10-letter words containing c, i, r, l, p
- polyhydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) polyhydroxy.
- polyprotic — (of an acid) having two or more transferable protons.
- portcullis — (especially in medieval castles) a strong grating, as of iron, made to slide along vertical grooves at the sides of a gateway of a fortified place and let down to prevent passage.
- pratincole — any of several limicoline birds of the genus Glareola, of the Eastern Hemisphere, having a short bill, long, narrow, pointed wings, and a forked tail.
- pre-climax — a stable community that precedes the full development of the climax community of a given area and that results from local variations in soil and water.
- pre-exilic — being or occurring prior to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
- preceptial — preceptive, instructive, didactic; conveying or consisting of precepts
- preciously — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- preclusive — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- precooling — Precooling is a process which improves the performance of a unit by reducing the compressor load and the head pressure.
- predicable — that may be predicated or affirmed; assertable.
- preglacial — prior to a given glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene.
- preincline — to dispose or prepare beforehand: Their experiences had preinclined them to think pessimistically.
- prelection — to lecture or discourse publicly.
- prelexical — denoting or applicable at a stage in the formation of a sentence at which words and phrases have not yet replaced all of the underlying grammatical and semantic material of that sentence in the speaker's mind
- prelogical — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- premedical — of or relating to studies in preparation for the formal study of medicine: a premedical course.
- prepyloric — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- prevocalic — immediately preceding a vowel.
- price list — a list giving the prices of items for sale.
- pricklings — tingly sensations of discomfort or euphoria
- princeling — a young prince.
- princessly — resembling a princess
- principial — original, elementary
- principled — imbued with or having moral principles (often used in combination): high-principled.
- principles — an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.
- proclaimer — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- proclinate — (of a part) directed or inclined forward.
- proclivity — natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
- proctalgia — neural pain in the rectum or anus
- producible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- productile — capable of being lengthened out; extensile.
- profligacy — shameless dissoluteness.
- projectile — an object fired from a gun with an explosive propelling charge, such as a bullet, shell, rocket, or grenade.
- prolicidal — characteristic of prolicide
- protocolic — relating to protocol
- provincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- public bar — (in a tavern or pub) the common section of a bar or barroom, not as exclusive, as quiet, or as comfortably furnished as the saloon section.
- receptible — adapted to or suitable for reception.
- reciprocal — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
- red-pencil — to delete, censor, correct, or abridge (written material) with or as if with a pencil having a red lead: His book was heavily red-penciled before it got clearance.
- replicable — capable of replication: The scientific experiment must be replicable in all details to be considered valid.
- replicator — Any construct that acts to produce copies of itself; this could be a living organism, an idea (see meme), a program (see quine, worm, wabbit, fork bomb, and virus), a pattern in a cellular automaton (see life), or (speculatively) a robot or nanobot. It is even claimed by some that Unix and C are the symbiotic halves of an extremely successful replicator; see Unix conspiracy.
- republican — of, relating to, or of the nature of a republic.
- riflescope — a telescopic sight mounted on top of a rifle that helps to improve one's aim by magnifying and pinpointing a target.
- roach clip — a small tweezerlike clip for holding the butt of a marijuana cigarette.
- rupicolous — rupestrine.
- sale price — discounted cost
- sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.