — a glass slide used to count and measure cells
- cytometry — the counting of blood cells using a cytometer
- cytosmear — (cytology) A sample of cells, in the form of a smear on a microscope slide, that has been stained ready for diagnostic examination.
- deceptory — inclined to deceive
- decretory — characterized by making an absolute and final decision
- dejectory — tending to cast down
- democraty — Obsolete form of democracy.
- dictatory — dictatorial
- directory — a book containing an alphabetical index of the names and addresses of persons in a city, district, organization, etc., or of a particular category of people.
- dry stock — cattle that are raised for meat
- educatory — educative.
- elocutory — elocutionary
- embryotic — Embryonic.
- emunctory — Pertaining to the elimination of waste from the body.
- eucaryote — Alternative spelling of eukaryote.
- eurytopic — (of a species) able to tolerate a wide range of environments
- evocatory — evocative
- excretory — Of, relating to, or concerned with excretion.
- executory — Of or pertaining to administration or execution.
- fibrocyte — an inactive fibroblast
- gyrectomy — excision of a cerebral gyrus.
- heroicity — suitable to the character of a hero in size or concept; daring; noble: a heroic ambition.
- hircosity — the quality of being like a goat
- hydrocast — a process in which water is collected at various depths in a device with bottles clamped together, providing data on differing water characteristics.
- hydroptic — (formerly) edema.
- hypocrite — a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, especially one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.
- hypotrich — any ciliate of the suborder Hypotricha, having cilia chiefly on the ventral surface.
- iridocyte — a guanine-containing cell in the skin of fish and some cephalopods, giving these animals their iridescence
- karyocyte — (cytology) Any cell that has a nucleus.
- latrociny — banditry
- lyocratic — noting a colloid owing its stability to the affinity of its particles 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.
- macrocyst — a large cyst or spore case, especially the encysted, resting plasmodium of a slime mold.
- macrocyte — an abnormally large red blood cell.
- microcity — An unusually small city or citylike environment.
- microcyte — Pathology. an abnormally small red blood cell.