9-letter words containing t, o, y, a
- glycolate — a salt or ester of glycolic acid.
- go astray — person: deviate from correct or good way
- go steady — firmly placed or fixed; stable in position or equilibrium: a steady ladder.
- goatishly — In a goatish way.
- gradatory — (architecture) A series of steps from a cloister into a church.
- graystone — (uncountable) A type of gray, volcanic rock, typically containing feldspar and iron.
- gustatory — of or relating to taste or tasting.
- gyrations — Plural form of gyration.
- haemocyte — Alternative spelling of hemocyte.
- halophyte — a plant that thrives in saline soil.
- haplotype — Genetics. a combination of closely linked DNA sequences on one chromosome that are often inherited together: By comparing haplotypes of a mother and father with those of a fetus, scientists can study how new genetic changes arise.
- hawthorny — resembling or characterized by hawthorns
- haycation — A vacation stay on a farm, in which guests often help out with daily farm tasks.
- hemopathy — (medicine) Any disorder or disease of the blood.
- heptalogy — (rare) # A set of seven works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as seven individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- heptapody — a verse with seven metrical feet
- hippolyta — a queen of the Amazons, variously said to have been killed by Hercules or to have been conquered and married by Theseus.
- homestays — Plural form of homestay.
- homotypal — of normal type
- honey ant — any of several ants, especially of the genus Myrmecocystus, that feed on honeydew or nectar and store the excess juices in the bodies of certain worker ants.
- honeytrap — A stratagem in which irresistible bait is used to lure a victim.
- hortatory — urging to some course of conduct or action; exhorting; encouraging: a hortatory speech.
- hydantoin — a colorless, needlelike, crystalline compound, C 3 H 4 N 2 O 2 , used in the synthesis of pharmaceutical substances and resins.
- hydathode — a specialized leaf structure through which water is exuded.
- hydration — any of a class of compounds containing chemically combined water. In the case of some hydrates, as washing soda, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O, the water is loosely held and is easily lost on heating; in others, as sulfuric acid, SO 3 ⋅H 2 O, or H 2 SO 4 , it is strongly held as water of constitution.
- hydrocast — a process in which water is collected at various depths in a device with bottles clamped together, providing data on differing water characteristics.
- hydrolant — an urgent warning of navigational dangers in the Atlantic Ocean, issued by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office.
- hydronaut — a person trained to work in deep-sea vessels for research and rescue purposes.
- hydrostat — an electrical device for detecting the presence of water, as from overflow or leakage.
- hygrostat — an instrument for measuring and controlling humidity.
- hylobates — Plural form of hylobate.
- hypoblast — the endoderm.
- hypocaust — a hollow space or system of channels in the floor or walls of some ancient Roman buildings that provided a central heating system by receiving and distributing the heat from a furnace.
- hyponasty — increased growth along the lower surface of a plant or plant part, causing it to bend upward.
- hypostoma — Hypostome.
- hypotaxis — dependent relation or construction, as of clauses; syntactic subordination.
- hypotheca — (microbiology, planktology) The lower or posterior half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate.
- hypotonia — An abnormal loss of muscle tone.
- iatrogeny — a disease caused by medical intervention or treatment
- iatrology — Medical science.
- idiolatry — Autolatry, or self worship.
- idiopathy — a disease not preceded or occasioned by any known morbid condition.
- idolatory — Misspelling of idolatry.
- iowa city — a city in SE Iowa.
- isohyetal — a line drawn on a map connecting points having equal rainfall at a certain time or for a stated period.
- jam today — the principle of living for the moment
- jollyboat — Alternative form of jolly boat.
- joviality — the state or quality of being jovial; merriment; jollity.
- karyocyte — (cytology) Any cell that has a nucleus.
- karyotype — the chromosomes of a cell, usually displayed as a systematized arrangement of chromosome pairs in descending order of size.