10-letter words containing p, r, o, t, a
- proctodeal — a depression in the ectoderm of the anal region of a young embryo, which develops into part of the anal canal.
- proctorage — the duty of a proctor
- procurator — Roman History. any of various imperial officials with fiscal or administrative powers.
- prodromata — signs or symptoms revealing the onset of a disease
- profascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- profitable — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- profitably — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- profligate — utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute.
- prognathic — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- prokaryote — any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands forming coils or loops, characteristic of all organisms in the kingdom Monera, as the bacteria and blue-green algae.
- prolongate — to prolong.
- promethean — of or suggestive of Prometheus.
- promotable — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- promptuary — a storehouse
- promulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- propagated — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- propagates — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- propagator — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- propellant — a propelling agent.
- propionate — an ester or salt of propionic acid.
- propitiate — to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.
- proplastid — a plant cell organelle that a plastid develops from
- propraetor — an officer who, after having served as praetor in Rome, was sent to govern a province with praetorial authority.
- proratable — to make an arrangement on a basis of proportional distribution.
- prostatism — symptoms of prostate disorder, especially obstructed urination, arising from benign enlargement or chronic disease of the prostate gland.
- prostrated — to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
- protagoras — c480–c421 b.c, Greek Sophist philosopher.
- protanopia — a defect of vision in which the retina fails to respond to red or green.
- proteanism — readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- protectant — a substance, as a chemical spray, that provides protection, as against insects, frost, rust, etc.; protective agent.
- proteinase — any of a group of enzymes that are capable of hydrolyzing proteins.
- protestant — any Western Christian who is not an adherent of a Catholic, Anglican, or Eastern Church.
- prothallus — prothallium.
- 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.
- proto team — a team of workers trained to perform underground rescues
- protocolar — the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
- protogenia — the first woman born after the great flood of Zeus, daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha.
- protohuman — of, relating to, or resembling extinct hominid populations that had some but not all the features of modern Homo sapiens.
- protoplasm — Biology. (no longer in technical use) the colloidal and liquid substance of which cells are formed, excluding horny, chitinous, and other structural material; the cytoplasm and nucleus.
- protoplast — Biology. the contents of a cell within the cell membrane, considered as a fundamental entity. the primordial living unit or cell.
- protracted — to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
- protractor — a person or thing that protracts.
- provitamin — a substance that an organism can transform into a vitamin, as carotene, which is converted to vitamin A in the liver.
- pteranodon — a flying reptile of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Cretaceous Period, having a wingspread of about 25 feet (8 meters).
- punctuator — to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.
- purgatoire — a river in SE Colorado, flowing NE to the Arkansas River. 186 miles (299 km) long.
- put across — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- pyatigorsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, in Caucasia.
- pyroborate — borax1 .
- pyrolysate — a product of pyrolysis