11-letter words containing rot
- proterozoic — noting or pertaining to the latter half of the Precambrian Era, from about 2.5 billion to 570 million years ago, characterized by the appearance of bacteria and marine algae; Algonkian.
- protestable — 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.
- prothalamia — a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
- prothallium — Botany. the gametophyte of ferns and related plants.
- prothalloid — resembling a prothallus
- prothoracic — relating to an insect's prothorax
- prothrombin — a plasma protein involved in blood coagulation that on activation by factors in the plasma is converted to thrombin.
- proto-doric — of or relating to architecture, as in certain Egyptian tombs, supposedly anticipating the Grecian Doric order.
- proto-ionic — of or relating to architecture supposedly anticipating the Grecian Ionic order.
- proto-norse — the North Germanic language of Scandinavia up to about 700 ad
- protococcal — of or relating to unicellular algae of the former genus Protococcus, one of which (renamed Pleurococcus vulgaris) is a green alga commonly found on trees, walls, etc
- protocolary — the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
- protocolist — a person who drafts protocols
- protocolize — to make a protocol of
- protodeacon — a chief deacon in the Greek Church.
- protogalaxy — the large concentration of gas and dust from which a galaxy is formed.
- protogynous — of or relating to a flower in which the shedding of pollen occurs after the stigma has stopped being receptive; having female sex organs maturing before the male.
- protolithic — noting or pertaining to stone implements selected according to suitability of the form to a particular purpose without definite shaping on the part of the user.
- protomartyr — the first Christian martyr, Saint Stephen.
- protonation — the act of providing an atom, molecule, or ion with a proton
- protonemata — a primary, usually filamentous structure produced by the germination of the spore in mosses and certain related plants, and from which the leafy plant which bears the sexual organs arises as a lateral or terminal shoot.
- protonotary — prothonotary.
- protopathic — noting or pertaining to a general, nondiscriminating responsiveness to pain or temperature stimuli (opposed to epicritic).
- protopectin — any of the class of water-insoluble pectic substances that are found in the rind of citrus fruits or in apple peels and that are hydrolyzed to pectin or pectic acid.
- protophilic — having or involving an affinity for hydrogen ions (protons)
- protophloem — the part of the primary phloem that develops first, consisting of narrow, thin-walled cells.
- protophytic — pertaining to the class Protophyta
- protoplanet — the collection of matter, in the process of condensation, from which a planet is formed.
- protopodite — the basal portion of a two-branched crustacean leg or other appendage.
- prototrophy — the state of being a prototroph
- prototyping — The creation of a model and the simulation of all aspects of a product. CASE tools support different degrees of prototyping. Some offer the end-user the ability to review all aspects of the user interface and the structure of documentation and reports before code is generated.
- protractile — capable of being protracted, lengthened, or protruded.
- protraction — the act of protracting; prolongation; extension.
- protractive — to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
- protrusible — able to be thrust outwards
- protuberant — bulging out beyond the surrounding surface; protruding; projecting: protuberant eyes.
- protuberate — to bulge out, forming a rounded projection.
- pyrotechnic — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
- rising trot — a horse's trot in which the rider rises from the saddle every second beat
- rotary club — a local club of business and professional men that is a member of a world-wide organization of similar clubs (Rotary International) devoted to serving the community and promoting world peace.
- rotary dial — dial (def 4).
- rotary kiln — type of industrial oven
- rotary plow — a tined auger mounted on a horizontal power-driven shaft, for pulverizing unplowed soil preparatory to planting.
- rotary pump — a pump for transferring water or other fluids by the rotating action of its component parts, as by the meshing of vanes or screws.
- rotary wing — an airfoil that rotates about an approximately vertical axis, as that supporting a helicopter or autogiro in flight.
- rotogravure — a photomechanical process by which pictures, typeset matter, etc., are printed from an intaglio copper cylinder.
- rotor blade — one airfoil of the rotor of a rotary-wing aircraft.
- rotor cloud — a cloud within and around which the air is rotating about a horizontal axis, occurring in the lee of a large mountain barrier.
- rottenstone — a friable stone resulting from the decomposition of a siliceous limestone, used as a powder for polishing metals.
- sclerotitis — scleritis.