9-letter words containing i, n, t, r, o
- protamine — any of a group of arginine-rich, strongly basic proteins that are not coagulated by heat, occurring primarily in the sperm of fish.
- proteinic — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- protistan — any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- protogine — a gneissose granite with sericite, found in the Alps
- proustian — of, relating to, or resembling Marcel Proust, his writings, or the middle-class and aristocratic worlds he described.
- provident — having or showing foresight; providing carefully for the future.
- purgation — the act of purging.
- pyrotoxin — pyrogen.
- quintroon — a person having one octoroon and one White parent and therefore having one-sixteenth Black blood
- rabbit on — talk incessantly
- raciation — the evolutionary development of races
- radiation — Physics. the process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves. the complete process in which energy is emitted by one body, transmitted through an intervening medium or space, and absorbed by another body. the energy transferred by these processes.
- radiothon — an on-the-air radio campaign, often lasting 24 hours or more, designed to raise money for a radio station, charity, the arts, etc., as from listeners phoning in and pledging specific donations, sometimes in exchange for gifts or premiums.
- rainspout — waterspout (def 1).
- rainstorm — a storm with heavy rain.
- rantipole — wild, reckless, boisterous
- rationale — the fundamental reason or reasons serving to account for something.
- rationing — a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage: a daily ration of meat and bread.
- re-anoint — to anoint (a person or thing) again
- re-obtain — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- read into — If you read a meaning into something, you think it is there although it may not actually be there.
- reappoint — to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate: to appoint a new treasurer; to appoint a judge to the bench.
- reboation — a repeated bellowing sound
- recaption — the taking back without violence of one's property or a member of one's family or household unlawfully in the possession or custody of another.
- recaution — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- reception — the act of receiving or the state of being received.
- recondite — dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter: a recondite treatise.
- reconvict — to convict (someone) again
- recosting — the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything: the high cost of a good meal.
- redaction — to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- redingote — a dress or lightweight coat, usually belted, open along the entire front to reveal a dress or petticoat worn underneath it.
- reduction — the act of reducing or the state of being reduced.
- refection — refreshment, especially with food or drink.
- reflation — restoration of economic activity, consumer prices, etc., to higher levels by manipulating monetary policy.
- rejection — the act or process of rejecting.
- relations — an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect.
- reliction — the process by which water recedes over time, changing the waterline and leaving land permanently exposed
- remention — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
- remington — Eliphalet [ih-lif-uh-lit] /ɪˈlɪf ə lɪt/ (Show IPA), 1793–1861, U.S. arms manufacturer.
- remoisten — to moisten again, to add new moisture to
- remontoir — any of various devices used in watches, clocks, etc, to compensate for errors arising from the changes in the force driving the escapement
- rendition — the act of rendering.
- repletion — the condition of being abundantly supplied or filled; fullness.
- reporting — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
- reportion — a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it: I read a portion of the manuscript.
- reptation — a creeping motion; the act of crawling
- requoting — to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
- rerouting — a course, way, or road for passage or travel: What's the shortest route to Boston?
- resection — Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
- resorting — to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.