11-letter words containing l, o, n, r
- preelection — a choice or selection made beforehand.
- prelibation — a foretaste.
- preluncheon — a light meal before lunch
- prepollence — prevalence; predominance
- prepollency — the quality of being prepollent
- presolution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- previsional — characteristic of prevision
- probational — the act of testing.
- proclaimant — someone who proclaims
- proconsular — Roman History. an official, usually a former consul, who acted as governor or military commander of a province, and who had powers similar to those of a consul.
- prolegomena — a preliminary discussion; introductory essay, as prefatory matter in a book; a prologue.
- proletarian — pertaining or belonging to the proletariat.
- prolocution — an introductory remark or speech
- prolongable — able to be lengthened
- prolongated — to prolong.
- prolongment — to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer: to prolong one's stay abroad.
- prominently — standing out so as to be seen easily; conspicuous; particularly noticeable: Her eyes are her most prominent feature.
- promisingly — giving favorable promise; likely to turn out well: a promising young man; a promising situation.
- promotional — advancement in rank or position.
- pronatalism — the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate.
- pronatalist — the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate.
- prone float — a prone floating position, used especially by beginning swimmers, with face downward, legs extended backward, and arms stretched forward.
- pronominals — Grammar. pertaining to, resembling, derived from, or containing a pronoun: “My” in “my book” is a pronominal adjective. “There” is a pronominal adverb.
- propranolol — a beta-blocking drug, C 1 6 H 2 1 NO 2 , used in the treatment of hypertension, angina pectoris, and cardiac arrhythmias.
- propylamine — an isomeric amine of propyl
- proselyting — a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
- prosiliency — prominence
- protanomaly — a defect of vision characterized by a diminished response of the retina to red.
- protoplanet — the collection of matter, in the process of condensation, from which a planet is formed.
- providently — having or showing foresight; providing carefully for the future.
- provisional — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- pulmobranch — a respiratory organ found in some invertebrates
- pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
- pyrrolidine — a colorless, water-soluble, unpleasant smelling, poisonous liquid, C 4 H 9 N, from which proline and certain alkaloids are derived, prepared by reducing pyrrole: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- quadrillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 15 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 24 zeros.
- radiolarian — any minute, marine protozoan of the class Radiolaria, or, in some classification schemes, the superclass Actinopoda, having an amebalike body with radiating, filamentous pseudopodia and a usually elaborate outer skeleton.
- radiolucent — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- rag-rolling — a decorating technique in which paint is applied with a roughly folded cloth in order to create a marbled effect
- ragman roll — Usually, ragman rolls. a series of documents in which the Scottish nobles acknowledged their allegiance to Edward I of England, 1291–92 and 1296.
- rail anchor — a fastening device for attaching the base of a rail to a crosstie.
- railroading — a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which locomotives and cars are run for the transportation of passengers, freight, and mail.
- rainbowlike — resembling a rainbow
- rallentando — slackening; becoming slower (used as a musical direction).
- rally round — show solidarity
- random line — a trial survey line run from a station toward a predetermined point that cannot be seen from the station.
- random walk — Statistics. the path taken by a point or quantity that moves in steps, where the direction of each step is determined randomly.
- rapscallion — a rascal; rogue; scamp.
- rationalise — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
- rationalism — the principle or habit of accepting reason as the supreme authority in matters of opinion, belief, or conduct.
- rationalist — the principle or habit of accepting reason as the supreme authority in matters of opinion, belief, or conduct.