13-letter words containing d, i, p, t, e, r
- postmodernism — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of a number of trends or movements in the arts and literature developing in the 1970s in reaction to or rejection of the dogma, principles, or practices of established modernism, especially a movement in architecture and the decorative arts running counter to the practice and influence of the International Style and encouraging the use of elements from historical vernacular styles and often playful illusion, decoration, and complexity.
- postmodernist — relating to late 20th-century art movement
- potty trained — Potty trained means the same as toilet trained.
- pre-committed — to give in trust or charge; consign.
- pre-contrived — to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent: The author contrived a clever plot.
- pre-direction — the act or an instance of directing.
- pre-education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- pre-mentioned — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
- pre-portioned — to divide into portions before packaging, selling, etc.: to preportion meals for schools and hospitals.
- pre-submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- preadaptation — a structure or property that developed in an ancestral stock and was useful in a descendant in a changed environment.
- preadmonition — a forewarning, premonition; the act of admonishing in advance
- predefinition — the process or action of defining in advance; an advance definition
- predesignated — to designate beforehand.
- predestinated — Theology. to foreordain by divine decree or purpose.
- predestinator — a person or thing that predestinates something.
- predetermined — to settle or decide in advance: He had predetermined his answer to the offer.
- predeterminer — a member of a subclass of English adjectival words, often quantitative in meaning, that may be placed before an article or other determiner, as all in all the paintings or half in half her salary.
- prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
- predicamental — of or relating to a predicament or situation
- predistortion — preemphasis.
- predominantly — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
- predominately — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- predominating — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- prefabricated — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
- preindustrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- prejudication — the act of judging beforehand
- prejudicative — tending to prejudge
- premedication — any drugs administered to sedate and otherwise prepare a patient for general anaesthesia
- premeditation — an act or instance of premeditating.
- prepositioned — to position in advance or beforehand: to preposition troops in anticipated trouble spots.
- preproduction — Movies. the steps necessary to prepare a film for production, as casting, choosing locations, and designing sets and costumes.
- presanctified — (of the Eucharistic elements) consecrated at a previous Mass.
- presidentship — presidency.
- presterilized — to destroy microorganisms in or on, usually by bringing to a high temperature with steam, dry heat, or boiling liquid.
- pretendership — the standing of a pretender
- priest-ridden — dominated or governed by or excessively under the influence of priests
- prism diopter — a unit of prismatic deviation, in which the number one represents a prism that deflects a beam of light a distance of one centimeter on a plane placed normal to the initial direction of the beam and one meter away from the prism.
- private brand — a product marketed under a private label.
- private study — the act or process of studying outwith classes
- propositioned — the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.
- prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
- prudentialist — a person who acts prudentially
- prudentiality — prudential nature or practice
- quadripartite — divided into or consisting of four parts.
- quadruplicate — one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
- radiopacities — opaque to radiation; visible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiotransparent).
- radioteletype — Also called radioteletypewriter [rey-dee-oh-tel-i-tahyp-rahy-ter, -tel-i-tahyp-rahy-] /ˌreɪ di oʊˌtɛl ɪˈtaɪpˌraɪ tər, -ˈtɛl ɪ taɪpˌraɪ-/ (Show IPA). a teletypewriter equipped for transmitting or receiving messages by radio instead of wire.
- redescription — the act of redescribing
- redisposition — the withdrawal and redistribution of armed forces with the aim of more effective use