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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.
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