10-letter words containing i, r, o, n, p
- pre-notify — to inform (someone) or give notice to: to notify the police of a crime.
- pre-notion — a preconception.
- preappoint — to appoint beforehand.
- precaution — a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
- precession — the act or fact of preceding; precedence.
- preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- 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.
- prediction — an act of predicting.
- prednisone — an analogue of cortisone, C 2 1 H 2 6 O 5 , used as an anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive, and antineoplastic in the treatment of various diseases.
- preemption — the act or right of claiming or purchasing before or in preference to others.
- prehension — the act of seizing or grasping.
- prehominid — any of the extinct humanlike primates classified in the former family Prehominidae.
- prelection — to lecture or discourse publicly.
- premention — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
- premoisten — to moisten beforehand
- premonitor — a person who, or a thing which, forewarns
- prenominal — being such in name only; so-called; putative: a nominal treaty; the nominal head of the country.
- preopening — taking place before a formal opening
- preportion — to divide into portions before packaging, selling, etc.: to preportion meals for schools and hospitals.
- presension — the perception of something before it exists or happens
- presession — the sitting together of a court, council, legislature, or the like, for conference or the transaction of business: Congress is now in session.
- prestation — a payment in money or in services.
- pretension — the laying of a claim to something.
- prevail on — to persuade; induce
- prevention — the act of preventing; effectual hindrance.
- preversion — a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account: two different versions of the accident.
- prick song — written music.
- primogenit — the eldest child in a family
- princedoms — the position, rank, or dignity of a prince.
- princehood — the office or rank of a prince
- print shop — a shop where prints or graphics are sold.
- printworks — (used with a singular or plural verb) a factory that prints textiles or other materials.
- prison van — vehicle to transfer prisoners
- prizewoman — a female prize winner
- pro-acting — serving temporarily, especially as a substitute during another's absence; not permanent; temporary: the acting mayor.
- 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-indian — Also called American Indian, Amerind, Amerindian, Native American. a member of the aboriginal people of America or of any of the aboriginal North or South American stocks, usually excluding the Eskimos.
- probenecid — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 1 3 H 1 9 NO 4 S, used chiefly in the treatment of gout.
- proceeding — proceeds. something that results or accrues. the total amount derived from a sale or other transaction: The proceeds from the deal were divided equally among us. the profits or returns from a sale, investment, etc.
- 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.
- procidence — a prolapse
- proclinate — (of a part) directed or inclined forward.
- production — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- 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.
- proffering — to put before a person for acceptance; offer.