10-letter words containing rot
- proteinous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- protension — duration
- protensity — the actuality of duration
- protensive — extended in dimension or extended in time.
- proteolyse — to cause to undergo proteolysis
- proteomics — the study of the functions, structures, and interactions of proteins; the study of the proteome.
- protervity — petulance
- protestant — any Western Christian who is not an adherent of a Catholic, Anglican, or Eastern Church.
- protestive — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- prothallus — prothallium.
- protistans — any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- proto team — a team of workers trained to perform underground rescues
- proto-form — a hypothetical linguistic form reconstructed as an element of a protolanguage.
- protocolar — the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
- protocolic — relating to protocol
- protoctist — (in modern biological classifications) any unicellular or simple multicellular organism belonging to the kingdom Protoctista, which includes protozoans, algae, and slime moulds
- protogenia — the first woman born after the great flood of Zeus, daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha.
- protogenic — (of a compound) able to donate a hydrogen ion (proton) in a chemical reaction
- protohuman — of, relating to, or resembling extinct hominid populations that had some but not all the features of modern Homo sapiens.
- protologue — the original description of a species, genus, etc.
- protonymph — the newly hatched form of various mites
- protophyte — a single-celled plant of the class Protophyta
- protoplasm — Biology. (no longer in technical use) the colloidal and liquid substance of which cells are formed, excluding horny, chitinous, and other structural material; the cytoplasm and nucleus.
- protoplast — Biology. the contents of a cell within the cell membrane, considered as a fundamental entity. the primordial living unit or cell.
- protostele — the solid stele of most roots, having a central core of xylem enclosed by phloem.
- protostome — any member of the lower invertebrate phyla in which the mouth appears before the anus during development, cleavage is spiral and determinate, and the coelom forms as a splitting of the mesoderm.
- prototroph — a microorganism that has the same nutritional requirements as the parent organism. Compare auxotroph.
- prototyper — An interface builder for the Macintosh from Smethers Barnes.
- prototypic — the original or model on which something is based or formed.
- protoxylem — the part of the primary xylem that develops first, consisting of narrow, thin-walled cells.
- protracted — to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
- protractor — a person or thing that protracts.
- protreptic — an educational book or speech
- protruding — to project.
- protrusile — capable of being thrust forth or extended, as the tongue of a hummingbird.
- protrusion — the act of protruding or the state of being protruded.
- protrusive — projecting or protuberant; thrusting forward, upward, or outward.
- pyrotechny — the art of making fireworks
- rotary hoe — a cultivating implement consisting of a row of wheels each with many fingerlike prongs, pulled over the ground to break up the soil and destroy weeds.
- rotary rig — A rotary rig is the equipment used for drilling in most wells, which includes an engine and a hoisting, rotating and mud circulating system.
- rotational — the act of rotating; a turning around as on an axis.
- rothermere — 1st Viscount, Harold Sidney Harmsworth.
- rothschild — Lionel Nathan, Baron de ("Lord Natty") 1809–79, English banker: first Jewish member of Parliament (son of Nathan Meyer Rothschild).
- rotisserie — a small broiler with a motor-driven spit, for barbecuing fowl, beef, etc.
- rotorcraft — a rotary-wing aircraft.
- rototiller — a motorized device having spinning blades perpendicular to the ground and arranged like spokes, used for tilling soil.
- rotten ice — ice pitted or honeycombed from melting.
- rottenness — decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- rottweiler — one of a German breed of large, powerful dogs having a short, coarse, black coat with tan to brown markings.
- saprotroph — any organism, esp a fungus or bacterium, that lives and feeds on dead organic matter