11-letter words containing m, c, a, r, t
- planimetric — the measurement of plane areas.
- pragmatical — of or relating to a practical point of view or practical considerations.
- predicament — an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation.
- premedicate — to administer preparatory medication to
- preromantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- proclaimant — someone who proclaims
- proctodaeum — proctodeum.
- 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.
- 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.
- re-accustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
- reactionism — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- reclamation — the reclaiming of desert, marshy, or submerged areas or other wasteland for cultivation or other use.
- recombinant — of or resulting from new combinations of genetic material: recombinant cells.
- recriminate — to bring a countercharge against an accuser.
- reenactment — the act of enacting.
- replacement — the act of replacing.
- retinaculum — Anatomy, Zoology. any of various small structures that hook, clasp, or bind other structures to move them or hold them in place.
- rheumaticky — affected with rheumatism
- rifacimento — a recast or adaptation, as of a literary or musical work.
- rockhampton — a city in E Queensland, in E Australia.
- romanticise — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- romanticism — romantic spirit or tendency.
- romanticist — an adherent of romanticism in literature or art (contrasted with classicist).
- romanticize — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- route march — march in which a unit retains its column formation but individuals are allowed to break step.
- rumbustical — rumbustious
- sabrmetrics — (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.
- sacramental — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
- sarcomatous — any of various malignant tumors composed of neoplastic cells resembling embryonic connective tissue.
- scattergram — a graphic representation of bivariate data as a set of points in the plane that have Cartesian coordinates equal to corresponding values of the two variates.
- scoutmaster — the leader or officer in charge of a band of scouts.
- scrap metal — discarded metal
- search term — Computers. a word or other term used to electronically retrieve data, Web pages, or other information from files, databases, etc.: When you search the shopping website, ads relating to your search terms will appear along with your search results.
- smart aleck — an obnoxiously conceited person.
- sparagmatic — denoting a type of Precambrian rock found in Scandinavia
- spectrogram — a representation or photograph of a spectrum.
- spermatheca — a small sac or cavity in female or hermaphroditic invertebrates used to store sperm for fertilizing eggs, as in the queen bee.
- spermatoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
- stactometer — stalagmometer.
- stem canker — a disease of plants characterized by cankers on the stems and twigs and caused by any of several fungi.
- storm track — the path followed by the center of a cyclonic storm.
- storm watch — watch (def 20).
- stump ranch — (in British Columbia) an undeveloped ranch in the bush where animals graze among the stumps of felled trees
- summercater — a person who lives on the Maine coast only in the summer.
- supremacist — a person who believes in or advocates the supremacy of a particular group, especially a racial group: a white supremacist.
- symmetrical — characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
- tacheometer — a type of theodolite designed for the rapid measurement of distances, elevations, and directions
- tacheometry — the measurement of distance, etc, using a tacheometer
- tack hammer — a light hammer for driving tacks, often magnetized to hold the tack to the head.