9-letter words containing n, o, c, t, i
- causation — The causation of something, usually something bad, is the factors that have caused it.
- cautioned — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- cautioner — A person who cautions.
- cautionry — the position or function of a surety, a person who protects and takes responsibility for another person
- cavorting — to prance or caper about.
- cefoxitin — a broad-spectrum, crystalline, semisynthetic cephalosporin antibiotic, C 16 H 17 N 3 O 7 , used in the treatment of serious infections caused by susceptible Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.
- cenobites — Plural form of cenobite.
- cenobitic — Of or pertaining to a cenobite.
- centesimo — a former monetary unit of Italy, San Marino, and the Vatican City worth one hundredth of a lira
- centriole — either of two rodlike bodies in most animal cells that form the poles of the spindle during mitosis
- centroids — Plural form of centroid.
- centurion — A centurion was an officer in the Roman army.
- certosina — a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- cessation — The cessation of something is the stopping of it.
- ceylonite — a dark blue or black form of spinel
- chelation — the process by which a chelate is formed
- chemonite — a solution consisting of copper hydroxide, arsenic trioxide, ammonia, acetic acid, and water: used as a wood preservative.
- chinaroot — the root of either of two plants, the galanga or the smilax
- chinatown — Chinatown is the name given to the area in a city where there are many Chinese shops and restaurants, and which is a social centre for the Chinese community in the city.
- chitinous — a nitrogen-containing polysaccharide, related chemically to cellulose, that forms a semitransparent horny substance and is a principal constituent of the exoskeleton, or outer covering, of insects, crustaceans, and arachnids.
- chondrite — a stony meteorite consisting mainly of silicate minerals in the form of chondrules
- chorizont — a person who challenges the authorship of a work
- chortling — to chuckle gleefully.
- chromatin — the part of the nucleus that consists of DNA and proteins, forms the chromosomes, and stains with basic dyes
- chthonian — of or relating to the underworld
- chukotian — a group of genetically related languages spoken on the Chukchi and Kamchatka peninsulas in eastern Siberia, including Chukchi, Kamchadal, and Koryak.
- ciliation — Lb biology Quality of having cilia.
- cinerator — an incinerator.
- cistronic — cistron-related
- citations — Plural form of citation.
- cithaeron — a mountain range in SE Greece: sacred to Dionysus, in Greek mythology. to 4623 feet (1409 meters).
- city-born — born in a city.
- clavation — the state of being clavate
- claytonia — any low-growing North American succulent portulacaceous plant of the genus Claytonia
- clinostat — an apparatus for studying tropisms in plants, usually a rotating disc to which the plant is attached so that it receives an equal stimulus on all sides
- clintonia — any temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia, having white, greenish-yellow, or purplish flowers, broad ribbed leaves, and blue berries
- clonality — The fact or condition of being genetically identical, as to a parent, sibling, or other biological source.
- clonicity — of or relating to clonus.
- closeting — Present participle of closet.
- clothings — Plural form of clothing.
- cnidocyst — a nematocyst.
- coalition — A coalition is a government consisting of people from two or more political parties.
- coaration — Cooperative ploughing.
- coastline — A country's coastline is the outline of its coast.
- coaxation — (rare) The act of croaking.
- cocainist — a cocaine addict
- coemption — the buying up of the complete supply of a commodity
- coenobite — a member of a religious order following a communal rule of life
- coffinite — a uranium-bearing silicate mineral
- cognation — relationship by descent from the same ancestor or source