13-letter words containing t, o, r, m, e
- proper motion — Astronomy. the angular motion of a star relative to a suitably defined frame of reference, expressed in seconds of arc per year.
- prostatectomy — excision of part or all of the prostate gland.
- protectionism — Economics. the theory, practice, or system of fostering or developing domestic industries by protecting them from foreign competition through duties or quotas imposed on importations.
- protest march — public demonstration
- protestantism — the religion of Protestants.
- proto-elamite — the indigenous script of Elam, found on inscriptions and tablets from the fourth millennium b.c.
- proton number — the number of positive charges or protons in the nucleus of an atom of a given element, and therefore also the number of electrons normally surrounding the nucleus. Symbol: Z. Abbreviation: at. no.;
- psychometrics — the measurement of mental traits, abilities, and processes.
- psychrometric — relating to psychrometry
- pyrheliometer — an instrument for measuring the total intensity of the sun's energy radiation.
- quartodeciman — one of a group of early Christians who observed Easter on the day of the Jewish Passover regardless of whether or not it was Sunday
- quaterpolymer — A copolymer derived from four species of monomer.
- question mark — Also called interrogation point, interrogation mark. a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question.
- r-methodology — any statistical methodology in psychology that is contrasted with Q-methodology
- radiotelegram — a message transmitted by radiotelegraphy.
- rapprochement — an establishment or reestablishment of harmonious relations: a rapprochement reached between warring factions.
- re-employment — an act or instance of employing someone or something.
- re-enrollment — the act or process of enrolling.
- reaction time — the interval between stimulation and response.
- reactionarism — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- reaffirmation — the act or an instance of affirming; state of being affirmed.
- reappointment — a fixed mutual agreement for a meeting; engagement: We made an appointment to meet again.
- recombination — any of several processes by which genetic material of different origins becomes combined. It most commonly occurs between two sets of parental chromosomes during production of germ cells
- recomfortless — having no comfort; comfortless
- recompilation — the act of compiling: the compilation of documents.
- recomposition — to compose again; reconstitute; rearrange.
- recomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
- reconcilement — to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate.
- reconsignment — a consigning again.
- recontaminate — to contaminate (an area, person, hands, etc) again
- recovery team — a team engaged in locating and retrieving bodies, cargo, etc, esp following a crash, explosion or natural disaster
- recrimination — the act of recriminating, or countercharging: Hope gave way to recrimination with both sides claiming the moral high ground.
- redemonstrate — to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove: to demonstrate a philosophical principle.
- redevelopment — the act or process of redeveloping.
- reexamination — further study or inspection
- refashionment — the act or state of being refashioned
- reflectometer — a device for measuring reflectance.
- reflectometry — the study or science of reflectometer usage and design
- reformability — the extent to which something or someone is reformable; the capability or susceptibility to reform
- reformulation — to formulate again.
- refractometer — an instrument for determining the refractive index of a substance.
- refractometry — an instrument for determining the refractive index of a substance.
- regimentation — the act of regimenting or the state of being regimented.
- regiomontanus — Friedrich Max [free-drik maks;; German free-drikh mahks] /ˈfri drɪk mæks;; German ˈfri drɪx mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1823–1900, English Sanskrit scholar and philologist born in Germany.
- reinforcement — the act of reinforcing.
- reinvolvement — to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
- remonstrantly — in a remonstrant or opposing manner
- remonstration — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
- remonstrative — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
- remonstratory — characterized by protest or expostulation