9-letter words containing ato
- bohr atom — See under Bohr theory.
- caliatour — a tropical dyewood, possibly red sandalwood
- castrator — One who castrates (gelds or neuters).
- catatonia — a state of muscular rigidity and stupor, sometimes found in schizophrenia
- catatonic — If you describe someone as being in a catatonic state, you mean that they are not moving or responding at all, usually as a result of illness, shock, or drugs.
- catoptric — the branch of optics dealing with the formation of images by mirrors.
- caveators — a person who files or enters a caveat.
- ceratodus — any of various extinct lungfish constituting the genus Ceratodus, common in Cretaceous and Triassic times
- chatoyant — having changeable lustre; twinkling
- chelators — Plural form of chelator.
- chinatown — Chinatown is the name given to the area in a city where there are many Chinese shops and restaurants, and which is a social centre for the Chinese community in the city.
- chromato- — indicating colour or coloured
- cinerator — an incinerator.
- climatory — Having to do with climate.
- cockatoos — Plural form of cockatoo.
- cocreator — someone who creates something jointly with another person or people
- cocurator — a fellow curator
- cogitator — to think hard; ponder; meditate: to cogitate about a problem.
- collators — Plural form of collator.
- crematory — A crematory is the same as a crematorium.
- 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.
- damnatory — threatening or occasioning condemnation
- deaerator — a piece of apparatus that extracts a gas from a liquid
- decimator — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
- decorator — A decorator is a person whose job is to paint houses or put wallpaper up.
- dedicator — to set apart and consecrate to a deity or to a sacred purpose: The ancient Greeks dedicated many shrines to Aphrodite.
- defecator — One who defecates.
- deflators — Plural form of deflator.
- delegator — a person who delegates
- dermatoid — resembling skin
- dermatome — a surgical instrument for cutting thin slices of skin, esp for grafting
- derogator — A detractor.
- desolator — barren or laid waste; devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape.
- detonator — A detonator is a small amount of explosive or a piece of electrical or electronic equipment which is used to explode a bomb or other explosive device.
- deviatory — Tending to deviate.
- diatomist — a person specializing in the study of diatoms
- diatomite — a soft very fine-grained whitish rock consisting of the siliceous remains of diatoms deposited in the ocean or in ponds or lakes. It is used as an absorbent, filtering medium, insulator, filler, etc
- dictators — Plural form of dictator.
- dictatory — dictatorial
- dilatator — (anatomy) A muscle that dilates any part; a dilator.
- divinator — a diviner
- dogmatory — dogmatic
- dominator — to rule over; govern; control.
- eatontown — a borough in E central New Jersey.
- edematose — Alternative form of edematous.
- edematous — effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
- educators — Plural form of educator.
- educatory — educative.
- elevators — Plural form of elevator.