11-letter words containing m, r, s
- promiseless — without promise
- promisingly — giving favorable promise; likely to turn out well: a promising young man; a promising situation.
- 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.
- pronatalism — the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate.
- pronominals — Grammar. pertaining to, resembling, derived from, or containing a pronoun: “My” in “my book” is a pronominal adjective. “There” is a pronominal adverb.
- proselytism — the act or fact of becoming a proselyte; conversion.
- prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
- prostomiate — having a prostomium.
- protagonism — the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
- proximities — nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation.
- prussianism — the militaristic spirit, system, policy, or methods historically associated with the Prussians.
- pseudomorph — an irregular or unclassifiable form.
- pseudoprime — A backgammon prime (six consecutive occupied points) with one point missing. This term is an esoteric pun derived from a mathematical method that, rather than determining precisely whether a number is prime (has no divisors), uses a statistical technique to decide whether the number is "probably" prime. A number that passes this test is called a pseudoprime. The hacker backgammon usage stems from the idea that a pseudoprime is almost as good as a prime: it does the job of a prime until proven otherwise, and that probably won't happen.
- psychodrama — a method of group psychotherapy in which participants take roles in improvisational dramatizations of emotionally charged situations.
- psychometer — a device for measuring mental or psychological activity
- psychometry — Psychology. psychometrics.
- psychomotor — of or relating to a response involving both motor and psychological components.
- pump prices — petrol prices
- quarrelsome — inclined to quarrel; argumentative; contentious.
- quizmasters — Plural form of quizmaster.
- radiocesium — cesium 137.
- radiosodium — the radioactive isotope of sodium having an atomic mass of 24 and a half-life of 14.9 hours: used as a tracer in biochemistry.
- rallymaster — an organizer and director of an automobile rally.
- ramakrishna — Sri [sree,, shree] /sri,, ʃri/ (Show IPA), 1836–86, Hindu religious reformer and mystic.
- rambus dram — (storage) (RDRAM) A high bandwidth DRAM, designed by Rambus, Inc. of Mountain View, CA. RDRAM is used mainly for video accelerators, and also in the Ultra 64 from Nintendo. It offers sustained transfer rates of around 1000 Mbps, compared to 200 Mbps for ordinary DRAM. Although it cannot be used as a direct replacement for existing memory, it is likely that it will replace DRAM and SDRAM as the main memory system in personal computers as the bus speeds required by these machines increase. SDRAM can operate up to around 100MHz, but RDRAM has been demonstrated by the manufacturers running at 600MHz. The memory is also only 8 or 9 bits wide, so the bandwidth would increase enormously if it were used in parallel to give 32 or 64-bit memory.
- ramgunshoch — surly; bad-tempered; rude
- 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.
- rangemaster — a person in charge of a firing range.
- rationalism — the principle or habit of accepting reason as the supreme authority in matters of opinion, belief, or conduct.
- ray's bream — a species of bream Brama brama, common in southern European waters
- re-accustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
- re-emission — the quality or state of being re-emitted; the re-emitting of something
- re-emphasis — special stress laid upon, or importance attached to, anything: The president's statement gave emphasis to the budgetary crisis.
- re-estimate — to estimate again or correct an estimate
- reactionism — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- readmission — the act of allowing to enter; entrance granted by permission, by provision or existence of pecuniary means, or by the removal of obstacles: the admission of aliens into a country.
- reaganomics — the economic policies put forth by the administration of President Ronald Reagan, especially as emphasizing supply-side theory.
- red jasmine — a fragrant shrub with fragrant flowers, also known as frangipani
- reductivism — reductionism.
- reemphasize — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- reestimated — to form an approximate judgment or opinion regarding the worth, amount, size, weight, etc., of; calculate approximately: to estimate the cost of a college education.
- refreshment — something that refreshes, especially food or drink.
- regimentals — of or relating to a regiment.
- regionalism — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
- relationism — a doctrine maintaining the existence of relations between things
- releasement — the act of releasing from confinement or responsibility
- religionism — excessive or exaggerated religious zeal.
- reminiscent — awakening memories of something similar; suggestive (usually followed by of): His style of writing is reminiscent of Melville's.
- reminiscing — to recall past experiences, events, etc.; indulge in reminiscence.
- remonstrant — remonstrating; expostulatory.