11-letter words containing c, o, i, t, a
- 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.
- pro-fascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- 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.
- proactivity — 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.
- proclaimant — someone who proclaims
- procreation — to beget or generate (offspring).
- procreative — to beget or generate (offspring).
- procuration — the act of obtaining or getting; procurement.
- prokaryotic — any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands forming coils or loops, characteristic of all organisms in the kingdom Monera, as the bacteria and blue-green algae.
- prophetical — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- prothoracic — relating to an insect's prothorax
- protopathic — noting or pertaining to a general, nondiscriminating responsiveness to pain or temperature stimuli (opposed to epicritic).
- protractile — capable of being protracted, lengthened, or protruded.
- protraction — the act of protracting; prolongation; extension.
- protractive — to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
- provocation — the act of provoking.
- provocative — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- psittacosis — a rickettsial disease affecting birds of the parrot family, pigeons, and domestic fowl, caused by the chlamydia Chlamydia psittaci and transmissible to humans.
- psittacotic — of or relating to psittacosis
- ptyalagogic — saliva-inducing
- publication — the act of publishing a book, periodical, map, piece of music, engraving, or the like.
- pump-action — (of a shotgun or rifle) having an action that extracts the empty case, loads, and cocks the piece by means of a hand-operated lever that slides backward and forward; slide-action.
- punctuation — the practice or system of using certain conventional marks or characters in writing or printing in order to separate elements and make the meaning clear, as in ending a sentence or separating clauses.
- purificator — the linen cloth used by the celebrant for wiping the chalice after each communicant has drunk from it.
- pyroclastic — composed chiefly of fragments of volcanic origin, as agglomerate, tuff, and certain other rocks; volcaniclastic.
- quick ratio — A quick ratio is a measure of liquidity that is calculated by dividing current assets minus inventories by current liabilities.
- 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.
- radiopacity — opaque to radiation; visible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiotransparent).
- 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.
- ration card — a card showing an individual's entitlement to certain rationed goods
- re-creation — the act of creating anew.
- 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.
- recantation — to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- 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.
- recombinant — of or resulting from new combinations of genetic material: recombinant cells.
- recordation — the act or process of recording: the recordation of documents pertaining to copyright ownership.
- redactional — to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.