9-Letter Words Containing: T,O,R,Y

• surgical procedure in which spinal nerve roots are cut; done (anterior roots) to relieve intractable pain or (posterior roots) to stop severe muscle spasms

• plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte

• the property of being close together

• the region close around a person or thing

• a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) are perceived as belonging together as a unit

• the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion)

• a belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards

• propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon

• sends a firework display high into the sky

• shoot up abruptly, like a rocket

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

• any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta