11-letter words containing r, o, t, m, e, a
- 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.
- 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.
- portmanteau — a case or bag to carry clothing in while traveling, especially a leather trunk or suitcase that opens into two halves.
- 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.
- prenominate — mentioned beforehand.
- preromantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- proctodaeum — proctodeum.
- 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.
- promulgated — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- prostomiate — having a prostomium.
- protonemata — a primary, usually filamentous structure produced by the germination of the spore in mosses and certain related plants, and from which the leafy plant which bears the sexual organs arises as a lateral or terminal shoot.
- proximately — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
- quantometer — a spectroscopic instrument for measuring the percentage of different metals present in a sample
- radiometric — Also called Crookes radiometer. an instrument for demonstrating the transformation of radiant energy into mechanical work, consisting of an exhausted glass vessel containing vanes that revolve about an axis when exposed to light.
- radiothermy — therapy that utilizes the heat from a shortwave radio apparatus or diathermy machine.
- rambouillet — one of a breed of hardy sheep, developed from the Merino, yielding good mutton and a fine grade of wool.
- re-accustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
- reactionism — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- reallotment — the act or process of reallotting something
- reanimation — to restore to life; resuscitate.
- reclamation — the reclaiming of desert, marshy, or submerged areas or other wasteland for cultivation or other use.
- recombinant — of or resulting from new combinations of genetic material: recombinant cells.
- reformation — the act of reforming; state of being reformed.
- reformative — the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.: social reform; spelling reform.
- reformatory — serving or designed to reform: reformatory lectures; reformatory punishments.
- reformatted — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- reformulate — to formulate again.
- relationism — a doctrine maintaining the existence of relations between things
- remediation — the correction of something bad or defective.
- remigration — the act or process of returning or migrating back to the place of origin
- remonstrant — remonstrating; expostulatory.
- remonstrate — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
- remotivated — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- remunerator — to pay, recompense, or reward for work, trouble, etc.
- retransform — to transform back, again or differently
- rifacimento — a recast or adaptation, as of a literary or musical work.
- rodomontade — vainglorious boasting or bragging; pretentious, blustering talk.
- romanticise — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- romanticize — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- rome beauty — a large, red variety of apple, used chiefly for baking.
- room father — a male volunteer, often the father of a student, who assists an elementary-school teacher, as by working with students who need extra help.
- route march — march in which a unit retains its column formation but individuals are allowed to break step.
- rummage out — to search thoroughly or actively through (a place, receptacle, etc.), especially by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents.
- salinometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of salt in a solution.
- scoutmaster — the leader or officer in charge of a band of scouts.
- shameworthy — deserving shame; denoting something a person ought to be ashamed of