11-letter words containing m, o, r, t, a
- 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.
- proximately — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
- proximation — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
- quantometer — a spectroscopic instrument for measuring the percentage of different metals present in a sample
- quart major — Piquet. a sequence of four cards of the same suit, as an ace, king, queen, and jack (quart major) or king, queen, jack, and ten (quart minor)
- quart minor — Piquet. a sequence of four cards of the same suit, as an ace, king, queen, and jack (quart major) or king, queen, jack, and ten (quart minor)
- quint major — an organ stop sounding a fifth higher than the corresponding digitals.
- 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.
- radiothermy — therapy that utilizes the heat from a shortwave radio apparatus or diathermy machine.
- rambouillet — one of a breed of hardy sheep, developed from the Merino, yielding good mutton and a fine grade of wool.
- ramos-horta — José, born 1949, East Timorese resistance leader, political activist (1975–99) during Indonesian occupation, and foreign minister from independence in 2000 to 2006; president since 2007: Nobel prize 1996.
- rationalism — the principle or habit of accepting reason as the supreme authority in matters of opinion, belief, or conduct.
- 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.
- reallotment — the act or process of reallotting something
- reanimation — to restore to life; resuscitate.
- 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.
- reformation — the act of reforming; state of being reformed.
- reformative — the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.: social reform; spelling reform.
- reformatory — serving or designed to reform: reformatory lectures; reformatory punishments.
- reformatted — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- reformulate — to formulate again.
- relationism — a doctrine maintaining the existence of relations between things
- remediation — the correction of something bad or defective.
- remigration — the act or process of returning or migrating back to the place of origin
- remonstrant — remonstrating; expostulatory.
- remonstrate — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
- remotivated — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- remunerator — to pay, recompense, or reward for work, trouble, etc.
- retransform — to transform back, again or differently
- rhizomatous — a rootlike subterranean stem, commonly horizontal in position, that usually produces roots below and sends up shoots progressively from the upper surface.
- rifacimento — a recast or adaptation, as of a literary or musical work.
- rockhampton — a city in E Queensland, in E Australia.
- rodomontade — vainglorious boasting or bragging; pretentious, blustering talk.
- 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.
- rome beauty — a large, red variety of apple, used chiefly for baking.
- room father — a male volunteer, often the father of a student, who assists an elementary-school teacher, as by working with students who need extra help.
- rotary pump — a pump for transferring water or other fluids by the rotating action of its component parts, as by the meshing of vanes or screws.
- route march — march in which a unit retains its column formation but individuals are allowed to break step.
- ruminations — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- rummage out — to search thoroughly or actively through (a place, receptacle, etc.), especially by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents.
- salinometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of salt in a solution.
- sarcomatous — any of various malignant tumors composed of neoplastic cells resembling embryonic connective tissue.
- scoutmaster — the leader or officer in charge of a band of scouts.
- shameworthy — deserving shame; denoting something a person ought to be ashamed of
- smart money — money invested or wagered by experienced investors or bettors.