11-letter words containing a, u, r, t, i
- plutocratic — of, relating to, or characterized by a plutocracy or plutocrats.
- point guard — Basketball. the guard who directs the team's offense from the point.
- politbureau — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- portraiture — the art or an instance of making portraits.
- pourability — to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.
- preacquaint — to acquaint (someone with information) in advance
- precautious — using or displaying precaution: a precautious reply; a precautious person.
- prejudicant — judging beforehand
- prejudicate — to judge beforehand
- prematurity — occurring, coming, or done too soon: a premature announcement.
- procuration — the act of obtaining or getting; procurement.
- proteinuria — the presence of abnormally large amounts of protein in the urine, usually resulting from kidney disease but sometimes from fever, excessive exercise, or other abnormal condition.
- prothallium — Botany. the gametophyte of ferns and related plants.
- pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
- pupillarity — the period between birth and puberty, or until attaining majority.
- purgatorial — removing or purging sin; expiatory: purgatorial rites.
- purgatorian — a person who believes in purgatory
- purificator — the linen cloth used by the celebrant for wiping the chalice after each communicant has drunk from it.
- puritanical — very strict in moral or religious matters, often excessively so; rigidly austere.
- put on airs — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- quadrantids — a collection of meteors comprising a meteor shower (Quadran·tid me·teor show·er) visible around January 31 and having its apparent origin in the constellation Boötes.
- quadratical — (rare) quadratic.
- quadrigatus — a silver coin of ancient Rome, bearing an image of Jupiter in a quadriga on the reverse.
- quadripoint — A point at which four borders meet.
- quaintrelle — (obscure) A woman who emphasizes a life of passion expressed through personal style, leisurely pastimes, charm, and cultivation of life’s pleasures.
- quantifiers — Logic. an expression, as “all” or “some,” that indicates the quantity of a proposition. Compare existential quantifier, universal quantifier.
- quarantined — a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
- quarantines — Plural form of quarantine.
- quarry tile — a square or diamond-shaped unglazed floor tile
- quart minor — Piquet. a sequence of four cards of the same suit, as an ace, king, queen, and jack (quart major) or king, queen, jack, and ten (quart minor)
- quarter cif — (communications, standard) (QCIF), a video format standard used in videoconferencing, that transfers one fourth as much data as Common Intermediate Format (CIF). QCIF is defined in ITU H.261 as having 144 lines and 176 pixels per line, with half as many chrominance pixels in each direction. QCIF is suitable for videoconferencing systems that use telephone lines. The codec standard specifies that QCIF compatibility is mandatory, and CIF compatibility is optional.
- quarterlies — Plural form of quarterly.
- quarterlife — designating the period of life immediately following adolescence, usually the early twenties to early thirties
- quarterpipe — Alternative form of quarter-pipe.
- quaternions — Plural form of quaternion.
- quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
- questionary — a questionnaire.
- quick ratio — A quick ratio is a measure of liquidity that is calculated by dividing current assets minus inventories by current liabilities.
- quint major — an organ stop sounding a fifth higher than the corresponding digitals.
- quitchgrass — Elymus repens.
- quizmasters — Plural form of quizmaster.
- rabbitbrush — any of several composite shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus, of the western U.S. and Mexico, having whitish, hairy branches and yellow flowers.
- radiculitis — inflammation of a spinal nerve root.
- radiolucent — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- rambouillet — one of a breed of hardy sheep, developed from the Merino, yielding good mutton and a fine grade of wool.
- rat-running — the practice of driving through residential side streets to avoid congested main roads
- ratatouille — a vegetable stew of Provence, typically consisting of eggplant, zucchini, onions, green peppers, tomatoes, and garlic, served hot or cold.
- re-acquaint — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
- re-situated — to put in or on a particular site or place; locate.
- reattribute — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.