9-letter words containing r, i, o, t
- 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.
- chinaroot — the root of either of two plants, the galanga or the smilax
- chiropter — an animal of the order Chiroptera; a bat
- chlorites — Plural form of chlorite.
- chloritic — a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum, ferrous iron, and magnesium, occurring in green platelike crystals or scales.
- chlorotic — an abnormally yellow color of plant tissues, resulting from partial failure to develop chlorophyll, caused by a nutrient deficiency or the activities of a pathogen.
- chondrite — a stony meteorite consisting mainly of silicate minerals in the form of chondrules
- choralist — a person who sings in a chorus or ensemble
- choreatic — any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- choreutic — of or belonging to a chorus.
- chorister — A chorister is a singer in a church choir.
- chorizont — a person who challenges the authorship of a work
- chortling — to chuckle gleefully.
- christoff — Boris. 1919–93, Bulgarian bass-baritone, noted esp for his performance in the title role of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov
- chromatic — In music, chromatic means related to the scale that consists only of semitones.
- chromatid — either of the two strands into which a chromosome divides during mitosis. They separate to form daughter chromosomes at anaphase
- chromatin — the part of the nucleus that consists of DNA and proteins, forms the chromosomes, and stains with basic dyes
- cinerator — an incinerator.
- cirrhotic — a disease of the liver characterized by increase of connective tissue and alteration in gross and microscopic makeup.
- cistronic — cistron-related
- cithaeron — a mountain range in SE Greece: sacred to Dionysus, in Greek mythology. to 4623 feet (1409 meters).
- city room — the room in which local news is handled for a newspaper, a radio or television station, or for another journalistic agency.
- city-born — born in a city.
- climatory — Having to do with climate.
- cloisters — Plural form of cloister.
- cloistral — of, like, or characteristic of a cloister
- clothiers — Plural form of clothier.
- co-editor — a person who cooperates or collaborates as editor with another.
- co-writer — to coauthor.
- coaration — Cooperative ploughing.
- cogitator — to think hard; ponder; meditate: to cogitate about a problem.
- cohabiter — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- coheritor — a coheir
- coinherit — To inherit together with other or others; to be one of the inheritors.
- cointreau — a colourless liqueur with orange flavouring
- colicroot — either of two North American liliaceous plants, Aletris farinosa or A. aurea, having tubular white or yellow flowers and a bitter root formerly used to relieve colic
- colorists — Plural form of colorist.
- colostric — of or relating to the colostrum
- colourist — A colourist is someone such as an artist or a fashion designer who uses colours in an interesting and original way.
- comfiture — (obsolete) A confection, especially of preserved fruit.
- comintern — short for Communist International: an international Communist organization founded by Lenin in Moscow in 1919 and dissolved in 1943; it degenerated under Stalin into an instrument of Soviet politics
- committer — A person who commits a crime; perpetrator.
- compotier — a dish for holding compote
- con trick — swindle
- confiteor — a prayer consisting of a general confession of sinfulness and an entreaty for forgiveness
- confiture — a confection, preserve of fruit, etc
- congruity — the condition or fact of being congruous or congruent
- conscript — A conscript is a person who has been made to join the armed forces of a country.
- consortia — a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.