9-letter words containing d, e, p, r
- poudrette — a fertilizer made from dried night soil mixed with other substances, as gypsum and charcoal.
- poudreuse — a small toilet table of the 18th century.
- powdering — a thin sprinkling of something on a surface
- powderman — a person in charge of explosives, especially in a demolition crew.
- practiced — skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
- practised — skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
- praeludia — musical preludes
- pre-audit — an examination of vouchers, contracts, etc., in order to substantiate a transaction or a series of transactions before they are paid for and recorded.
- pre-build — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- pre-death — the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism. Compare brain death.
- pre-loved — previously used or owned; secondhand.
- pre-model — a standard or example for imitation or comparison.
- pre-order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- pre-owned — previously owned; used; secondhand: a sale of preowned furs.
- pre-ready — completely prepared or in fit condition for immediate action or use: troops ready for battle; Dinner is ready.
- preadamic — occurring or existing before Adam
- preadjust — that aids in preadjusting, that makes later adjusting easier by advance preparation
- preambled — an introductory statement; preface; introduction. Synonyms: opening, beginning; foreword, prologue, prelude. Antonyms: epilogue, appendix, conclusion, afterword, closing.
- prebudget — produced, occurring or implemented prior to the release of the government's Budget
- precaudal — in front of the tail or caudal vertebrae of an animal
- precedent — Law. a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar or analogous cases.
- preceding — that precedes; previous: Refer back to the footnote on the preceding page.
- precluded — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- precooked — to cook (food) partly or completely beforehand, so that it may be cooked or warmed and served quickly at a later time.
- predacity — predatory; rapacious.
- predation — depredation; plundering.
- predatism — the state of living as a predator or by predation.
- predatory — Zoology. preying upon other organisms for food.
- predebate — occurring or produced before a given debate; of or pertaining to the period leading up to a given debate
- prededuct — preceding deduction, done or carried out prior to a deduction being made
- predefine — to define in advance
- predesign — to design beforehand or in advance
- predevote — predestined, predetermined
- predicant — preaching: a predicant religious order.
- predicate — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
- predictor — a person or thing that predicts.
- predigest — to treat (food) by an artificial process analogous to digestion so that, when taken into the body, it is more easily digestible.
- predikant — a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, esp in South Africa
- predilect — chosen in preference; preferred
- predinner — of, pertaining to, or enjoyed in the period before dinner
- predomain — (theory) A domain with no bottom element.
- preempted — to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy.
- prefabbed — prefabricated.
- preferred — to set or hold before or above other persons or things in estimation; like better; choose rather than: to prefer beef to chicken.
- prefeudal — of the period before the feudal era
- prefilled — filled in advance
- preformed — to form beforehand.
- prehandle — to handle beforehand
- preharden — to harden beforehand
- prejudice — an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.