11-letter words containing r, o, s, t, c
- postpyloric — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- pot scourer — a small ball of wire or stiff plastic, or a flat piece of a rough fabric used for cleaning kitchen pots and pans
- pot sticker — a pan-fried and steamed Chinese dumpling with a ground meat or vegetable filling.
- precautious — using or displaying precaution: a precautious reply; a precautious person.
- precipitous — of the nature of or characterized by precipices: a precipitous wall of rock.
- preconquest — of or relating to the time before the conquest of one people, region, or country by another.
- prehistoric — of or relating to the time or a period prior to recorded history: The dinosaur is a prehistoric beast.
- preselector — a preamplifier between the antenna and receiving circuit, used to improve reception.
- pro-fascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- procrustean — pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
- proctorship — a person appointed to keep watch over students at examinations.
- proctoscope — an instrument for visual examination of the interior of the rectum.
- proctoscopy — examination by means of a proctoscope.
- productions — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- promiscuity — the state of being promiscuous.
- prosecuting — carrying out a prosecution
- prosecution — Law. the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person. the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on.
- prosecutory — of, relating to, or concerned with prosecution.
- prosecutrix — a female prosecutor or plaintiff
- prospecting — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
- prospection — anticipation
- prospective — of or in the future: prospective earnings.
- prosthetics — an artificial body part; a prosthesis: Hundreds of amputees volunteered to test the new prosthetics.
- protectress — a woman who guards or defends someone or something; protector.
- protocolist — a person who drafts protocols
- psychometer — a device for measuring mental or psychological activity
- psychometry — Psychology. psychometrics.
- psychomotor — of or relating to a response involving both motor and psychological components.
- pyroclastic — composed chiefly of fragments of volcanic origin, as agglomerate, tuff, and certain other rocks; volcaniclastic.
- pyrognostic — relating to heated minerals
- ratio scale — a scale of measurement of data which permits the comparison of differences of values; a scale having a fixed zero value. The distances travelled by a projectile, for instance, are measured on a ratio scale since it makes sense to talk of one projectile travelling twice as far as another
- re-accustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
- re-forecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- reactionism — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- reactionist — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- reassociate — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
- rebroadcast — to broadcast again from the same station.
- reconstruct — to construct again; rebuild; make over.
- reflections — thoughts, esp careful or long-considered ones
- reject shop — a shop that sells damaged or imperfect products that cannot be sold at the full price
- rescription — a reply or answering of a letter
- reselection — an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
- restriction — something that restricts; a restrictive condition or regulation; limitation.
- resurrector — to raise from the dead; bring to life again.
- retinoscope — an apparatus that determines the refractive power of the eye by observing the lights and shadows on the pupil when a mirror illumines the retina; skiascope.
- retinoscopy — an objective method of determining the refractive error of an eye.
- risk factor — a condition, behavior, or other factor that increases risk: Smoking is a major risk factor for cancer; depression as a risk factor in suicide.
- rock steady — the style of vocalized Jamaican popular music that succeeded ska and preceded reggae in the 1960s, influenced by American soul music and having a more upbeat tempo with emphasis on electric bass and guitar rather than on horns.
- rock thrush — any of several Old World thrushes of the genus Monticola, usually having bluish plumage, especially M. saxatilis, of Europe.
- rocket ship — a rocket-propelled aircraft or spacecraft.