8-letter words containing rot
- miswrote — to trace or form (characters, letters, words, etc.) on the surface of some material, as with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means; inscribe: Write your name on the board.
- necrotic — death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
- neurotic — pertaining to the nerves or to nerve disease; neural: no longer in technical use.
- parotoid — Also called parotoid gland. any of certain cutaneous glands forming warty masses near the ear in certain toads.
- parroted — any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- parroter — a person who repeats the words or ideas of others
- protasis — the clause expressing the condition in a conditional sentence, in English usually beginning with if. Compare apodosis.
- protease — any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
- protegee — a woman under the patronage, protection, or care of someone interested in her career or welfare.
- proteins — 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.
- protense — extension in time
- proteome — the entire complement of proteins found in an organism over its entire life cycle, or in a particular cell type at a particular time under defined environmental conditions.
- proteose — any of a class of soluble compounds derived from proteins by the action of the gastric juices, pancreatic juices, etc.
- protero- — anterior or former in time, place, order, etc
- protista — a taxonomic kingdom comprising the protists.
- protists — 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.
- protocal — (spelling) It's spelled "protocol".
- protocol — the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
- protolog — the original description of a species, genus, etc.
- protonic — a positively charged elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of all atomic nuclei. It is the lightest and most stable baryon, having a charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron, a spin of ½, and a mass of 1.673 × 10− 27 kg. Symbol: P.
- protopod — the basal part of a crustacean's limb
- protozoa — a major grouping or superphylum of the kingdom Protista, comprising the protozoans.
- protract — to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
- protrade — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- protrude — to project.
- proturan — a proturan insect; telsontail.
- ring rot — a disease of potatoes, characterized by wilted foliage and rotting of the ring of vascular bundles in the tubers, caused by a bacterium, Corynebacterium sepedonicum.
- ripe rot — a disease of fruit or vegetable storage organs at the ripening stage, caused by any of several fungi or bacteria and characterized by spotting and rapid decay.
- root rot — a symptom or phase of many diseases of plants, characterized by discoloration and decay of the roots.
- rot away — decay
- rota bed — a bed in an old people's home, reserved for the regular respite care of dependent old people
- rotarian — a member of a Rotary Club.
- rotating — to cause to turn around an axis or center point; revolve.
- rotation — the act of rotating; a turning around as on an axis.
- rotative — rotating or pertaining to rotation.
- rotatory — pertaining to or of the nature of rotation: rotatory motion.
- rotenone — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous heterocyclic compound, C 2 3 H 2 2 O 6 , obtained from derris root: used chiefly as the active ingredient of certain insecticides and in medicine in the treatment of chiggers and scabies.
- rotflmao — (chat) Rolling on the floor laughing my ass (arse) off. An extreme form of ROTFL.
- rotgrass — a type of grass that is thought to cause sheeprot
- roth ira — A Roth IRA is a kind of retirement account where contributions are made with taxed money, and distributions are tax-free.
- rothesay — a town in the Strathclyde region, on Bute island, in SW Scotland: resort; ruins of 11th-century castle.
- rotifera — the phylum or class comprising the rotifers.
- rotiform — shaped like a wheel.
- rototill — to break up (soil) with a rototiller.
- rotovate — to break up (the surface of the earth, or an area of ground) using a Rotavator
- rotproof — resistant to rotting.
- roturier — a person of low rank; plebeian.
- serotine — late in occurring, developing, or flowering.
- serotiny — the quality or condition of being serotine
- serotype — a group of organisms, microorganisms, or cells distinguished by their shared specific antigens as determined by serologic testing.