9-Letter Words Containing: S,O,N,T

• a powerful neurotoxin produced by certain dinoflagellates found in red tides; it can accumulate in mollusks that feed on the dinoflagellates and cause food poisoning to humans

• A cell that divides by schizogony.

• crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings

• a toxin that is secreted by microorganisms into the surrounding medium

• the second stage of the prophase of meiosis

• hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells

• A jack; one of the playing pieces in the game of jacks.

• An isolated crystal having a different origin than the igneous rock in which it is found; the mineralogical equivalent of a xenolith.