7-letter words containing r, a, t
- prolate — elongated along the polar diameter, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its longer axis (opposed to oblate).
- pronate — to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- prorate — to make an arrangement on a basis of proportional distribution.
- prostas — (in classical architecture) an antechamber or vestibule.
- protalk — Quintus. An object-oriented Prolog.
- protean — readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- provant — supplied with provisions
- psalter — the Biblical book of Psalms.
- psather — (language) A parallel extension of Sather for a clustered shared memory model. It features threads synchronised by monitor objects ("gates"); locality assertions and placement operators. There is an implementation for the CM-5.
- ptarmic — a material that causes sneezing
- pteroma — pteron.
- pteryla — one of the feathered areas on the skin of a bird.
- puritan — a member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England, demanding the simplification of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline: during part of the 17th century the Puritans became a powerful political party.
- purpart — a purparty.
- q-ratio — the ratio of the total market value of a corporation's physical assets, as existing plants and equipment, to the cost of replacing these assets.
- qintars — Plural form of qintar.
- qtrader — (application) Analytical software for stock and commodity trading, released in July 1995 by Caribou CodeWorks. QTRADER allows dynamic automated analysis of current trends and features "Paper Trade" plotting, as well as "TradeSignal Bands" and "StudyMatrix" filter to screen potential trades. Projected ranges are handled with a "Tomorrow's Bar". QTRADER version 3.0 runs on IBM PC-compatibles, a Macintosh version is not available until late 1996.
- quadrat — Printing. quad2 (def 1).
- quartan — (of a fever, ague, etc.) characterized by paroxysms that recur every fourth day, both days of consecutive occurrence being counted.
- quarter — crumb
- quartes — the fourth of eight defensive positions.
- quartet — any group of four persons or things.
- quartic — of or relating to the fourth degree.
- quartos — Plural form of quarto.
- quartzy — resembling quartz
- quatrin — (obsolete) Any of several small, copper coins, similar to a farthing, in any of several countries.
- quorate — A quorum.
- r-rated — (of a motion picture) suitable for those under 17 years of age only when accompanied by an adult.
- rabbets — Plural form of rabbet.
- rabbits — Plural form of rabbit.
- rabbity — any of several soft-furred, large-eared, rodentlike burrowing mammals of the family Leporidae, allied with the hares and pikas in the order Lagomorpha, having a divided upper lip and long hind legs, usually smaller than the hares and mainly distinguished from them by bearing blind and furless young in nests rather than fully developed young in the open.
- rachets — Plural form of rachet.
- raciest — slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- racists — Plural form of racist.
- rackets — a light bat having a netting of catgut or nylon stretched in a more or less oval frame and used for striking the ball in tennis, the shuttlecock in badminton, etc.
- rackett — ranket.
- rackety — making or causing a racket; noisy.
- racquet — a light bat having a netting of catgut or nylon stretched in a more or less oval frame and used for striking the ball in tennis, the shuttlecock in badminton, etc.
- raddest — Informal. radical.
- radiant — emitting rays of light; shining; bright: the radiant sun; radiant colors.
- radiata — (in some classification systems) a major grouping that includes more or less radially symmetrical animals, as coelenterates (jellyfish, sea anemones, corals), ctenophores (comb jellies), and echinoderms (starfish, sea urchins, sea cucumbers).
- radiate — to extend, spread, or move like rays or radii from a center.
- rafting — a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials: an inflatable rubber raft.
- ragbolt — barb bolt.
- ragment — a statute, roll, or list
- ragtime — a novel (1975) by E. L. Doctorow.
- ragwort — any of various composite plants of the genus Senecio, as S. jacobaea, of the Old World, having yellow flowers and irregularly lobed leaves, or S. aureus (golden ragwort) of North America, also having yellow flowers.
- raiatea — a volcanic island in the Leeward Island group of the Society Islands, French Polynesia, in the South Pacific. 92 sq. mi. (238 sq. km).
- raiment — clothing; apparel; attire.
- rainout — a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.