11-letter words containing c, r, e, p, s
- petrarchism — the poetic style introduced by Petrarch and characteristic of his work, marked by complex grammatical structure, elaborate conceits, and conventionalized diction.
- petrarchist — a person who imitates the literary style employed by Petrarch, especially the poets of the English Renaissance who employed the Petrarchan sonnet style.
- picturesque — visually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting: a picturesque fishing village.
- piperaceous — belonging to the Piperacae, the pepper family of plants.
- pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
- plane crash — an accident in which an aircraft hits land or water and is damaged or destroyed
- plasticizer — any of a group of substances that are used in plastics or other materials to impart viscosity, flexibility, softness, or other properties to the finished product.
- plasticware — knives, forks, spoons, cups, etc., made of plastic: a picnic hamper with plasticware for six.
- pleochroism — the property of certain crystals of exhibiting different colors when viewed from different directions under transmitted light. Compare dichroism (def 1), trichroism.
- plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
- polariscope — an instrument for measuring or exhibiting the polarization of light or for examining substances in polarized light, often to determine stress and strain in glass and other substances.
- port neches — a town in SE Texas.
- postconcert — occurring after a concert
- postdivorce — of, or relating to the period after a person is divorced
- posticteric — pertaining to or affected with icterus; jaundiced.
- pot scourer — a small ball of wire or stiff plastic, or a flat piece of a rough fabric used for cleaning kitchen pots and pans
- pot sticker — a pan-fried and steamed Chinese dumpling with a ground meat or vegetable filling.
- pre-closure — the act of closing; the state of being closed.
- pre-islamic — existing prior to the ascendancy of Islam; pre-Muslim.
- pre-scoring — to record the sound of (a motion picture) before filming.
- preachiness — the quality of being preachy; a preachy style, esp a tedious one
- precalculus — pertaining to the mathematical prerequisites for the study of calculus, as algebra, analytical geometry, and trigonometry.
- precautious — using or displaying precaution: a precautious reply; a precautious person.
- precedences — act or fact of preceding.
- precentress — a female precentor
- preceptress — a woman who is an instructor; teacher; tutor.
- precipitous — of the nature of or characterized by precipices: a precipitous wall of rock.
- preciseness — definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions.
- precisional — the state or quality of being precise.
- precognosce — to conduct a preliminary examination of (a witness, a claim) prior to a trial
- precomposed — to compose beforehand: to precompose a reply to a possible question.
- preconquest — of or relating to the time before the conquest of one people, region, or country by another.
- predeceased — to die before (another person, the occurrence of an event, etc.).
- predecessor — parent
- predispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- predynastic — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the first dynasty of a nation, especially the period in Egypt before c3200 b.c.
- prefectship — the position of, or period served as, a prefect
- prehispanic — Spanish.
- prehistoric — of or relating to the time or a period prior to recorded history: The dinosaur is a prehistoric beast.
- prep school — preparatory school.
- prepurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- presanctify — to sanctify ahead of an event
- presbycusia — impaired hearing due to old age.
- presbycusis — the gradual loss of acute hearing with advancing age
- preschedule — taking place ahead of schedule
- preschooler — a child below the official school starting age, usually a child up to age five.
- prescindent — tending to prescind
- prescission — the action of prescinding
- preselected — to select in advance; choose beforehand.
- preselector — a preamplifier between the antenna and receiving circuit, used to improve reception.