9-letter words containing o, r, t
- albatross — An albatross is a very large white seabird.
- albuterol — a bronchodilator used by sufferers of asthma, emphysema, and other lung conditions, to treat symptoms such as wheezing or shortness of breath
- aldershot — a town in S England, in Hampshire: site of a large military camp. Pop: 58 170 (2001)
- aleatoric — designating or of music that involves chance or unpredictability in composition or performance or both
- alectryon — any sapindaceous tree of the genus Alectryon of Australasia, Southeast Asia, and Micronesia
- alembroth — a double salt composed of the chlorides of ammonium and mercury, formerly believed to be a universal solvent
- algometer — an instrument for measuring sensitivity to pressure (pressure algometer) or to pain
- algometry — a device for determining sensitiveness to pain caused by pressure.
- algorithm — An algorithm is a series of mathematical steps, especially in a computer program, which will give you the answer to a particular kind of problem or question.
- alienator — A person who alienates.
- all sorts — All sorts of things or people means a large number of different things or people.
- allegator — (obsolete) A person who alleges.
- alligator — An alligator is a large reptile with short legs, a long tail and very powerful jaws.
- allocator — anyone or anything that allocates something
- allograft — a tissue graft from a donor genetically unrelated to the recipient
- allometry — the study of the growth of part of an organism in relation to the growth of the entire organism
- allopatry — the condition of existing in areas that are geographically separated from one another; esp the condition of genetically similar species which cannot interbreed because of this geographical separation
- allostery — the condition of a protein (such as an enzyme) in which the structure and activity of the enzyme are modified by the binding of a metabolic molecule at a site other than the chemically active one
- allotrope — any of two or more physical forms in which an element can exist
- allotropy — the existence of an element in two or more physical forms. The most common elements having this property are carbon, sulphur, and phosphorus
- allottery — an allotment or allocation
- alphasort — to arrange in alphabetical order
- altar boy — In the Roman Catholic church, an altar boy is a boy who helps the priest during Mass.
- altdorfer — Albrecht (ˈalbrɛçt). ?1480–?1538, German painter and engraver: one of the earliest landscape painters
- alter ego — Your alter ego is the other side of your personality from the one which people normally see.
- alumroots — Plural form of alumroot.
- amatorial — of or relating to lovers or lovemaking; expressive of love: amatory poems; an amatory look.
- amatorian — amatorial
- amaurotic — partial or total loss of sight, especially in the absence of a gross lesion or injury.
- ambrotype — an early type of glass negative that could be made to appear as a positive by backing it with black varnish or paper
- ambulator — a person who walks
- ametropia — loss of ability to focus images on the retina, caused by an imperfection in the refractive function of the eye
- ametropic — relating to ametropia
- amoralist — a person who adheres to the doctrine of amoralism
- amorality — not involving questions of right or wrong; without moral quality; neither moral nor immoral.
- amoristic — relating to, or characteristic of, romantic love
- amorosity — a loving feeling
- amortised — Finance. to liquidate or extinguish (a mortgage, debt, or other obligation), especially by periodic payments to the creditor or to a sinking fund. to write off a cost of (an asset) gradually.
- amortized — Finance. to liquidate or extinguish (a mortgage, debt, or other obligation), especially by periodic payments to the creditor or to a sinking fund. to write off a cost of (an asset) gradually.
- amortizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amortize.
- amourette — a brief affair or an affair that is insignificant to oneself
- amphitruo — a comedy (c200 b.c.) by Plautus.
- ancestors — Plural form of ancestor.
- anchorite — a person who lives in seclusion, esp a religious recluse; hermit
- anestrous — not showing estrus.
- angostura — the bitter, aromatic bark of either of two South American citrus trees, Galipea officinalis or G. cusparia, used in medicine and in the preparation of liqueurs and bitters.
- angstroms — Plural form of angstrom.
- animators — Plural form of animator.
- animatron — An animatronic robot.
- annotator — One who annotates.