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11-letter words containing p, r, o, t, m

  • pitchometer — an instrument embodying a clinometer, for measuring the pitch of a ship's propeller
  • pittosporum — any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Pittosporum, native to warm regions of the Old World, many species of which are cultivated as ornamentals for their attractive foliage, flowers, or fruit.
  • plastometer — an instrument for measuring the plasticity of a substance.
  • plate armor — armor made of thin, flat, shaped pieces of wrought iron or steel.
  • platforming — a process for reforming petroleum using a platinum catalyst
  • pluviometer — rain gauge.
  • plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
  • podetiiform — shaped like a podetium.
  • poetry slam — a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
  • polarimeter — an instrument for measuring the amount of light received from a given source as a function of its state of polarization.
  • policy term — The policy term is the lifetime of an insurance policy.
  • polycrotism — a polycrotic condition
  • pomegranate — a chambered, many-seeded, globose fruit, having a tough, usually red rind and surmounted by a crown of calyx lobes, the edible portion consisting of pleasantly acid flesh developed from the outer seed coat.
  • pomiculture — the growing or cultivation of fruit.
  • port number — port
  • portmanteau — a case or bag to carry clothing in while traveling, especially a leather trunk or suitcase that opens into two halves.
  • positronium — a short-lived atomic system consisting of a positron and an electron bound together.
  • post-modern — noting or pertaining to architecture of the late 20th century, appearing in the 1960s, that consciously uses complex forms, fantasy, and allusions to historic styles, in contrast to the austere forms and emphasis on utility of standard modern architecture.
  • post-mortem — discussion of recent event
  • postmarital — occurring, effective, or provided after marriage
  • postprimary — of or relating to education after primary school
  • potato worm — tomato hornworm.
  • poultry-man — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
  • pre-emption — the act or right of claiming or purchasing before or in preference to others.
  • precomputer — designating the period prior to the introduction of computers; occurring or existing in this period
  • predominant — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
  • predominate — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
  • premonetary — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
  • premonition — a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event; presentiment: He had a vague premonition of danger.
  • premonitive — of, or relating to, a premonition
  • premonitory — giving premonition; serving to warn beforehand.
  • premovement — the act of premoving
  • premunition — Immunology. a state of balance between host and infectious agent, as a bacterium or parasite, such that the immune defense of the host is sufficient to resist further infection but insufficient to destroy the agent.
  • prenominate — mentioned beforehand.
  • preromantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
  • prest money — a sum of money advanced to men enlisting in the navy or the army, given to bind the bargain and as an inducement.
  • prestissimo — (a musical direction) in the most rapid tempo.
  • presumption — the act of presuming.
  • primatology — the branch of zoology dealing with the primates.
  • pro tempore — temporarily; for the time being.
  • problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
  • proclaimant — someone who proclaims
  • proctodaeum — proctodeum.
  • procurement — the act of procuring, or obtaining or getting by effort, care, or the use of special means: The organ procurement procedure is very complicated.
  • producement — production
  • profeminist — advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.
  • prognathism — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
  • project mac — (project)   A project suggested by J C R Licklider; its founding director was MIT Prof. Robert M Fano. MAC stood for Multiple Access Computers on the 5th floor of Tech Square, and Man and Computer on the 9th floor. The major efforts were Corbato's Multics development and Marvin Minsky's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. In 1963 Project MAC hosted a summer study, which brought many well-known computer scientists to Cambridge to use CTSS and to discuss the future of computing. Funding for Project MAC was provided by the Information Processing Techniques Office of the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the US Department of Defense. See also Early PL/I, MacLisp, MACSYMA, MDL, Multipop-68, OCAL.
  • projectment — a design or projection
  • prolongment — to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer: to prolong one's stay abroad.
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