11-letter words containing c, o, m, p, r, e
- pre-homeric — of, relating to, or suggestive of Homer or his poetry.
- precomposed — to compose beforehand: to precompose a reply to a possible question.
- precomputer — designating the period prior to the introduction of computers; occurring or existing in this period
- preromantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- prime focus — the focal point of the objective lens or primary mirror of a telescope
- problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- procerebrum — (in certain invertebrates) the front part of the central nervous system
- proctodaeum — proctodeum.
- procurement — the act of procuring, or obtaining or getting by effort, care, or the use of special means: The organ procurement procedure is very complicated.
- producement — production
- 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.
- projectment — a design or projection
- promycelium — a short filament produced in the germination of a spore that bears small spores and then dies.
- prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
- psychometer — a device for measuring mental or psychological activity
- psychometry — Psychology. psychometrics.
- pylorectomy — the surgical removal of all or part of the pylorus, often including the adjacent portion of the stomach (partial gastrectomy)
- roman peace — the establishment and maintenance of peace by armed force.
- spectrogram — a representation or photograph of a spectrum.
- speech form — linguistic form.
- sperm count — the number of spermatozoa in an amount of semen, used as an indication of a man's fertility
- spermatoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
- spermotoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
- tcp theorem — the proposition that all the laws of physics are unchanged by the combined operations of charge conjugation (C), space inversion (P), and time reversal (T).
- tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
- term policy — a policy whose period of coverage is in excess of one year, usually paying a reduced premium rate, as in fire insurance.
- theomorphic — having the form or likeness of God or a deity.
- thermoscope — a device that indicates a change in temperature, esp one that does not measure the actual temperature
- xenomorphic — in an unusual form; having a strange form.
- xeromorphic — of or relating to structural adaptations of xerophytes that help them store water and withstand drought.