9-letter words containing rot
- prototype — the original or model on which something is based or formed.
- protoxide — the one of a series of oxides having the smallest proportion of oxygen.
- protozoal — relating to protozoans
- protozoan — any of a diverse group of eukaryotes, of the kingdom Protista, that are primarily unicellular, existing singly or aggregating into colonies, are usually nonphotosynthetic, and are often classified further into phyla according to their capacity for and means of motility, as by pseudopods, flagella, or cilia.
- protozoic — containing remains of the Earth's earliest life forms
- protozoon — protozoan.
- protruded — to project.
- proturkey — a republic in W Asia and SE Europe. 296,184 sq. mi. (767,120 sq. km): 286,928 sq. mi. (743,145 sq. km) in Asia; 9257 sq. mi. (23,975 sq. km) in Europe. Capital: Ankara.
- pyrotoxin — pyrogen.
- rarotonga — one of the Cook Islands, in the S Pacific, 26 sq. mi. (67 sq. km).
- rotachute — a device serving the same purpose as a parachute, in which the canopy is replaced by freely revolving rotor blades, used for the delivery of stores or recovery of missiles
- rotameter — an instrument for measuring the rate of flow of a liquid, consisting of a tapered vertical tube in which a small float is forced upward until its weight balances the fluid force.
- rotaplane — an aircraft that derives its lift from freely revolving rotor blades
- rotatable — to cause to turn around an axis or center point; revolve.
- rotatably — to cause to turn around an axis or center point; revolve.
- rotatores — a person or thing that rotates.
- rotavator — a type of machine with rotating blades that break up soil
- rotavirus — a double-stranded RNA virus of the genus Rotavirus, family Reoviridae, that is a major cause of infant diarrhea.
- rotherham — a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- rotiferan — relating to the phylum of freshwater invertebrates Rotifera
- rotograph — a photograph, esp of a manuscript or book, which is printed white on black
- rotor arm — the revolving arm of the distributor of an internal-combustion engine
- rotoscope — a projection device that allows images from live-action films to be traced to create an animated sequence
- rotterdam — a seaport in SW Netherlands.
- rotundate — rounded
- rotundity — the condition or quality of roundness or plumpness, as of an object or person.
- sclerotal — a bony area or plate found in the sclerotic (the eyeball covering) of some animals
- sclerotic — Also, scleral. Anatomy. of or relating to the sclera.
- sclerotin — an insoluble protein that serves to stiffen the chitin of the cuticle of arthropods.
- serotinal — pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- serotines — a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- serotonin — a neurotransmitter, derived from tryptophan, that is involved in sleep, depression, memory, and other neurological processes.
- serotypic — of or relating to a serotype
- siderotic — a disease of the lungs caused by inhaling iron or other metallic particles.
- the trots — diarrhoea
- throttled — Also called throttle lever. a lever, pedal, handle, etc., for controlling or manipulating a throttle valve.
- thyrotome — an instrument for cutting the thyroid cartilage.
- thyrotomy — incision or splitting of the thyroid cartilage; laryngotomy.
- tiltrotor — an aircraft with rotors that can be tilted
- tricrotic — having three arterial beats for one heartbeat, as certain pulses.
- trothless — faithless or disloyal
- uterotomy — an incision of the uterus performed through the stomach, as in a Caesarean section
- white rot — a decay of wood caused by lignase-producing fungi, especially Phanerochaete chrysosporium.