9-letter words containing o, c, t, p
- ectropium — Ectropion.
- emplecton — a type of masonry filled with rubbish
- empty cow — a cow that does not produce calves during the breeding season
- endoproct — entoproct
- entoproct — (zoology) Any member of the Entoprocta, a phylum of mostly sessile aquatic animals.
- entoptics — the study of entoptic visions
- epicotyls — Plural form of epicotyl.
- epistolic — Relating to letters or epistles; in the form or style of letters; epistolary.
- epizootic — Of, relating to, or denoting a disease that is temporarily prevalent and widespread in an animal population.
- escopette — a carbine
- esotropic — (of an eye) turning inwards
- eton crop — a short mannish hairstyle worn by women in the 1920s
- eurytopic — (of a species) able to tolerate a wide range of environments
- eutrophic — (of a lake or other body of water) rich in nutrients and so supporting a dense plant population, the decomposition of which kills animal life by depriving it of oxygen.
- exception — A person or thing that is excluded from a general statement or does not follow a rule.
- excerptor — One who makes excerpts.
- exophytic — (pathology) In pathology, pertaining to growth of a tumor outward.
- exotropic — (of an eye) turning outwards
- fencepost — A post which helps hold up a fence.
- fetoscope — a tubular fiberoptic instrument used for diagnostic examination of the fetus and interior of the uterus.
- fetoscopy — examination by means of a fetoscope.
- floptical — Denoting or relating to a type of floppy-disk drive using a laser to position the read-write head.
- forcipate — having the shape of or resembling a forceps.
- fort peck — a dam on the Missouri River in NE Montana.
- genotypic — the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
- geophytic — Relating to geophytes.
- geotropic — of, relating to, or exhibiting geotropism.
- haplontic — (chiefly of an alga or other lower plant) having a life cycle in which the main form is haploid, with a diploid zygote being formed only briefly.
- hepatoxic — Exhibiting hepatoxicity.
- holotypic — Relating to a holotype.
- homotopic — (topology, of two maps) Such that there is an interval of maps joining one to the other.
- homotypic — of or relating to a homotype.
- hopatcong — a town in N New Jersey.
- hopscotch — a children's game in which a player tosses or kicks a small flat stone, beanbag, or other object into one of several numbered sections of a diagram marked on the pavement or ground and then hops on one foot over the lines from section to section and picks up the stone or object, usually while standing on one foot in an adjacent section.
- hydroptic — (formerly) edema.
- hypnotics — Plural form of hypnotic.
- hypocaust — a hollow space or system of channels in the floor or walls of some ancient Roman buildings that provided a central heating system by receiving and distributing the heat from a furnace.
- hypocotyl — the part of a plant embryo directly below the cotyledons, forming a connection with the radicle.
- hypocrite — a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, especially one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.
- hypotheca — (microbiology, planktology) The lower or posterior half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate.
- hypotonic — Physiology. (of tissue) having less than the normal tone.
- hypotrich — any ciliate of the suborder Hypotricha, having cilia chiefly on the ventral surface.
- ice piton — a type of piton designed for being driven into ice
- ice point — the temperature at which a mixture of ice and air-saturated water at a pressure of one atmosphere is in equilibrium, represented by 0°C and 32°F.
- idiotypic — the molecular arrangement of amino acids unique to the antigen-binding site of a particular antibody.
- impaction — an act or instance of impacting.
- impeticos — to put in a pocket
- impolitic — not politic, expedient, or judicious.
- impotence — the condition or quality of being impotent; weakness.
- impotency — the condition or quality of being impotent; weakness.