9-letter words containing m, o, t, r, c
- contronym — A word with two opposite meanings, e.g., sanction (which can mean both ‘a penalty for disobeying a law’ and ‘official permission or approval for an action’).
- cordotomy — a sugrical method of pain relief in which nerves in the spinal cord are cut
- cormorant — A cormorant is a type of dark-coloured bird with a long neck. Cormorants usually live near the sea and eat fish.
- corn smut — an ascomycetous parasitic fungus, Ustilago zeae, that causes gall-like deformations on maize grain
- cosmocrat — a ruler of the world
- cosmotron — a large synchrotron which was used for accelerating protons to high energies (of the order of 1 GeV)
- costumers — a person who makes, sells, or rents costumes, as for theatrical productions.
- costumery — multiple costumes considered collectively
- costumier — A costumier is a person or company that makes or supplies costumes.
- cothamore — a frieze fabric, often used in the manufacture of overcoats.
- courtroom — A courtroom is a room in which a legal court meets.
- cremation — to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- crematory — A crematory is the same as a crematorium.
- cromulent — (humorous) Fine, acceptable or normal; excellent, realistic, legitimate or authentic.
- crotalism — a type of poisoning caused by ingestion of plants of the genus Crotalaria
- crotonism — poisoning by ingestion of croton oil, characterized by burning of the mouth, severe diarrhea, and colic, with possible death from respiratory or circulatory failure.
- cryometer — a thermometer for measuring low temperatures
- cryometry — The measurement of very low temperatures.
- 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
- cteniform — resembling a comb
- customary — Customary is used to describe things that people usually do in a particular society or in particular circumstances.
- customers — A person or organization that buys goods or services from a store or business.
- cystiform — resembling a cyst
- 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.
- decimator — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
- democrats — Plural form of democrat.
- democraty — Obsolete form of democracy.
- dichromat — a person whose vision can only distinguish two colours
- dicrotism — having or pertaining to a double beat of the pulse for each beat of the heart.
- dotcommer — a company doing business mostly or solely on the Internet.
- ectomeres — Plural form of ectomere.
- ectomeric — Of, or relating to an ectomere- any of the blastomeres from which the ectoderm forms.
- ectomorph — a person of the ectomorphic type.
- ectotherm — a cold-blooded animal.
- ectropium — Ectropion.
- embrocate — (medicine, transitive) To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.
- embryotic — Embryonic.
- emunctory — Pertaining to the elimination of waste from the body.
- eroticism — The quality or character of being erotic.
- focometer — an instrument for measuring the focal length of a lens or other optical system.
- forcemeat — a mixture of finely chopped and seasoned foods, usually containing egg white, meat or fish, etc., used as a stuffing or served alone.
- forcement — (obsolete) The act of forcing; compulsion.
- formicant — (medicine,obsolete) Of the pulse: weak and rapid.
- formicate — To move like ants.
- forthcame — Simple past form of forthcome.
- forthcome — To come forth.