10-letter words containing e, l, a, p
- portlaoise — a town in central Republic of Ireland, county town of Laois: site of a top-security prison. Pop: 12 127 (2002)
- postillate — to annotate, to postil
- postulance — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- potamogale — otter shrew.
- potentilla — any rosaceous plant or shrub of the N temperate genus Potentilla, having five-petalled flowers
- pourparler — an informal preliminary conference.
- power play — Football. an aggressive running play in which numerous offensive players converge and forge ahead to block and clear a path for the ball carrier.
- powerplant — a plant, including engines, dynamos, etc., and the building or buildings necessary for the generation of power, as electric or nuclear power.
- praeludium — a prelude, now predominantly in a musical context
- praiseless — not receiving praise; unpraised
- pratfallen — having fallen upon one's buttocks
- pratincole — any of several limicoline birds of the genus Glareola, of the Eastern Hemisphere, having a short bill, long, narrow, pointed wings, and a forked tail.
- prattlebox — a person who prattles, a chatterbox
- prattville — a town in central Alabama.
- praxeology — the study of human conduct.
- praxiteles — flourished c350 b.c, Greek sculptor.
- pre-climax — a stable community that precedes the full development of the climax community of a given area and that results from local variations in soil and water.
- pre-launch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- pre-leased — to sign or grant a lease on (a building, apartment, etc.) in advance of construction: Agents have preleased more than 60 percent of the new building.
- preceptial — preceptive, instructive, didactic; conveying or consisting of precepts
- predicable — that may be predicated or affirmed; assertable.
- preexilian — being or occurring prior to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
- preferable — more desirable.
- preferably — more desirable.
- prefrontal — anterior to, situated in, or pertaining to the anterior part of a frontal structure.
- prefuneral — the ceremonies for a dead person prior to burial or cremation; obsequies.
- pregenital — of, relating to, or noting reproduction.
- preglacial — prior to a given glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene.
- preholiday — relating to the period before a holiday
- preleasing — to sign or grant a lease on (a building, apartment, etc.) in advance of construction: Agents have preleased more than 60 percent of the new building.
- prelexical — denoting or applicable at a stage in the formation of a sentence at which words and phrases have not yet replaced all of the underlying grammatical and semantic material of that sentence in the speaker's mind
- prelingual — of or relating to the tongue or some tonguelike part.
- prelogical — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- premarital — preceding marriage.
- premaxilla — one of a pair of bones of the upper jaw of vertebrates, situated in front of and between the maxillary bones.
- premedical — of or relating to studies in preparation for the formal study of medicine: a premedical course.
- prenatally — previous to birth or to giving birth: prenatal care for mothers.
- prenatural — existing in or formed by nature (opposed to artificial): a natural bridge.
- prenominal — being such in name only; so-called; putative: a nominal treaty; the nominal head of the country.
- prenuclear — of or relating to the era before the development of nuclear weapons.
- prenuptial — before marriage.
- preplanned — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- prepuberal — the period of life just prior to sexual maturation.
- prequalify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- prerelease — something released beforehand, as a movie shown before its scheduled premiere.
- presential — present, or implying actual presence
- presternal — Anatomy. manubrium.
- presumable — capable of being taken for granted; probable.
- presumably — by assuming reasonably; probably: Since he is a consistent winner, he is presumably a superior player.
- prevail on — to persuade; induce