9-letter words containing e, n, c, o
- cryogenic — of or relating to the production or use of very low temperatures: cryogenic storage.
- cteniform — resembling a comb
- 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
- cuneiform — wedge-shaped
- cunjevois — Plural form of cunjevoi.
- cupertino — a town in W California.
- cupferron — a salt ammonium compound (N-nitrosophenylhydroxylamine) used as a reagent in metal ion complexation
- curandero — a male healer or shaman in Hispanic-America
- curbstone — A curbstone is one of the stones that form a curb.
- cushioned — provided with cushions
- cushionet — a small cushion
- cut stone — a stone or stonework dressed to a relatively fine finish with tools other than hammers.
- cutaneous — of, relating to, or affecting the skin
- 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
- cyclonite — a white crystalline insoluble explosive prepared by the action of nitric acid on hexamethylenetetramine; cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine: used in bombs and shells. Formula: C3H6N6O6
- cyclopean — of, relating to, or resembling the Cyclops
- cymophane — a yellow or green opalescent variety of chrysoberyl
- cynophile — A person who loves canines; a dog lover.
- cynophobe — A person with cynophobia.
- cynosures — Plural form of cynosure.
- cytokines — Plural form of cytokine.
- cytopenia — a condition characterized by a deficiency of a type of blood cells
- damoclean — a flatterer who, having extolled the happiness of Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, was seated at a banquet with a sword suspended over his head by a single hair to show him the perilous nature of that happiness.
- dancegoer — a person who attends dances or dance performances.
- daybeacon — an unlighted navigational beacon used as a daymark.
- deaconess — (in the early church and in some modern Churches) a female member of the laity with duties similar to those of a deacon
- decagonal — Shaped like a decagon.
- decameron — a collection of a hundred tales by Boccaccio (published 1353), presented as stories told by a group of Florentines to while away ten days during a plague
- decanoate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of decanoic acid.
- decathlon — The decathlon is a competition in which athletes compete in 10 different sporting events.
- deceleron — (on a fixed-wing aircraft) a type of aileron that enables the aircraft to have a degree of control when it goes into a roll
- deception — Deception is the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived by someone.
- decession — a going away, lessening, or weakening
- decide on — If you decide on something or decide upon something, you choose it from two or more possibilities.
- decillion — (in Britain, France, and Germany) the number represented as one followed by 60 zeros (1060)
- decisions — A conclusion or resolution reached after consideration.
- decocting — Present participle of decoct.
- decoction — the extraction of the water-soluble substances of a drug or medicinal plants by boiling
- decodings — Plural form of decoding.
- decongest — to ease crowding or clogging in (an area)
- deconning — Present participle of decon.
- decontrol — When governments decontrol an activity, they remove controls from it so that companies or organizations have more freedom.
- deconvert — An apostate.
- decretion — The act of decreasing.
- decurions — Plural form of decurion.
- decursion — a military exercise performed by men bearing arms
- deduction — A deduction is a conclusion that you have reached about something because of other things that you know to be true.
- defection — the act or an instance of defecting
- dejection — Dejection is a feeling of sadness that you get, for example, when you have just been disappointed by something.