10-letter words containing i, p, r, o, s
- prioritise — to arrange or do in order of priority: learning to prioritize our assignments.
- prismatoid — a polyhedron having its vertices lying on two parallel planes.
- prison van — vehicle to transfer prisoners
- pro-busing — favoring or advocating legislation that requires the busing of students to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving socioeconomic or racial diversity among students in a public school.
- pro-soviet — (before the revolution) any governmental council. (after the revolution) a local council, originally elected only by manual workers, with certain powers of local administration. (after the revolution) a higher council elected by a local council, being part of a hierarchy of soviets culminating in the Supreme Soviet.
- proairesis — the power of considered decision-making
- probiotics — a therapeutic treatment involving the ingestion of harmless bacteria
- problemist — someone who composes and solves problems, esp in chess or mathematics
- procacious — insolent
- process id — process identifier
- processing — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- procession — the act of moving along or proceeding in orderly succession or in a formal and ceremonious manner, as a line of people, animals, vehicles, etc.
- processive — advancing or going forward; progressive: the processive quality of language.
- procrypsis — a protective coloration in animals
- prodigious — extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.
- profascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- professing — to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to: He professed extreme regret.
- profession — a vocation requiring knowledge of some department of learning or science: the profession of teaching. Compare learned profession.
- profitless — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- profitwise — from the point of view of profit
- proglottis — one of the segments or joints of a tapeworm, containing complete reproductive systems, usually both male and female.
- prognostic — of or relating to prognosis.
- proinsulin — the prohormone of insulin, converted into insulin by enzymatic removal of part of the molecule.
- prolixious — (of speech, music, writing) long-winded; drawn out
- promissive — implying promise
- promissory — containing or implying a promise.
- propension — propensity.
- propensity — a natural inclination or tendency: a propensity to drink too much.
- properties — that which a person owns; the possession or possessions of a particular owner: They lost all their property in the fire.
- propertius — Sextus [seks-tuh s] /ˈsɛks təs/ (Show IPA), c50–c15 b.c, Roman poet.
- prophesied — to foretell or predict.
- propitious — presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
- proplastid — a plant cell organelle that a plastid develops from
- propositus — Law. the person from whom a line of descent is derived on a genealogical table.
- propulsion — the act or process of propelling.
- propulsive — the act or process of propelling.
- prosaicism — prosaic character or style.
- proscenium — Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
- proscience — a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws: the mathematical sciences.
- prosciutto — salted ham that has been cured by drying, always sliced paper-thin for serving.
- proscribed — condemned or prohibited
- prosecting — to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- proseminar — a course conducted in the manner of a seminar for graduate students but often open to advanced undergraduates.
- proserpina — Persephone.
- proserpine — Also, Proserpina, Proserpine. Classical Mythology. a daughter of Zeus and Demeter, abducted by Pluto to be queen of Hades, but allowed to return to the surface of the earth for part of the year.
- prosilient — prominent
- proskomide — prothesis (def 2a).
- prospering — to be successful or fortunate, especially in financial respects; thrive; flourish.
- prosperity — a successful, flourishing, or thriving condition, especially in financial respects; good fortune.
- prostatism — symptoms of prostate disorder, especially obstructed urination, arising from benign enlargement or chronic disease of the prostate gland.