11-letter words containing m, o, r, e, t
- pomegranate — a chambered, many-seeded, globose fruit, having a tough, usually red rind and surmounted by a crown of calyx lobes, the edible portion consisting of pleasantly acid flesh developed from the outer seed coat.
- pomiculture — the growing or cultivation of fruit.
- port number — port
- portmanteau — a case or bag to carry clothing in while traveling, especially a leather trunk or suitcase that opens into two halves.
- post-modern — noting or pertaining to architecture of the late 20th century, appearing in the 1960s, that consciously uses complex forms, fantasy, and allusions to historic styles, in contrast to the austere forms and emphasis on utility of standard modern architecture.
- post-mortem — discussion of recent event
- pre-emption — the act or right of claiming or purchasing before or in preference to others.
- precomputer — designating the period prior to the introduction of computers; occurring or existing in this period
- predominant — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
- predominate — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- pro tempore — temporarily; for the time being.
- problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.).
- proper time — appropriate moment
- proselytism — the act or fact of becoming a proselyte; conversion.
- 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.
- proximities — nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation.
- psychometer — a device for measuring mental or psychological activity
- psychometry — Psychology. psychometrics.
- pteropodium — the foot of a pteropod.
- pylorectomy — the surgical removal of all or part of the pylorus, often including the adjacent portion of the stomach (partial gastrectomy)
- pyrgeometer — an instrument for measuring the loss of heat by radiation from the earth's surface
- pyrobitumen — any of the dark, solid hydrocarbons including peat, coal, and bituminous shale.
- quantometer — a spectroscopic instrument for measuring the percentage of different metals present in a sample
- 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.