9-letter words containing t, y, r, o
- hircosity — the quality of being like a goat
- historify — to make something part of history or to tell the history of something
- holy writ — the Scriptures.
- honeytrap — A stratagem in which irresistible bait is used to lure a victim.
- honeywort — a plant, Cerinthe retorta, of Greece, having bluish-green leaves and purple-tipped yellow flowers.
- horometry — The art or practice of measuring time by hours and subordinate divisions.
- hortatory — urging to some course of conduct or action; exhorting; encouraging: a hortatory speech.
- 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.
- hydrolyte — a substance subjected to hydrolysis.
- hydronaut — a person trained to work in deep-sea vessels for research and rescue purposes.
- hydroptic — (formerly) edema.
- hydropult — a type of water pump or machine that expels water by means of hand power, as, for example, a fire extinguisher
- hydrostat — an electrical device for detecting the presence of water, as from overflow or leakage.
- hygristor — an electronic component the resistance of which varies with humidity
- hygrostat — an instrument for measuring and controlling humidity.
- hypocrite — a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, especially one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.
- hypotrich — any ciliate of the suborder Hypotricha, having cilia chiefly on the ventral surface.
- hysteroid — resembling hysteria.
- iatrogeny — a disease caused by medical intervention or treatment
- iatrology — Medical science.
- idiolatry — Autolatry, or self worship.
- idolatory — Misspelling of idolatry.
- improbity — lack of honesty or moral scruples.
- in theory — in principle
- inventory — a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods on hand, etc., made each year by a business concern.
- iodimetry — iodometry.
- iodometry — a volumetric analytical procedure for determining iodine or materials that will liberate iodine or react with iodine.
- ionotropy — the reversible interconversion of a pair of organic isomers as a result of the migration of an ionic part of the molecule
- iridocyte — a guanine-containing cell in the skin of fish and some cephalopods, giving these animals their iridescence
- iridotomy — incision of the iris, especially for the formation of an artificial pupil by transverse division of fibers of the iris.
- isorhythm — a structural feature characteristic of the Ars Nova motet, consisting of a single rhythmic phrase pattern repeated, usually in the tenor, throughout the composition.
- ivory nut — the seed of a low, South American palm, Phytelephas macrocarpa, yielding vegetable ivory.
- ivorytype — an antiquated photoprinting technique in which two prints are made of the same image, and the weaker one, made transparent with varnish and colored on the back, is laid over the stronger one.
- juniority — the state or fact of being junior in age, rank, standing, etc.
- 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.
- keynoters — Plural form of keynoter.
- keystoner — a native or inhabitant of Pennsylvania (used as a nickname).
- keystroke — one stroke of any key on a machine operated by a keyboard, as a typewriter, computer terminal, or Linotype: I can do 3000 keystrokes an hour.
- klystrons — Plural form of klystron.
- latrociny — banditry
- laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
- leprosity — the state of being leprous
- libratory — oscillatory.
- linotyper — a person who uses a Linotype printing machine
- lipotropy — the process of breaking down excess fat in the human body
- lyocratic — noting a colloid owing its stability to the affinity of its particles for the liquid in which they are dispersed.
- lyotropic — noting any series of ions, salts, or radicals arranged in descending order relative to the magnitude of their effect on a given solvent.