11-letter words containing a, p, e, l
- preapproval — the act of approving; approbation.
- preassembly — an assembling or coming together of a number of persons, usually for a particular purpose: The principal will speak to all the students at Friday's assembly.
- prebiblical — written, existing or occurring prior to the writing of the Bible; pertaining to this time period
- precalculus — pertaining to the mathematical prerequisites for the study of calculus, as algebra, analytical geometry, and trigonometry.
- precisional — the state or quality of being precise.
- preclinical — of or relating to the period prior to the appearance of the symptoms.
- precolonial — of or relating to the time before a region or country became a colony.
- precritical — anteceding a crisis.
- precultural — of or relating to culture or cultivation.
- predictable — able to be foretold or declared in advance: New technology allows predictable weather forecasting.
- predictably — able to be foretold or declared in advance: New technology allows predictable weather forecasting.
- predisposal — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
- predoctoral — of or relating to study undertaken in preparation for a doctoral degree.
- preen gland — uropygial gland.
- prefectural — the office, jurisdiction, territory, or official residence of a prefect.
- prejudicial — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
- prelateship — the rank of a prelate
- prelibation — a foretaste.
- preliminary — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
- preliterary — occurring before the existence of literature
- preliterate — lacking a written language; nonliterate: a preliterate culture.
- prematerial — the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed: Stone is a durable material.
- prematurely — occurring, coming, or done too soon: a premature announcement.
- premedieval — prior to the Middle Ages.
- preparental — prior to becoming a parent: preparental instruction.
- prepatellar — describing a bursa between the skin of the knee and the patella
- preprandial — before a meal, especially before dinner; anteprandial: a preprandial apéritif.
- prepubertal — the period of life just prior to sexual maturation.
- prepunctual — arriving before the appointed time
- presbyteral — of or relating to a presbyter or presbytery
- presentable — that may be presented.
- preservable — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- preterlegal — being beyond the scope or limits of law.
- preterminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- prevailment — the action of prevailing
- prevalently — widespread; of wide extent or occurrence; in general use or acceptance.
- preventable — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- previsional — characteristic of prevision
- prickleback — any of several blennioid fishes of the family Stichaeidae, usually inhabiting cold waters, having spiny rays in the dorsal fin.
- prime ideal — an ideal in a ring with a multiplicative identity, having the property that when the product of two elements of the ring results in an element of the ideal, at least one of the elements is an element of the ideal.
- primigenial — relating to an early stage of existence; primitive
- private law — a branch of law dealing with the legal relationships of private individuals. Compare public law (def 2).
- pro-slavery — favoring slavery.
- proactively — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- procephalic — of or relating to the head.
- procerebral — relating to the procerebrum
- processable — capable of being processed.
- prodigalize — to spend lavishly
- produceable — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.