9-letter words containing o, c, t, y, l
- culpatory — expressing blame
- curly top — a disease of plants, especially beets, characterized by puckered or cupped leaves and stunting or distortion, caused by a virus, Ruga verrucosans.
- 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
- cyclotome — a type of scalpel for performing a cyclotomy.
- cyclotomy — Surgery. incision of the ciliary muscle.
- cyclotron — a type of particle accelerator in which the particles spiral inside two D-shaped hollow metal electrodes placed facing each other under the effect of a strong vertical magnetic field, gaining energy by a high-frequency voltage applied between these electrodes
- cystocele — a hernia of the urinary bladder, esp one protruding into the vagina
- cystolith — a knoblike deposit of calcium carbonate in the epidermal cells of such plants as the stinging nettle
- cytocidal — capable of killing cells.
- 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.
- cytoplasm — the protoplasm of a cell contained within the cell membrane but excluding the nucleus: contains organelles, vesicles, and other inclusions
- cytoplast — the intact cytoplasm of a single cell
- cytosolic — of or relating to a cytosol
- elocutory — elocutionary
- epicotyls — Plural form of epicotyl.
- glycation — (biochemistry) non-enzymatic reaction of a sugar and an amine group of a protein to form a glycoprotein.
- glycolate — a salt or ester of glycolic acid.
- hemolytic — the breaking down of red blood cells with liberation of hemoglobin.
- holotypic — Relating to a holotype.
- holy city — a city regarded as particularly sacred by the adherents of a religious faith, as Jerusalem by Jews and Christians, Mecca and Medina by Muslims, and Varanasi by Hindus.
- homolytic — Of, pertaining to, or produced by homolysis.
- hypocotyl — the part of a plant embryo directly below the cotyledons, forming a connection with the radicle.
- ketolytic — the breaking down of ketones.
- latrociny — banditry
- lectotype — a specimen designated as the type of a species or subspecies when no holotype was designated by the original author of the name.
- leucocyte — leukocyte.
- leucotomy — prefrontal lobotomy.
- leukocyte — white blood cell.
- lipectomy — the surgical removal of fatty tissue.
- lipolytic — Of or pertaining to lipolysis.
- lithocyst — a sac, containing otoliths, found in many invertebrates, supposedly connected to hearing and orientation
- lobectomy — excision of a lobe of an organ or gland.
- loquacity — the state of being loquacious; talkativeness; garrulity.
- lyocratic — noting a colloid owing its stability to the affinity of its particles for the liquid in which they are dispersed.
- lyotropic — noting any series of ions, salts, or radicals arranged in descending order relative to the magnitude of their effect on a given solvent.
- mucolytic — denoting or pertaining to enzymes that break down mucus.
- multicopy — any of several or many copies (of a book, document, record, etc)
- myelocyte — a cell of the bone marrow, especially one developing into a granulocyte.
- mylonitic — relating to or resembling mylonite
- nyctalope — a person or animal affected by nyctalopia
- nyctalops — a person affected by nyctalopia
- octastyle — having eight columns in the front, as a temple or portico.
- olfactory — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
- oncolytic — absorbing or destroying tumours
- ontically — In an ontic sense.
- optically — of, relating to, or applying optics or the principles of optics.