11-letter words containing r, o, t, n, m
- storm drain — rainwater drainage hole or gutter
- stramineous — of or resembling straw.
- strombolian — relating to or denoting a type of volcanic eruption characterized by repeated fountaining or jetting of fluid lava into the air
- strong meat — anything arousing fear, anger, repulsion, etc, except among a tolerant or receptive minority
- supportment — the action of supporting
- surmounting — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- swingometer — a device used in television broadcasting during a general election to indicate the swing of votes from one political party to another
- syringotomy — surgical removal of a fistula
- t formation — an offensive formation in which the quarterback lines up directly behind the center with the fullback about three yards behind the quarterback and the halfbacks on opposite sides of and about one yard from the fullback.
- tate modern — one of the two art galleries in London that make up the Tate Galleries; created in the former Bankside power station in 2000
- temporizing — an agreement for a limited period of time
- tensiometer — an instrument for measuring longitudinal stress in wires, structural beams, etc.
- tensiometry — the study of the measurement of tension
- tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
- termination — the act of terminating.
- terminatory — pertaining to or forming the extremity or boundary; terminal; terminating.
- terminology — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
- the moer in — furious; enraged
- theobromine — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, C 7 H 8 N 4 O 2 , an isomer of theophylline and lower homologue of caffeine, occurring in tea and obtained from the cacao bean: used chiefly as a diuretic, myocardial stimulant, and vasodilator.
- thermionics — the branch of physics that deals with thermionic phenomena.
- thermocline — a layer of water in an ocean or certain lakes, where the temperature gradient is greater than that of the warmer layer above and the colder layer below.
- thermogenic — causing or pertaining to the production of heat.
- thermonasty — a nastic movement in response to a temperature change, as occurs in the opening of certain flowers
- thermophone — an electroacoustic transducer that forms sound waves by the expansion and contraction of the air adjacent to a conductor that varies in temperature according to the magnitude of the current passing through it; formerly used to calibrate microphones.
- thromboxane — a compound, C 20 H 32 O 5 , formed in blood platelets, that constricts blood vessels and promotes clotting.
- throne room — a chamber, usually containing a throne, used by a sovereign for audiences.
- timbromania — a mania or passion for stamp-collecting
- tiring room — a dressing room, especially in a theater.
- to run amok — If a person or animal runs amok, they behave in a violent and uncontrolled way.
- tongue worm — any wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Pentastomida (or subphylum of Arthropoda), having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth: all are parasitic, some in the respiratory tracts of mammals.
- tradeswoman — a woman engaged in trade.
- trans woman — an adult who was born male but whose gender identity is female.
- transformed — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- transformer — a person or thing that transforms.
- tribeswoman — a female member of a tribe.
- trichomonad — any flagellate protozoan of the genus Trichomonas, parasitic in humans or animals.
- trichonymph — a flagellated protozoan of the genus Trichonympha that lives in the intestine of wood-eating termites, transforming the cellulose in the wood into soluble carbohydrates that can be utilized by the insect.
- tridominium — the shared rule of three states
- trimetrogon — of or relating to a system of aerial photography using three cameras, one pointed directly downward and the others at 60° to it.
- trincomalee — a seaport in E Sri Lanka.
- tropomyosin — a protein in muscle tissue that works with troponin to control the process by which actin and myosin interact to produce muscle contraction
- trouble man — troubleshooter (def 2).
- trypanosoma — trypanosome.
- trypanosome — any minute, flagellate protozoan of the genus Trypanosoma, parasitic in the blood or tissues of humans and other vertebrates, usually transmitted by insects, often causing serious diseases, as African sleeping sickness in humans, and many diseases in domestic animals.
- tschernosem — chernozem.
- tumorigenic — (of cells or a substance) capable of producing tumors.
- turnip moth — a common noctuid moth, Agrotis segetum, drab grey-brown in colour, the larvae of which feed on root crops and brassica stems
- tympaniform — resembling or having the form of a drum or drum head
- tyrosinemia — an inherited disorder of tyrosine metabolism that can lead to liver and kidney disease and mental retardation unless controlled by a special diet.
- ultramodern — very advanced in ideas, design, or techniques.