12-letter words containing d, e, p, r, i
- predischarge — of or pertaining to the period prior to discharge, esp prior to discharge from hospital or from employment
- prediscourse — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
- prediscovery — a previous discovery
- predisposing — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
- prednisolone — a synthetic glucocorticoid, C 2 1 H 2 8 O 5 , used in various forms to treat inflammation and allergies and in the treatment of acute leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, and lymphomas.
- predominance — the state, condition, or quality of being predominant: the predominance of the rich over the poor.
- preinduction — occurring before an induction
- premedicated — to treat with medicine or medicaments.
- premeditated — done deliberately; planned in advance: a premeditated murder.
- premium bond — In Britain, premium bonds are numbered tickets that are sold by the government. Each month, a computer selects several numbers, and the people whose tickets have those numbers win money.
- premium deal — a commercial transaction in which a special incentive or bonus is offered
- preordinance — an authoritative rule or law; a decree or command.
- prepublished — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.
- prerogatived — possessing a prerogative
- presidentess — a female president
- presidential — of or relating to a president or presidency.
- prespecified — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- pretendingly — falsely
- pretensioned — (in prestressed-concrete construction) to apply tension to (reinforcing strands) before the concrete is poured. Compare posttension (def 1).
- prices index — an official list of the price of goods
- pridefulness — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- printed word — The printed word is the same as written word.
- privatdocent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
- privatdozent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
- proboscidate — having a proboscis.
- proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
- product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
- productively — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- profile drag — the sum of the surface friction drag and the form drag for a body moving subsonically through a fluid
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- proofreading — correction of text
- propaedeutic — pertaining to or of the nature of preliminary instruction.
- propagandize — to propagate or publicize (principles, dogma, etc.) by means of propaganda.
- propanedioic — malonic.
- proportioned — adjusted to proper proportion or relation.
- providential — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- provincewide — covering or available to the whole of a province
- prudentially — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- pseudorabies — a highly contagious, usually fatal disease of cattle, sheep, and other animals, caused by the herpesvirus Herpes suis, and characterized by severe pruritus and progressive central nervous system involvement sometimes including an aggressive excitement phase.
- pteridomania — an excessive enthusiasm for ferns
- pteridophyte — any plant of the division Pteridophyta, characterized by vascular tissue and differentiation into root, stem, and leaves, comprising the ferns, horsetails, and club mosses.
- pteridosperm — seed fern.
- pteroic acid — a crystalline acid found in spinach
- pudding rice — a type of short-grained rice that is suitable for making into a rice pudding
- purblindness — the state of being purblind
- purple medic — a plant, Medicago sativa, of the legume family, usually having bluish-purple flowers, originating in the Near East and widely cultivated as a forage crop.
- put in order — arrange correctly
- pygmy glider — a gliding marsupial, Acrobates pygmaeus, of Australia, growing to about the size of a mouse and having a featherlike tail.
- pyramid peak — a mountain in W central Colorado, in the Elk Range, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,018 feet (4276 meters).
- pyrazinamide — a substance, C 5 H 5 N 3 O, used in the treatment of tuberculosis.