10-letter words containing ort
- orthotopic — (anatomy) in the normal position.
- orthotropy — the state of being either orthotropic or orthotropous
- overreport — to report too frequently or in too much detail
- pc support — (job) (Or "PC analyst", end user support) A person who works with microcomputer applications including word processors, spreadsheets, presentation graphics, database management systems, electronic mail, and communications. He also evaluates, installs and supports PCs, Macintoshes, and associated peripherals.
- pennyworth — as much as may be bought for a penny.
- pepperwort — water clover.
- pianoforte — a piano.
- piesporter — any of various white wines from the area around the village of Piesport in the Moselle valley in Germany
- port blair — a seaport in and the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, on S Andaman.
- port huron — a port in SE Michigan, on the St. Clair River, at the S end of Lake Huron.
- port louis — an island in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar. 720 sq. mi. (1865 sq. km).
- port moody — a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, E of Vancouver, on an inlet of the Strait of Georgia.
- port pirie — a city in S Australia.
- port royal — a village in S South Carolina, on Port Royal island: colonized by French Huguenots 1562.
- port sudan — a seaport in the NE Sudan, on the Red Sea.
- port-salut — a yellow, whole-milk cheese, especially that made at the monastery of Port du Salut near the town of Laval, France.
- portabella — a very large, rich-flavored cremini mushroom, often grilled, broiled, or sautéed.
- portakabin — A Portakabin is a small building that can be moved by truck and that can be used for a short period of time, for example as a temporary office.
- portamento — a passing or gliding from one pitch or tone to another with a smooth progression.
- portcullis — (especially in medieval castles) a strong grating, as of iron, made to slide along vertical grooves at the sides of a gateway of a fortified place and let down to prevent passage.
- portending — to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does: The street incident may portend a general uprising.
- portentous — of the nature of a portent; momentous.
- portioning — a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it: I read a portion of the manuscript.
- portionist — a student at Merton College, Oxford who receives a food or academic allowance from the College, later referred to as a postmaster
- portlaoise — a town in central Republic of Ireland, county town of Laois: site of a top-security prison. Pop: 12 127 (2002)
- portliness — rather heavy or fat; stout; corpulent.
- portmapper — (networking) A server that converts TCP/IP protocol port numbers into RPC program numbers. It must be running in order to make RPC calls. When an RPC server starts, it tells portmap the port number it is listening on and what RPC program numbers it serves. Before a client can call a given RPC program number, it must contacts portmap on the server machine to determine the port number to which RPC packets should be sent.
- porto novo — Formerly Dahomey. a republic in W Africa: formerly part of French West Africa; gained independence in 1960. 44,290 sq. mi. (114,711 sq. km). Capital: Porto Novo.
- porto rico — former official name (until 1932) of Puerto Rico.
- portobello — portabella.
- portoviejo — a city in W Ecuador, on the Portoviejo River.
- portraying — to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
- portsmouth — a seaport in S Hampshire, in S England, on the English Channel: chief British naval station.
- portuguese — of, relating to, or characteristic of Portugal, its inhabitants, or their language.
- postmortal — subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
- postmortem — of, relating to, or occurring in the time following death.
- pre-report — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
- preportion — to divide into portions before packaging, selling, etc.: to preportion meals for schools and hospitals.
- proportion — comparative relation between things or magnitudes as to size, quantity, number, etc.; ratio.
- purporting — to present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely: a document purporting to be official.
- quincewort — Squinancywort.
- rapportage — the factual reporting or recounting of events in writing
- rapporteur — a person responsible for compiling reports and presenting them, as to a governing body.
- remortgage — a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
- reportable — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
- reportedly — according to report or rumor: Reportedly, he is a billionaire.
- reredorter — a privy at the back of a monastic dormitory
- ripsnorter — something or someone exceedingly strong or violent: a ripsnorter of a gale.
- roadworthy — in suitable operating condition or meeting accepted standards for safe driving on the road: a roadworthy automobile.
- roodepoort — an industrial city in NE South Africa, in the Witwatersrand. Pop: 172 601 (2001)