9-letter words containing t, r, o, c
- crotonbug — species of cockroach
- crotonism — poisoning by ingestion of croton oil, characterized by burning of the mouth, severe diarrhea, and colic, with possible death from respiratory or circulatory failure.
- croustade — a hollowed pastry case or piece of cooked bread, potato, etc, in which food is served
- crowd out — If one thing crowds out another, it is so successful or common that the other thing does not have the opportunity to be successful or exist.
- croweater — (Australia, slang) A person from South Australia.
- crowfoots — Plural form of crowfoot.
- crown rot — a disease of plants, characterized by the rotting of the stem at ground level, caused by any of several fungi.
- crowsteps — Plural form of crowstep.
- 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.
- cryometer — a thermometer for measuring low temperatures
- cryometry — The measurement of very low temperatures.
- cryophyte — an organism, esp an alga or moss, that grows on snow or ice
- cryostats — Plural form of cryostat.
- cryptogam — (in former plant classification schemes) any organism that does not produce seeds, including algae, fungi, mosses, and ferns
- cryptonym — a code name or secret name
- cteniform — resembling a comb
- cube root — The cube root of a number is another number that makes the first number when it is multiplied by itself twice. For example, the cube root of 8 is 2.
- culpatory — expressing blame
- cunctator — (Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus"Cunctator") 275–203 b.c, Roman statesman and general: defeated Hannibal's army by harassment without risking a pitched battle.
- cupertino — a town in W California.
- curbstone — A curbstone is one of the stones that form a curb.
- curiosity — Curiosity is a desire to know about something.
- curly top — a disease of plants, especially beets, characterized by puckered or cupped leaves and stunting or distortion, caused by a virus, Ruga verrucosans.
- curtation — the discrepancy between the curtate distance and the true distance of a planet from the sun
- curvation — the action of curving or bending
- custodier — a custodian
- customary — Customary is used to describe things that people usually do in a particular society or in particular circumstances.
- customers — A person or organization that buys goods or services from a store or business.
- cut short — to stop abruptly before the end
- cuticolor — of the color of flesh.
- cutthroat — a person who cuts throats; murderer
- cybergoth — (uncountable) A subculture combining elements of goth and rave culture, typically involving energetic electronic music and brightly coloured, futuristic clothing.
- cyclotron — a type of particle accelerator in which the particles spiral inside two D-shaped hollow metal electrodes placed facing each other under the effect of a strong vertical magnetic field, gaining energy by a high-frequency voltage applied between these electrodes
- cystiform — resembling a cyst
- cystocarp — a reproductive body in red algae, developed after fertilization and consisting of filaments bearing carpospores
- cystogram — A diagnostic image produced by cystography.
- cytometer — a glass slide used to count and measure cells
- cytometry — the counting of blood cells using a cytometer
- cytosmear — (cytology) A sample of cells, in the form of a smear on a microscope slide, that has been stained ready for diagnostic examination.
- deceptory — inclined to deceive
- decimator — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
- decocture — the essence or liquor resulting from decoction
- decontrol — When governments decontrol an activity, they remove controls from it so that companies or organizations have more freedom.
- deconvert — An apostate.
- decorated — (often initial capital letter) of pertaining to, or characteristic of the English gothic architecture of the late 13th through the late 14th centuries, characterized by curvilinear tracery, elaborate ornamental sculpture and vaulting, and refinement of stonecutting techniques.
- decorates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decorate.
- decorator — A decorator is a person whose job is to paint houses or put wallpaper up.
- decretion — The act of decreasing.
- decretory — characterized by making an absolute and final decision
- dedicator — to set apart and consecrate to a deity or to a sacred purpose: The ancient Greeks dedicated many shrines to Aphrodite.