11-letter words containing r, u, n, c, o
- preconquest — of or relating to the time before the conquest of one people, region, or country by another.
- prefunction — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- preluncheon — a light meal before lunch
- preoccupant — a previous occupant
- proconsular — Roman History. an official, usually a former consul, who acted as governor or military commander of a province, and who had powers similar to those of a consul.
- procrustean — pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
- procuration — the act of obtaining or getting; procurement.
- procurement — the act of procuring, or obtaining or getting by effort, care, or the use of special means: The organ procurement procedure is very complicated.
- producement — production
- productions — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- prolocution — an introductory remark or speech
- pronouncing — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- 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.
- pulmobranch — a respiratory organ found in some invertebrates
- punk rocker — a type of rock-'n'-roll, reaching its peak in the late 1970s and characterized by loud, insistent music and abusive or violent protest lyrics, and whose performers and followers are distinguished by extremes of dress and socially defiant behavior.
- quadrasonic — of, noting, or pertaining to the recording and reproduction of sound over four separate transmission or direct reproduction channels instead of the customary two of the stereo system: a quadraphonic recording.
- quangocracy — Rule by quangos or similar unelected bodies. (from 20th c.).
- radiolucent — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- ramgunshoch — surly; bad-tempered; rude
- ranch house — the house of the owner of a ranch, usually of one story and with a low-pitched roof.
- re-announce — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
- reannounced — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
- reconducted — personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
- reconfigure — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
- reconstruct — to construct again; rebuild; make over.
- recountment — the act or process of recounting or reciting something
- red puccoon — bloodroot; a plant yielding a red dye
- reductional — of, characterized by, or relating to reduction
- reeducation — to educate again, as for new purposes.
- refuctoring — (humour, programming) Taking a well-designed piece of code and, through a series of small, reversible changes, making it completely unmaintainable by anyone except yourself. The term is a humourous play on the term refactoring and was coined by Jason Gorman in a pub in 2002. Refuctoring techniques include: Using Pig Latin as a naming convention. Stating The Bleeding Obvious - writing comments that paraphrase the code (e.g., "declare an integer called I with an initial value of zero"). Module Gravity Well - adding all new code to the biggest module. Unique Modeling Language - inventing your own visual notation. Treasure Hunt - Writing code consisting mostly of references to other code and documents that reference other documents. Rainy Day Module - writing spare code just in case somebody needs it later.
- reinduction — the act of inducing, bringing about, or causing: induction of the hypnotic state.
- reinoculate — to inoculate again
- reintroduce — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- reluctation — opposition, struggle, resistance
- reoccurring — to happen; take place; come to pass: When did the accident occur?
- rev counter — A rev counter is an instrument in a car or an aeroplane which shows the speed of the engine.
- rhamnaceous — belonging to the Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family of plants.
- ribonucleic — an acid derived from ribose
- ricinus oil — castor oil.
- rock gunnel — any small eellike blenny of the family Pholididae (Pholidae), especially Pholis gunnellus (rock gunnel) common in shallow waters of the North Atlantic.
- rocky mount — a city in NE North Carolina.
- roman curia — the judicial and executive organizations of the papal see comprising the government of the Catholic Church.
- roman punch — a lemon-water ice flavored with rum or other alcoholic beverage.
- rosicrucian — (in the 17th and 18th centuries) a person who belonged to a secret society laying claim to various forms of occult knowledge and power and professing esoteric principles of religion.
- rouen lilac — a shrub, Syringa chinensis, of France, having clusters of fragrant, lilac-purple flowers.
- round dance — a dance performed by couples and characterized by circular or revolving movement, as the waltz.
- round-faced — having a face that is round.
- roundarched — having semicircular arches
- rowing club — rowboat association