11-letter words containing r, o, t, a, u
- point guard — Basketball. the guard who directs the team's offense from the point.
- politbureau — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- port arthur — a port in W Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Superior: created in 1970 by the merger of twin cities (Fort William and Port Arthur) and two adjoining townships.
- portmanteau — a case or bag to carry clothing in while traveling, especially a leather trunk or suitcase that opens into two halves.
- portraiture — the art or an instance of making portraits.
- postulatory — of or relating to a postulate or assumption
- pouched rat — pocket gopher.
- poultry-man — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
- pourability — to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.
- precautious — using or displaying precaution: a precautious reply; a precautious person.
- preoccupant — a previous occupant
- preoccupate — to influence or occupy the mind in advance
- procrustean — pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
- proctodaeum — proctodeum.
- procuration — the act of obtaining or getting; procurement.
- procuratory — Roman History. any of various imperial officials with fiscal or administrative powers.
- prognathous — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- promulgated — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- promulgator — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- protandrous — (of hermaphrodite or monoecious plants) maturing the anthers before the stigma
- proteinuria — the presence of abnormally large amounts of protein in the urine, usually resulting from kidney disease but sometimes from fever, excessive exercise, or other abnormal condition.
- prothallium — Botany. the gametophyte of ferns and related plants.
- protuberant — bulging out beyond the surrounding surface; protruding; projecting: protuberant eyes.
- protuberate — to bulge out, forming a rounded projection.
- provocateur — a person who provokes trouble, causes dissension, or the like; agitator.
- pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
- purgatorial — removing or purging sin; expiatory: purgatorial rites.
- purgatorian — a person who believes in purgatory
- purificator — the linen cloth used by the celebrant for wiping the chalice after each communicant has drunk from it.
- pursuant to — legal: in accordance with
- put forward — 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.
- put on airs — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
- quadripoint — A point at which four borders meet.
- quantometer — a spectroscopic instrument for measuring the percentage of different metals present in a sample
- quart major — Piquet. a sequence of four cards of the same suit, as an ace, king, queen, and jack (quart major) or king, queen, jack, and ten (quart minor)
- quart minor — Piquet. a sequence of four cards of the same suit, as an ace, king, queen, and jack (quart major) or king, queen, jack, and ten (quart minor)
- quaternions — Plural form of quaternion.
- quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
- questionary — a questionnaire.
- quick ratio — A quick ratio is a measure of liquidity that is calculated by dividing current assets minus inventories by current liabilities.
- quint major — an organ stop sounding a fifth higher than the corresponding digitals.
- radiolucent — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- rambouillet — one of a breed of hardy sheep, developed from the Merino, yielding good mutton and a fine grade of wool.
- rapturously — full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
- ratatouille — a vegetable stew of Provence, typically consisting of eggplant, zucchini, onions, green peppers, tomatoes, and garlic, served hot or cold.
- re-accustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
- read out of — to look at carefully so as to understand the meaning of (something written, printed, etc.): to read a book; to read music.
- readthrough — reading (def 1).
- reauthorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.