11-letter words containing c, r, u, p
- preacquaint — to acquaint (someone with information) in advance
- preannounce — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
- preaudience — the right to be given an audience before other people; the privilege of being the first to be heard
- 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.
- precipitous — of the nature of or characterized by precipices: a precipitous wall of rock.
- precomputer — designating the period prior to the introduction of computers; occurring or existing in this period
- preconquest — of or relating to the time before the conquest of one people, region, or country by another.
- precultural — of or relating to culture or cultivation.
- prefectural — the office, jurisdiction, territory, or official residence of a prefect.
- prefunction — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- prejudicant — judging beforehand
- prejudicate — to judge beforehand
- prejudicial — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
- prejudicing — any preconceived opinion or feeling, either favorable or unfavorable.
- preluncheon — a light meal before lunch
- premier cru — See under cru.
- preoccupant — a previous occupant
- preoccupate — to influence or occupy the mind in advance
- preoccupied — completely engrossed in thought; absorbed.
- prepunctual — arriving before the appointed time
- prepurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- presbycusia — impaired hearing due to old age.
- presbycusis — the gradual loss of acute hearing with advancing age
- preschedule — taking place ahead of schedule
- pretty much — mostly
- pricing gun — A pricing gun is a hand-held device used in stores for fixing a price label to a product.
- prime focus — the focal point of the objective lens or primary mirror of a telescope
- prize court — a court whose function it is to adjudicate on prizes taken in war.
- procerebrum — (in certain invertebrates) the front part of the central nervous system
- proconsular — Roman History. an official, usually a former consul, who acted as governor or military commander of a province, and who had powers similar to those of a consul.
- procrustean — pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
- proctodaeum — proctodeum.
- procuration — the act of obtaining or getting; procurement.
- procuratory — Roman History. any of various imperial officials with fiscal or administrative powers.
- procurement — the act of procuring, or obtaining or getting by effort, care, or the use of special means: The organ procurement procedure is very complicated.
- produceable — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- producement — production
- productible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- productions — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- prolocution — an introductory remark or speech
- prolocutrix — a female prolocutor
- promiscuity — the state of being promiscuous.
- promiscuous — characterized by or involving indiscriminate mingling or association, especially having sexual relations with a number of partners on a casual basis.
- promycelium — a short filament produced in the germination of a spore that bears small spores and then dies.
- pronouncing — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- prosecuting — carrying out a prosecution
- prosecution — Law. the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person. the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on.
- prosecutory — of, relating to, or concerned with prosecution.
- prosecutrix — a female prosecutor or plaintiff