9-letter words containing i, c, t, y
- cryptical — mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous: a cryptic message.
- cultishly — In a cultish manner.
- curiosity — Curiosity is a desire to know about something.
- curtsying — Present participle of curtsey.
- cuttingly — In a cutting manner.
- cybercity — A city with a strong basis in information technology.
- cyclicity — the quality or nature of being cyclic
- cyclolith — a stone circle
- cyclonite — a white crystalline insoluble explosive prepared by the action of nitric acid on hexamethylenetetramine; cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine: used in bombs and shells. Formula: C3H6N6O6
- cymbalist — A musician who plays the cymbals.
- cynegetic — of or relating to hunting with dogs
- cystidean — any one of the order of fossil echinoderms Cystidea
- cystidium — (in certain basidiomycetous fungi) one of the large, inflated, sterile cells growing between the basidia and usually projecting beyond them.
- cystiform — resembling a cyst
- cystolith — a knoblike deposit of calcium carbonate in the epidermal cells of such plants as the stinging nettle
- cytocidal — capable of killing cells.
- cytokines — Plural form of cytokine.
- cytokinin — any of a group of plant hormones that promote cell division and retard ageing in plants
- cytologic — of or relating to cytology
- cytolysin — a substance that can partially or completely destroy animal cells
- cytolysis — the dissolution of cells, esp by the destruction of their membranes
- cytolytic — the dissolution or degeneration of cells.
- cytopenia — a condition characterized by a deficiency of a type of blood cells
- cytosolic — of or relating to a cytosol
- cytotaxis — movement of cells due to external stimulation
- cytotoxic — poisonous to living cells: denoting certain drugs used in the treatment of leukaemia and other cancers
- cytotoxin — any substance that is poisonous to living cells
- dactylics — Plural form of dactylic.
- dactylist — someone who writes poetry in dactyls
- daly city — city in W Calif.: suburb of San Francisco: pop. 104,000
- daycation — a day trip to a resort, hotel, etc that does not involve staying the night
- decertify — to withdraw or remove a certificate or certification from (a person, organization, or country)
- declivity — a downward slope, esp of the ground
- diapyetic — of or pertaining to diapyesis
- dicastery — A term used by the Vatican corresponding to ministry or department as subdivisions of the papal Curia, referring to the administrative departments of the Vatican City State, as well as strictly ecclesiastical departments; more often termed congregation.
- dichotomy — If there is a dichotomy between two things, there is a very great difference or opposition between them.
- dictatory — dictatorial
- dictyogen — a monocotyledon with reticulated leaves
- dilatancy — dilating; expanding.
- 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.
- discotomy — (surgery) alternative spelling of discectomy.
- dizygotic — developed from two fertilized ova, as fraternal twins.
- dubitancy — doubt; uncertainty
- ductility — capable of being hammered out thin, as certain metals; malleable.
- duplicity — deceitfulness in speech or conduct, as by speaking or acting in two different ways to different people concerning the same matter; double-dealing. Synonyms: deceit, deception, dissimulation, fraud, guile, hypocrisy, trickery. Antonyms: candidness, directness, honesty, straightforwardness.
- dynamitic — relating to dynamite or those who use dynamite for illegal reasons
- dyscratic — having or suffering from dyscrasia
- dyslectic — Dyslexic.
- dyspeptic — pertaining to, subject to, or suffering from dyspepsia.
- dystectic — relating to the process of turning a solid compound to liquid by the application of heat and in which the compound splits into its two constituent parts