11-letter words containing a, p, e, r
- preen gland — uropygial gland.
- prefectural — the office, jurisdiction, territory, or official residence of a prefect.
- prefinanced — financed in advance
- prefreshman — before being a freshman
- pregenerate — to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
- preheadache — occurring before a headache
- prehispanic — Spanish.
- preindicate — to indicate in advance; presage: The early thaw preindicated an avalanche.
- preinvasion — occurring before an invasion
- preinvasive — of or relating to a stage preceding invasion of the tissues; in situ.
- prejudicant — judging beforehand
- prejudicate — to judge beforehand
- 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.
- premarriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
- 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.
- prematurity — occurring, coming, or done too soon: a premature announcement.
- premedicate — to administer preparatory medication to
- premedieval — prior to the Middle Ages.
- premeditate — to meditate, consider, or plan beforehand: to premeditate a murder.
- premonetary — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
- prendergast — Maurice Brazil [braz-uh l] /ˈbræz əl/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, U.S. painter.
- prenominate — mentioned beforehand.
- preoccupant — a previous occupant
- preoccupate — to influence or occupy the mind in advance
- preordained — to ordain beforehand; foreordain.
- prepackaged — to package (foodstuffs or manufactured goods) before retail distribution or sale.
- preparation — a proceeding, measure, or provision by which one prepares for something: preparations for a journey.
- preparative — preparatory.
- preparatory — serving or designed to prepare: preparatory arrangements.
- 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.
- preprepared — prepared in advance
- prepubertal — the period of life just prior to sexual maturation.
- prepunctual — arriving before the appointed time
- prepurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- prerogative — an exclusive right, privilege, etc., exercised by virtue of rank, office, or the like: the prerogatives of a senator.
- preromantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- presagement — an omen
- presanctify — to sanctify ahead of an event
- presbycusia — impaired hearing due to old age.
- presbyteral — of or relating to a presbyter or presbytery
- present-day — current; modern: present-day techniques; present-day English.
- presentable — that may be presented.