9-letter words containing n, o, t, r, a
- protanope — a person diagnosed with protanopia
- protistan — 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.
- protonate — to provide an atom, molecule, or ion with a proton
- protonema — 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.
- protozoan — any of a diverse group of eukaryotes, of the kingdom Protista, that are primarily unicellular, existing singly or aggregating into colonies, are usually nonphotosynthetic, and are often classified further into phyla according to their capacity for and means of motility, as by pseudopods, flagella, or cilia.
- proustian — of, relating to, or resembling Marcel Proust, his writings, or the middle-class and aristocratic worlds he described.
- provocant — a person who deliberately behaves controversially to provoke argument or other strong reactions
- purgation — the act of purging.
- rabbit on — talk incessantly
- raciation — the evolutionary development of races
- raconteur — a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
- radiation — Physics. the process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves. the complete process in which energy is emitted by one body, transmitted through an intervening medium or space, and absorbed by another body. the energy transferred by these processes.
- radiothon — an on-the-air radio campaign, often lasting 24 hours or more, designed to raise money for a radio station, charity, the arts, etc., as from listeners phoning in and pledging specific donations, sometimes in exchange for gifts or premiums.
- rainspout — waterspout (def 1).
- rainstorm — a storm with heavy rain.
- rantipole — wild, reckless, boisterous
- rarotonga — one of the Cook Islands, in the S Pacific, 26 sq. mi. (67 sq. km).
- rationale — the fundamental reason or reasons serving to account for something.
- rationing — a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage: a daily ration of meat and bread.
- rattle on — talk at length
- re-anoint — to anoint (a person or thing) again
- re-obtain — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- read into — If you read a meaning into something, you think it is there although it may not actually be there.
- reappoint — to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate: to appoint a new treasurer; to appoint a judge to the bench.
- reboation — a repeated bellowing sound
- recaption — the taking back without violence of one's property or a member of one's family or household unlawfully in the possession or custody of another.
- recaution — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- recontact — the act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people.
- recountal — an act of recounting.
- redaction — to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- reflation — restoration of economic activity, consumer prices, etc., to higher levels by manipulating monetary policy.
- reggaeton — a type of Puerto Rican popular music that combines reggae rhythms with hip-hop influences and includes rapping in Spanish
- relations — an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect.
- remontant — (of certain roses) blooming more than once in a season.
- reptation — a creeping motion; the act of crawling
- resnatron — a tetrode with the grid connected to form a drift space for the electrons, formerly used to generate high power at very high frequency.
- resonator — anything that resonates.
- restation — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- rhapontic — a type of rhubarb
- rhodanate — a salt of thiocyanic acid
- ritonavir — a type of anti-viral drug used to treat HIV infection and AIDS
- road town — a town on SE Tortola, in the NE West Indies: capital of the British Virgin Islands.
- rocinante — Rosinante.
- rogations — solemn supplications, esp in a form of ceremony prescribed by the Church
- rollatini — a dish consisting of thin slices of poultry or meat rolled around a filling, especially of ham and cheese, and baked in a sauce.
- rosenthal — Jean, 1912–69, U.S. theatrical lighting designer.
- rosinante — the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.
- rotaplane — an aircraft that derives its lift from freely revolving rotor blades
- rotiferan — relating to the phylum of freshwater invertebrates Rotifera
- rotundate — rounded