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9-letter words containing o, t, i, c

  • cantorial — of or relating to a precentor
  • capacitor — A capacitor is a device for accumulating electric charge.
  • captioned — Simple past tense and past participle of caption.
  • captopril — an ACE inhibitor used to treat high blood pressure and congestive heart failure
  • carbonite — An explosive manufactured from a variety of materials, including nitroglycerine, wood meal and nitrates.
  • cariosity — (medicine) caries.
  • carnation — A carnation is a plant with white, pink, or red flowers.
  • carnosity — an abnormal fleshy protrusion growing on any part of the body
  • carnotite — a radioactive yellow mineral consisting of hydrated uranium potassium vanadate: occurs in sedimentary rocks and is a source of uranium, radium, and vanadium. Formula: K2(UO2)2(VO4)2.3H2O
  • caseation — the formation of cheese from casein during the coagulation of milk
  • cashpoint — A cashpoint is the same as a cash dispenser.
  • cassation — (esp in France) annulment, as of a judicial decision by a higher court
  • cast iron — Cast iron is iron which contains a small amount of carbon. It is hard and cannot be bent so it has to be made into objects by casting.
  • cast-iron — made of cast iron.
  • castroism — the philosophy and policies of Fidel Castro and his followers
  • castroist — of or relating to the philosophy and policies of Fidel Castro and his followers
  • catabolic — destructive metabolism; the breaking down in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones, with the release of energy (opposed to anabolism).
  • catalogic — of the nature of or relating to a catalogue
  • catalonia — a region of NE Spain, with a strong separatist tradition: became an autonomous region with its own parliament in 1979; an important agricultural and industrial region, with many resorts. Pop: 7 012 600 (2003 est). Area: 31 929 sq km (12 328 sq miles)
  • catatonia — a state of muscular rigidity and stupor, sometimes found in schizophrenia
  • catatonic — If you describe someone as being in a catatonic state, you mean that they are not moving or responding at all, usually as a result of illness, shock, or drugs.
  • categoric — Categoric means the same as categorical.
  • cathinone — (organic compound) The aromatic amine 2-amino-1-phenyl-1-propanone that is the active ingredient of khat.
  • catholics — Plural form of Catholic.
  • catoptric — the branch of optics dealing with the formation of images by mirrors.
  • 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.
  • celiotomy — laparotomy (def 2).
  • 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.
  • cespitose — growing in dense, matlike clumps without creeping stems, as moss, grass, etc.
  • cespitous — Turfy; resembling turf.
  • cessation — The cessation of something is the stopping of it.
  • ceylonite — a dark blue or black form of spinel
  • chamosite — a mineral of the chlorite group, hydrous aluminum silicate of iron, occurring in gray or black crystals in oolitic iron ore.
  • 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.
  • chicalote — a poppy, Argemone platyceras, of the southwestern US and Mexico with prickly leaves and white or yellow flowers
  • chill out — To chill out means to relax after you have done something tiring or stressful.
  • 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.
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