13-letter words containing i, n, p, r, o
- premium bonds — (in Britain) bonds issued by the Treasury since 1956 for purchase by the public. No interest is paid but there is a monthly draw for cash prizes of various sums
- premonishment — a forewarning
- premonitorily — in a premonitory manner
- prenomination — the act of naming in advance of a formal nomination
- preoccupation — the state of being preoccupied.
- prepositional — any member of a class of words found in many languages that are used before nouns, pronouns, or other substantives to form phrases functioning as modifiers of verbs, nouns, or adjectives, and that typically express a spatial, temporal, or other relationship, as in, on, by, to, since.
- prepositioned — to position in advance or beforehand: to preposition troops in anticipated trouble spots.
- prepossessing — that impresses favorably; engaging or attractive: a confident and prepossessing young man.
- prepossession — the state of being prepossessed.
- preproduction — Movies. the steps necessary to prepare a film for production, as casting, choosing locations, and designing sets and costumes.
- prerevolution — of the period before a revolution
- preservations — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- press section — a section or part of an area, as at the scene of a public event, reserved for reporters.
- presubmission — an act or instance of submitting.
- pretelevision — occurring before the arrival of television
- pretentiously — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- pretermission — to let pass without notice; disregard.
- prevarication — the act of prevaricating, or lying: Seeing the expression on his mother's face, Nathan realized this was no time for prevarication.
- prevocational — of, relating to, or constituting preliminary vocational training.
- prevolitional — the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing: She left of her own volition.
- price control — government regulation of prices by establishing maximum price levels for goods or services, as during a period of inflation.
- pride and joy — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- primogenitrix — a primogenitor who is female
- primogeniture — the state or fact of being the firstborn of children of the same parents.
- prince george — a city in central British Columbia, in W Canada.
- princess post — (in a queen truss) one of two vertical suspension members supplementing the queen posts nearer to the ends of the span.
- principal boy — the leading male role in a pantomime, played by a woman
- print spooler — a program that sequences printing jobs by temporarily storing data in a buffer and processing the jobs sequentially.
- print-through — the unwanted transfer of a recorded magnetic field pattern from one turn of magnetic tape to the preceding or succeeding turn on a reel, causing distortion
- prison inmate — a person who is confined in a prison
- prison warder — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
- privatization — to transfer from public or government control or ownership to private enterprise: a campaign promise to privatize some of the public lands.
- privy council — a board or select body of personal advisers, as of a sovereign.
- prix goncourt — Goncourt (def 2).
- pro-abolition — the act of abolishing: the abolition of war.
- pro-communist — (initial capital letter) a member of the Communist Party or movement.
- proactiveness — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- processionary — of, relating to, or moving in a procession
- procrastinate — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- procreational — having the potential to procreate
- profit center — a segment of a business organization that has a profitable base independent of the business as a whole.
- profit centre — a unit or department of a company that is responsible for its costs and its profits
- profit margin — the percentage that profit constitutes of total sales.
- profit taking — the selling of securities that have risen in price above costs; selling in order to realize a profit.
- profit-making — A profit-making business or organization makes a profit.
- profit-taking — Profit-taking is the selling of stocks and shares at a profit after their value has risen or just before their value falls.
- progametangia — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
- progenitorial — characteristic of a progenitor
- progestogenic — relating to progestogen
- prognosticate — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.