9-letter words containing ato
- nucleator — having a nucleus.
- numerator — Arithmetic. the term of a fraction, usually above the line, that indicates the number of equal parts that are to be added together; the dividend placed over a divisor: The numerator of the fraction 2/3 is 2. Compare denominator (def 1).
- obbligato — (used as a musical direction) obligatory or indispensable; so important that it cannot be omitted.
- obligator — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
- obturator — to stop up; close.
- onomatope — (linguistics) A word formed by onomatopoeia or mimesis.
- operators — Plural form of operator.
- operatory — a room or other area with special equipment and facilities, as for dental surgery, scientific experiments, or the like.
- oratorial — A rarer form of oratorical.
- oratorian — a member of an Oratory.
- oratories — Plural form of oratory.
- oratorios — Plural form of oratorio.
- ordinator — One who ordains or establishes; a director.
- ostinatos — Plural form of ostinato.
- ovulatory — to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
- palpatory — to examine by touch, especially for the purpose of diagnosing disease or illness.
- paratonic — (of a plant movement) occurring in response to an external stimulus
- permeator — to pass into or through every part of: Bright sunshine permeated the room.
- perorator — a person who gives a peroration
- phonatory — rapid, periodic opening and closing of the glottis through separation and apposition of the vocal cords that, accompanied by breath under lung pressure, constitutes a source of vocal sound.
- piscatory — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- pizzicato — played by plucking the strings with the finger instead of using the bow, as on a violin.
- placatory — serving, tending, or intended to placate: a placatory reply.
- platonism — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- platonist — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- platonize — to follow or adopt the doctrines of Plato.
- pneumato- — air; breath or breathing; spirit
- potatobug — Colorado potato beetle.
- preatomic — of or relating to the period of history preceding the atomic age.
- precatory — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or expressing entreaty or supplication: precatory overtures.
- predatory — Zoology. preying upon other organisms for food.
- prefatory — of, relating to, or of the nature of a preface: prefatory explanations.
- prostato- — prostate gland
- pulsatory — pulsating or throbbing.
- purgatory — (in the belief of Roman Catholics and others) a condition or place in which the souls of those dying penitent are purified from venial sins, or undergo the temporal punishment that, after the guilt of mortal sin has been remitted, still remains to be endured by the sinner.
- raspatory — a surgical instrument for abrading; surgeon's rasp
- recreator — to refresh by means of relaxation and enjoyment, as restore physically or mentally.
- regulator — a person or thing that regulates.
- relocator — a program designed to transfer files from one computer to another
- resonator — anything that resonates.
- revelator — a person who makes a revelation.
- rotatores — a person or thing that rotates.
- rotavator — a type of machine with rotating blades that break up soil
- ruminator — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- salivator — any agent that causes salivation.
- saltatory — pertaining to or adapted for saltation.
- salvatore — a male given name.
- salvatory — a place for storing something safely
- sanatoria — a hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases, as tuberculosis or various nervous or mental disorders.
- saskatoon — a city in S Saskatchewan, in SW Canada.