12-letter words containing rot
- irrotational — not having rotation.
- job rotation — the practice of transferring an employee from one work station or activity to another during the working day in order to add variety to a job: often used in assembly line work
- kourotrophos — (archaeology) a class of Mycenaean terracotta figurines depicting women carrying children.
- lactoprotein — any protein existing in milk.
- laparotomies — Plural form of laparotomy.
- laparotomize — to perform a laparotomy on.
- leon trotsky — Leon (Lev or Leib, Davidovich Bronstein) 1879–1940, Russian revolutionary and writer: minister of war 1918–25.
- levorotation — Rotation in an anticlockwise direction, especially such rotation of the plane of polarized light.
- levorotatory — turning to the left, as the rotation to the left of the plane of polarization of light in certain crystals and compounds. Symbol: l-.
- lily-trotter — jaçana.
- lipoproteina — a plasma lipoprotein containing protein and cholesterol, high levels of which are associated with atherosclerosis.
- lipoproteins — Plural form of lipoprotein.
- microtektite — a microscopic tektite found in ocean sediments and polar ice.
- microtonally — In a microtonal manner.
- microtubular — Of or pertaining to microtubules.
- microtubules — Plural form of microtubule.
- mucoproteins — Plural form of mucoprotein.
- mutarotation — a gradual change in the optical rotation of freshly prepared solutions of reducing sugars.
- mycoproteins — Plural form of mycoprotein.
- nephrotomies — Plural form of nephrotomy.
- neurotically — of, relating to, or characteristic of neurosis.
- neurotrophic — of or relating to the effect of nerves on the nutritive processes.
- neurotropism — the quality of being neurotropic.
- neurotypical — relating to or showing typical neurological behavior and development: She has one dyslexic and one neurotypical child.
- nitrotoluene — (organic compound) Any of several nitro derivatives of toluene; they have a number of industrial uses, and those with multiple nitro groups are explosive.
- oak-root rot — a disease of oaks and other trees and woody plants, caused by the fungus Amillariella mellea (oak-root fungus) the fruiting body of which is the honey mushroom, and characterized by rotting roots, girdling of crown, and eventual death of the tree.
- osteoporotic — of, relating to, or caused by osteoporosis.
- parrot fever — psittacosis.
- parrot tulip — a variety of the cultivated tulip Tulipa gesnerana, having variously colored, often double flowers with fringed petals.
- protactinium — a radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Pa; atomic number: 91.
- protectingly — in a protective manner
- protectively — having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering.
- protectorate — the relation of a strong state toward a weaker state or territory that it protects and partly controls.
- protein-coat — the coiled or polyhedral structure, composed of proteins, that encloses the nucleic acid of a virus.
- protensively — in the manner of duration
- proteoglycan — a macromolecule composed of a polysaccharide joined to a polypeptide and forming the ground substance of connective tissue.
- protest flag — a flag hoisted by a racing yacht to advise the judges of a violation of the rules by another yacht.
- protest vote — a ballot cast for a candidate with a minimal chance of winning, to register dislike for the other candidates.
- protestation — the act of protesting or affirming.
- prothalamion — a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
- prothalamium — prothalamion.
- prothonotary — a chief clerk or official in certain courts of law.
- protistology — the biology of the Protista.
- protoduction — (jargon) A prototype that ends up in a production environment.
- protohistory — a branch of study concerned with the transition period between prehistory and the earliest recorded history.
- protomorphic — having a primitive character or structure.
- protoplasmic — 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.
- protosemitic — the hypothetical parent language of the Semitic group of languages
- protosynthex — A query system for English text.
- prototherian — belonging or pertaining to the group Prototheria, comprising the monotremes.