10-letter words containing n, o, s, t, r, i
- prosecting — to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- prosilient — prominent
- proteanism — readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- proteinase — any of a group of enzymes that are capable of hydrolyzing proteins.
- proteinous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- protension — duration
- protensity — the actuality of duration
- protensive — extended in dimension or extended in time.
- protistans — any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- protrusion — the act of protruding or the state of being protruded.
- pultrusion — a process for manufacturing reinforced plastic products in which a bundle of glass fibres is pulled through a resin bath and then through a heated die to shape the resin
- questioner — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- quinestrol — a synthetic estrogen, C 2 5 H 3 2 O 2 , used in oral contraceptives.
- rainforest — a tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall.
- rat poison — substance toxic to rodents
- recusation — the act of recusing a judge
- rediscount — to discount again.
- reposition — the act of depositing or storing.
- requestion — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- resolution — a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a legislature, a club, or other group. Compare concurrent resolution, joint resolution.
- resonating — to resound.
- resonation — to resound.
- resorption — the destruction, disappearance, or dissolution of a tissue or part by biochemical activity, as the loss of bone or of tooth dentin.
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- retentions — profits earned by a company but not distributed as dividends; retained earnings
- reunionist — a person who advocates the reunion of the Anglican Church with the Roman Catholic Church.
- rhinestone — an artificial gem of paste, often cut to resemble a diamond.
- ring shout — a group dance of West African origin introduced into parts of the southern U.S. by black revivalists, performed by shuffling counterclockwise in a circle while answering shouts of a preacher with corresponding shouts, and held to be, in its vigorous antiphonal patterns, a source in the development of jazz.
- ring stone — a voussoir appearing on a face of an arch.
- ring-shout — a group dance of West African origin introduced into parts of the southern U.S. by black revivalists, performed by shuffling counterclockwise in a circle while answering shouts of a preacher with corresponding shouts, and held to be, in its vigorous antiphonal patterns, a source in the development of jazz.
- ripsnorter — something or someone exceedingly strong or violent: a ripsnorter of a gale.
- roistering — to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- rootsiness — the quality of being rootsy
- routinised — to develop into a regular procedure.
- roystering — roister.
- rust joint — (in plumbing and metalwork) a watertight joint made between two pieces by rusting them together.
- rusty iron — (jargon, hardware) Synonym tired iron. It has been claimed that this is the inevitable fate of water MIPS.
- ruthenious — containing bivalent ruthenium.
- sanatorium — a hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases, as tuberculosis or various nervous or mental disorders.
- sanitorium — a facility for housing patients with long-term illnesses
- saturation — the act or process of saturating.
- scrutinous — strict, thorough
- senatorial — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a senator or senate: senatorial oratory.
- senioritis — Informal: Facetious. a decline in motivation or academic performance that supposedly afflicts some seniors in high school, especially in their last term.
- separation — an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
- serotinous — late in occurring, developing, or flowering.
- shirtfront — front of a shirt
- shoestring — a shoelace.
- short iron — a club, as a pitcher, pitching niblick, or niblick, with a short shaft and an iron head the face of which has great slope, for hitting approach shots.
- short line — a bus or rail route covering only a limited distance.