9-letter words containing ato
- innovator — to introduce something new; make changes in anything established.
- insulator — Electricity. a material of such low conductivity that the flow of current through it is negligible. insulating material, often glass or porcelain, in a unit form designed so as to support a charged conductor and electrically isolate it.
- intonator — a monochord
- invocator — invoke.
- irrigator — One who, or that which, irrigates.
- irritator — One who or that which irritates.
- isolators — Plural form of isolator.
- jaculator — a person who hurls or throws
- jetavator — an extension of the exhaust nozzle of a rocket, for controlling the direction of the exhaust gases.
- joculator — (obsolete) A jester; a joker.
- judicator — a person who acts as judge or sits in judgment.
- keratoses — having a skeleton formed of horny fibers, as certain sponges.
- keratosis — any skin disease characterized by a horny growth, as a wart.
- keratotic — any skin disease characterized by a horny growth, as a wart.
- kurchatov — Igor Vasilievich [ee-guh r-vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /ˈi gər vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–60, Soviet nuclear physicist.
- laminator — to separate or split into thin layers.
- latosolic — belonging or relating to a latosol
- laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
- liberator — a four-engined heavy bomber widely used over Europe and the Mediterranean by the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II. Symbol: B-24.
- libratory — oscillatory.
- literator — littérateur.
- litigator — a courtroom lawyer.
- los gatos — a town in W California.
- macchiato — a hot beverage consisting of espresso and a small amount of foamed milk.
- macerator — to soften or separate into parts by steeping in a liquid.
- malaxator — a machine for kneading or grinding
- mandatory — authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory: It is mandatory that all students take two years of math.
- meatotomy — (surgery) A form of penile modification in which the underside of the glans is split, sometimes performed to alleviate meatal stenosis or urethral stricture.
- mediators — Plural form of mediator.
- mediatory — pertaining to mediation.
- meditator — to engage in thought or contemplation; reflect.
- megatonic — one million tons.
- melatonin — a hormone secreted by the pineal gland in inverse proportion to the amount of light received by the retina, important in the regulation of biorhythms: in amphibians, it causes a lightening of the skin.
- migratory — migrating.
- mitigator — to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.
- moderator — a person or thing that moderates.
- modulator — a person or thing that modulates.
- monatomic — having one atom in the molecule.
- moratoria — a suspension of activity: a moratorium on the testing of nuclear weapons.
- motivator — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- multiatom — involving many atoms
- mutilator — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
- myomatous — a tumor composed of muscular tissue.
- narrators — Plural form of narrator.
- narratory — acting to narrate; narrative
- natatoria — Plural form of natatorium.
- navigator — Netscape Navigator
- nematodes — Plural form of nematode.
- nominator — to propose (someone) for appointment or election to an office.
- nonatomic — of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs: an atomic explosion.