10-letter words containing i, c, e, p
- polyactine — the spicule of a polyactinal sponge
- polyethnic — inhabited by or consisting of people of many ethnic backgrounds.
- polyhedric — resembling a polyhedron
- ponchielli — Amilcare [ah-meel-kah-re] /ɑˈmil kɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1834–86, Italian composer.
- ponticello — a bridge on a stringed instrument
- pontifices — plural of pontifex.
- porrection — the act of holding something out for presentation or acceptance
- postexilic — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
- potsticker — a pan-fried and steamed Chinese dumpling with a ground meat or vegetable filling.
- practicers — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- 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.
- pre-advice — an opinion or recommendation offered as a guide to action, conduct, etc.: I shall act on your advice.
- pre-atomic — of or relating to the period of history preceding the atomic age.
- 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-excite — to stimulate (esp part of the heart muscle) in preparation or beforehand
- pre-exilic — being or occurring prior to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
- preachings — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
- preaseptic — pertaining to the period before the use of aseptic practices in surgery.
- prebiotics — natural substances in some foods that encourage the growth of healthy bacteria in the gut
- precarious — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- precaution — a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
- preceptial — preceptive, instructive, didactic; conveying or consisting of precepts
- preceptive — of the nature of or expressing a precept; mandatory.
- preceramic — noting or pertaining to a period or culture antedating the use of ceramics or pottery.
- precession — the act or fact of preceding; precedence.
- preciosity — fastidious or carefully affected refinement, as in language, style, or taste.
- preciouses — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- preciously — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- precipitin — an antibody that reacts with its specific antigen to form an insoluble precipitate.
- preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- preclusive — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- precocious — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
- precognize — to know or cognize in advance; to have prior cognizance of (something)
- preconceit — a preconceived idea; a preconception
- preconized — to proclaim or commend publicly.
- precooling — Precooling is a process which improves the performance of a unit by reducing the compressor load and the head pressure.
- precursive — of the nature of a precursor; preliminary; introductory: precursory remarks.
- predacious — predatory; rapacious.
- predicable — that may be predicated or affirmed; assertable.
- predicated — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
- predicator — the verbal element of a clause or sentence.
- predicting — to declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell: to predict the weather; to predict the fall of a civilization.
- prediction — an act of predicting.
- predictive — of or relating to prediction: losing one's predictive power.
- predictory — predictive.
- prediscuss — to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- prefascist — relating to fascist leanings before Fascism was founded in 1919
- prefinance — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
- preglacial — prior to a given glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene.
- preincline — to dispose or prepare beforehand: Their experiences had preinclined them to think pessimistically.