8-letter words containing d, e, p, r
- pre-edit — to edit in advance
- preadapt — to undergo pre-adaptation.
- preadmit — to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college.
- preadopt — to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname.
- preadult — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
- preaudit — an examination of vouchers, contracts, etc., in order to substantiate a transaction or a series of transactions before they are paid for and recorded.
- preboard — to put or allow to go aboard in advance of the usual time or before others: Passengers with disabilities will be preboarded.
- prebuild — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- preceded — to go before, as in place, order, rank, importance, or time.
- precised — a concise summary.
- precited — cited previously
- preclude — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- predated — to date before the actual time; antedate: He predated the check by three days.
- predates — to date before the actual time; antedate: He predated the check by three days.
- predator — Zoology. any organism that exists by preying upon other organisms.
- predeath — occurring before or in the lead-up to death; of or pertaining to the period immediately prior to death
- predella — the base of an altarpiece, often decorated with small paintings or reliefs.
- predraft — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- predrawn — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- predrill — to drill holes in (something) or to drill (holes) in advance
- prefaced — a preliminary statement in a book by the book's author or editor, setting forth its purpose and scope, expressing acknowledgment of assistance from others, etc.
- prefaded — given a faded or worn look beforehand (as of jeans, etc)
- prefixed — A word or code number that is prefixed by one or more letters or numbers has them as its prefix.
- pregrade — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- preguide — to give (somebody) guidance in advance
- prejudge — to judge beforehand.
- preloved — previously used or owned; secondhand.
- preluded — a preliminary to an action, event, condition, or work of broader scope and higher importance.
- preludio — a musical prelude
- premised — Also, premiss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
- premodel — a representation, generally in miniature, to show the construction or appearance of something.
- premould — to mould in advance
- preorder — to order something in advance of it being available
- preowned — previously owned; used; secondhand: a sale of preowned furs.
- prepared — properly expectant, organized, or equipped; ready: prepared for a hurricane.
- preradio — before the invention of radio
- prescind — to separate or single out in thought; abstract.
- presided — to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
- presider — to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
- presidio — a garrisoned fort; military post.
- prestudy — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- presumed — to take for granted, assume, or suppose: I presume you're tired after your drive.
- prewired — a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- prideful — 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.
- proceeds — to move or go forward or onward, especially after stopping.
- prodnose — an inquisitive person
- prodrome — a premonitory symptom.
- produced — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- producer — a person who produces.
- profaned — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.