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15-letter words containing ro

  • anti-productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
  • antiaphrodisiac — something that represses sexual desire
  • anticholesterol — an agent which acts against cholesterol, either as an antibody produced naturally by many mammals or in the form of a drug
  • antiferromagnet — a material which exhibits antiferromagnetism
  • antiprogressive — opposed to or acting against progression in society
  • antiretrovirals — Plural form of antiretroviral.
  • antiromanticism — the opposition to romanticism
  • aphrodite terra — a large plateau region that stretches approximately halfway around the middle latitude of Venus.
  • apolipoproteins — Plural form of apolipoprotein.
  • apollo asteroid — one of a number of asteroids whose orbits cross that of the earth.
  • apostrophically — (rhetoric) Using apostrophe; with sudden exclamatory dialogue.
  • approach lights — lights on the runway that guide planes coming in to land
  • approachability — capable of being approached; accessible.
  • appropinquation — the action of approaching
  • appropriateness — suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.
  • approval rating — approval of a politician as shown by opinion polls
  • approved school — In Britain in the past, an approved school was a boarding school where young people could be sent to stay if they had been found guilty of a crime.
  • approximateness — The quality of being approximate.
  • archaeastronomy — (astronomy, archaeology) The historical, especially archeological, study of astronomy; the study of the astronomical systems and methods of ancient cultures often embracing the astrology and cosmology of the past.
  • archeoastronomy — the branch of archaeology that deals with the apparent use by prehistoric civilizations of astronomical techniques to establish the seasons or the cycle of the year, especially as evidenced in the construction of megaliths and other ritual structures.
  • around the bend — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
  • around the horn — (thrown) from third base to second to first in trying for a double play
  • array processor — (processor)   (Or "vector processor") A computer, or extension to its arithmetic unit, that is capable of performing simultaneous computations on elements of an array or table of data in some number of dimensions. The IBM AltiVec (the "Velocity Engine" used in the Apple G4 computers) is a vector processor. Common uses for array processors include analysis of fluid dynamics and rotation of 3d objects, as well as data retrieval, in which elements of a database are scanned simultaneously. Array processors are very rare now (1998).
  • arrondissements — Plural form of arrondissement.
  • arroz con pollo — a Latin American dish consisting of chicken and rice cooked usually with saffron
  • astrobiologists — Plural form of astrobiologist.
  • astrodynamicist — a person who studies astrodynamics
  • astronautically — In an astronautic way.
  • astronavigation — celestial navigation
  • astrophotograph — a photograph of the heavenly bodies
  • astrophotometry — the measurement of the intensity of light of celestial objects.
  • astrophysically — from an astrophysical point of view
  • astrophysicists — Plural form of astrophysicist.
  • at the controls — If someone is at the controls of a machine or other piece of equipment, they are operating it.
  • atherosclerosis — a degenerative disease of the arteries characterized by patchy thickening of the inner lining of the arterial walls, caused by deposits of fatty material; a form of arteriosclerosis
  • atherosclerotic — Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with atherosclerosis.
  • augmented roman — a writing system based on an expanded English alphabet, consisting of 43 characters representing different phonemes of spoken English, used for teaching beginners to read. Abbreviation: I.T.A., i.t.a.
  • aurora borealis — the aurora seen around the North Pole
  • autotrophically — through an autotrophic process
  • auxiliary rotor — the tail rotor of a helicopter, used for directional and rotary control
  • away-going crop — a crop planted by a tenant that matures after the expiration of the tenancy and is rightfully the tenant's to harvest.
  • back projection — a method of projecting pictures onto a translucent screen so that they are viewed from the opposite side, used esp in films to create the illusion that the actors in the foreground are moving
  • backup rotation — (operating system)   Any system for re-using backup media, e.g. magnetic tape. One extreme would be to use the same media for every backup (e.g. copy disk A to disk B), the other extreme would be to use new media every time. The trade-off is between the cost of buying and storing media and the ability to restore any version of any file. One example is the Grandfather, Father, Son (GFS) scheme.
  • balance control — a state of equilibrium or equipoise; equal distribution of weight, amount, etc.
  • ballroom dancer — a person who participates in ballroom dancing
  • banking product — one of the various services offered by a bank to its customers: mortgages, loans, insurance etc
  • barium chromate — a yellow, crystalline compound, BaCrO 4 , used as a pigment (barium yellow)
  • barium peroxide — a gray-white powder, BaO2, used as a bleach and in making hydrogen peroxide
  • barothermograph — an automatic instrument for recording pressure and temperature.
  • bathroom scales — scales typically kept in a bathroom for people to weigh themselves
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