11-letter words containing c, e, r, a, t, o
- pococurante — a careless or indifferent person.
- potato race — a novelty race in which each contestant must move a number of potatoes from one place to another, usually in a spoon, carrying one potato at a time.
- pouched rat — pocket gopher.
- precautious — using or displaying precaution: a precautious reply; a precautious person.
- precontract — a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.
- predication — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
- predicatory — of or relating to preaching.
- predoctoral — of or relating to study undertaken in preparation for a doctoral degree.
- preoccupant — a previous occupant
- preoccupate — to influence or occupy the mind in advance
- preromantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- prevacation — a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now.
- proactively — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- procreation — to beget or generate (offspring).
- procreative — to beget or generate (offspring).
- procrustean — pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
- proctodaeum — proctodeum.
- project mac — (project) A project suggested by J C R Licklider; its founding director was MIT Prof. Robert M Fano. MAC stood for Multiple Access Computers on the 5th floor of Tech Square, and Man and Computer on the 9th floor. The major efforts were Corbato's Multics development and Marvin Minsky's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. In 1963 Project MAC hosted a summer study, which brought many well-known computer scientists to Cambridge to use CTSS and to discuss the future of computing. Funding for Project MAC was provided by the Information Processing Techniques Office of the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the US Department of Defense. See also Early PL/I, MacLisp, MACSYMA, MDL, Multipop-68, OCAL.
- projectable — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- prophetical — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- protectable — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- protodeacon — a chief deacon in the Greek Church.
- protractile — capable of being protracted, lengthened, or protruded.
- protractive — to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
- provocateur — a person who provokes trouble, causes dissension, or the like; agitator.
- provocative — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- pterodactyl — any of a number of genera of flying reptiles of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a highly reduced tail and teeth and a birdlike beak.
- radioactive — of, pertaining to, exhibiting, or caused by radioactivity.
- radiolucent — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- radiometric — Also called Crookes radiometer. an instrument for demonstrating the transformation of radiant energy into mechanical work, consisting of an exhausted glass vessel containing vanes that revolve about an axis when exposed to light.
- radiotracer — a radioactive isotope used as a tracer.
- rarefaction — the act or process of rarefying.
- ratio scale — a scale of measurement of data which permits the comparison of differences of values; a scale having a fixed zero value. The distances travelled by a projectile, for instance, are measured on a ratio scale since it makes sense to talk of one projectile travelling twice as far as another
- ratiocinate — to reason; carry on a process of reasoning.
- re-accustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
- re-allocate — to set apart for a particular purpose; assign or allot: to allocate funds for new projects.
- re-creation — the act of creating anew.
- re-forecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- reactionary — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- reactionism — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- reactionist — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- reassociate — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
- rebroadcast — to broadcast again from the same station.
- recantation — to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- recatalogue — to catalogue (something, such as a book or collection of books) again
- reciprocant — a differential invariant
- reciprocate — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- reclamation — the reclaiming of desert, marshy, or submerged areas or other wasteland for cultivation or other use.
- reclination — to lean or lie back; rest in a recumbent position.