9-letter words containing o, c, t, m
- continuum — A continuum is a set of things on a scale, which have a particular characteristic to different degrees.
- contranym — A word that has two opposing meanings, such as 'cleave' (“come together” or “split apart”).
- 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’).
- contumacy — obstinate and wilful rebelliousness or resistance to authority; insubordination; disobedience
- contumely — scornful or insulting language or behaviour
- copayment — a fee paid by a subscriber to a service for the use of additional services not covered by the subscription
- 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
- cosmetics — beauty preparations; make-up
- cosmetize — to cosmeticize.
- cosmocrat — a ruler of the world
- cosmonaut — A cosmonaut is an astronaut from the former Soviet Union.
- cosmotron — a large synchrotron which was used for accelerating protons to high energies (of the order of 1 GeV)
- costotome — an instrument, as shears or a knife, for incising or dividing a rib, as in costotomy.
- costotomy — surgical incision into a rib
- 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.
- costuming — a style of dress, including accessories and hairdos, especially that peculiar to a nation, region, group, or historical period.
- 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.
- customise — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- customize — If you customize something, you change its appearance or features to suit your tastes or needs.
- cyclotome — a type of scalpel for performing a cyclotomy.
- cyclotomy — Surgery. incision of the ciliary muscle.
- cystiform — resembling a cyst
- cystogram — A diagnostic image produced by cystography.
- cystotomy — surgical incision into the gall bladder or urinary bladder
- cytometer — a glass slide used to count and measure cells
- cytometry — the counting of blood cells using a cytometer
- cytoplasm — the protoplasm of a cell contained within the cell membrane but excluding the nucleus: contains organelles, vesicles, and other inclusions
- cytosmear — (cytology) A sample of cells, in the form of a smear on a microscope slide, that has been stained ready for diagnostic examination.
- cytostome — the mouth of a protozoan.
- datacomms — the transmission of data along communications systems
- 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.