9-letter words containing t, o, y, a
- bialystok — a city in E Poland.
- białystok — a city in E Poland: belonged to Prussia (1795–1807) and to Russia (1807–1919). Pop: 315 000 (2005 est)
- biosafety — the precautions taken to control the cultivation and distribution of genetically modified crops and products
- body part — a part of a human body
- buoy boat — a boat used in whaling for holding and towing the whales killed during a hunt.
- buoyantly — in a happy, confident manner
- callosity — hardheartedness
- calotypes — Plural form of calotype.
- cariosity — (medicine) caries.
- carnosity — an abnormal fleshy protrusion growing on any part of the body
- carry out — If you carry out a threat, task, or instruction, you do it or act according to it.
- carry-cot — carrier (sense 5)
- carry-out — food: take-away
- carrycots — Plural form of carrycot.
- cartology — the theory or science of mapmaking
- cartooney — Misspelling of cartoony.
- cautionry — the position or function of a surety, a person who protects and takes responsibility for another person
- cetshwayo — ?1826–84, king of the Zulus (1873–79): defeated the British at Isandhlwana (1879) but was overwhelmed by them at Ulundi (1879); captured, he stated his case in London, and was reinstated as ruler of part of Zululand (1883)
- chatoyant — having changeable lustre; twinkling
- chocolaty — a preparation of the seeds of cacao, roasted, husked, and ground, often sweetened and flavored, as with vanilla.
- claystone — a compact very fine-grained rock consisting of consolidated clay particles
- claytonia — any low-growing North American succulent portulacaceous plant of the genus Claytonia
- climatory — Having to do with climate.
- clonality — The fact or condition of being genetically identical, as to a parent, sibling, or other biological source.
- clothyard — (historical) An old unit of measure for cloth, 36 or 37 inches.
- coastally — In a coastal manner.
- coevality — The condition of being coeval.
- cognately — In a way that is cognate.
- compacity — Any of several technical measures of compactness, especially, in a granular medium (e.g. sand), the volume fraction that is filled.
- compactly — joined or packed together; closely and firmly united; dense; solid: compact soil.
- concavity — the state or quality of being concave
- connately — In a connate fashion.
- constancy — Constancy is the quality of staying the same even though other things change.
- contranym — A word that has two opposing meanings, such as 'cleave' (“come together” or “split apart”).
- contrasty — (of a photograph or subject) having sharp gradations in tone, esp between light and dark areas
- contumacy — obstinate and wilful rebelliousness or resistance to authority; insubordination; disobedience
- copayment — a fee paid by a subscriber to a service for the use of additional services not covered by the subscription
- copypasta — (Internet slang) A block of text which has been copied and pasted from somewhere else.
- copytaker — (esp in a newspaper office) a person employed to type reports as journalists dictate them over the telephone
- cordately — In a cordate form.
- countably — in a countable manner
- courtyard — A courtyard is an open area of ground which is surrounded by buildings or walls.
- crayonist — (dated) An artist who uses crayons.
- crazy top — a disease of cotton, corn, etc., characterized by abnormal branching and small, misshapen leaves in the upper part of the plant, caused by water shortage, organic deficiencies in the soil, or unknown causes.
- crematory — A crematory is the same as a crematorium.
- cryolathe — an instrument for reshaping the cornea to correct severe nearsightedness or farsightedness: the cornea is removed from the eye, rapidly frozen, reshaped, and reinserted.
- cryostats — Plural form of cryostat.
- cryptogam — (in former plant classification schemes) any organism that does not produce seeds, including algae, fungi, mosses, and ferns
- culpatory — expressing blame
- customary — Customary is used to describe things that people usually do in a particular society or in particular circumstances.