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11-letter words containing e, m, p, o, r

  • predominate — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
  • premodified — to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
  • premonetary — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
  • premonition — a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event; presentiment: He had a vague premonition of danger.
  • premonitive — of, or relating to, a premonition
  • premonitory — giving premonition; serving to warn beforehand.
  • premorbidly — pertaining to diseased parts: morbid anatomy.
  • premovement — the act of premoving
  • premunition — Immunology. a state of balance between host and infectious agent, as a bacterium or parasite, such that the immune defense of the host is sufficient to resist further infection but insufficient to destroy the agent.
  • prenominate — mentioned beforehand.
  • preromantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
  • press money — prest money.
  • prest money — a sum of money advanced to men enlisting in the navy or the army, given to bind the bargain and as an inducement.
  • prestissimo — (a musical direction) in the most rapid tempo.
  • presumption — the act of presuming.
  • prime focus — the focal point of the objective lens or primary mirror of a telescope
  • prime mover — Mechanics. the initial agent, as wind or electricity, that puts a machine in motion. a machine, as a water wheel or steam engine, that receives and modifies energy as supplied by some natural source.
  • prize money — money offered, won, or received in prizes.
  • pro memoria — a formal note used in diplomacy as a record of a subject that has been discussed.
  • pro tempore — temporarily; for the time being.
  • 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
  • profeminist — advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.
  • programable — capable of being programmed.
  • progressism — the philosophy of a progressist
  • 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
  • prolegomena — a preliminary discussion; introductory essay, as prefatory matter in a book; a prologue.
  • prolongment — to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer: to prolong one's stay abroad.
  • promenading — a stroll or walk, especially in a public place, as for pleasure or display.
  • prominently — standing out so as to be seen easily; conspicuous; particularly noticeable: Her eyes are her most prominent feature.
  • promiseless — without promise
  • promo video — a video or short film that promotes or advertises something
  • prompt side — the part of the stage that in the U.S. is to the right and in Britain to the left as one faces the audience. Abbreviation: P.S.
  • promptitude — promptness.
  • promulgated — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
  • promycelium — a short filament produced in the germination of a spore that bears small spores and then dies.
  • proper time — appropriate moment
  • proper-name — Grammar. a noun that is used to denote a particular person, place, or thing, as Lincoln, Sarah, Pittsburgh, and Carnegie Hall.
  • propylamine — an isomeric amine of propyl
  • proselytism — the act or fact of becoming a proselyte; conversion.
  • prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
  • prostomiate — having a prostomium.
  • protonemata — a primary, usually filamentous structure produced by the germination of the spore in mosses and certain related plants, and from which the leafy plant which bears the sexual organs arises as a lateral or terminal shoot.
  • protophloem — the part of the primary phloem that develops first, consisting of narrow, thin-walled cells.
  • provokement — the act or instance of provoking
  • proximately — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
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