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13-letter words containing m, r, p

  • pre-committed — to give in trust or charge; consign.
  • pre-democracy — government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
  • pre-eclampsia — Pathology. a form of toxemia of pregnancy, characterized by hypertension, fluid retention, and albuminuria, sometimes progressing to eclampsia.
  • pre-eclamptic — a woman suffering from pre-eclampsia
  • pre-emergence — of or relating to the period prior to emergence of something
  • pre-eminently — Pre-eminently means to a very great extent.
  • pre-mentioned — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
  • pre-migration — the process or act of migrating.
  • pre-placement — the act of an employment office or employer in filling a position.
  • pre-submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
  • preadmonition — a forewarning, premonition; the act of admonishing in advance
  • preattachment — an act of attaching or the state of being attached.
  • prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
  • precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
  • precommitment — the act of committing.
  • predetermined — to settle or decide in advance: He had predetermined his answer to the offer.
  • predeterminer — a member of a subclass of English adjectival words, often quantitative in meaning, that may be placed before an article or other determiner, as all in all the paintings or half in half her salary.
  • predicamental — of or relating to a predicament or situation
  • predominantly — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
  • predominately — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
  • predominating — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
  • preemployment — being required or accomplished before an employee begins a new job: a preemployment medical exam.
  • prefigurement — to show or represent beforehand by a figure or type; foreshadow.
  • preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • preliminaries — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
  • preliminarily — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
  • premandibular — situated in front of the mandible
  • premedication — any drugs administered to sedate and otherwise prepare a patient for general anaesthesia
  • premeditation — an act or instance of premeditating.
  • premenopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
  • premillennial — of or relating to the period preceding the millennium.
  • 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
  • premium price — elevated cost paid for sth of top quality
  • premonishment — a forewarning
  • premonitorily — in a premonitory manner
  • prenomination — the act of naming in advance of a formal nomination
  • preprogrammed — to program in advance: to preprogram a manufacturing process.
  • preretirement — the act of retiring, withdrawing, or leaving; the state of being retired.
  • presettlement — the act or state of settling or the state of being settled.
  • presubmission — an act or instance of submitting.
  • presumptively — affording ground for presumption: presumptive evidence.
  • pretermission — to let pass without notice; disregard.
  • pretournament — occurring prior to a tournament
  • primal scream — a scream uttered by a person undergoing primal therapy.
  • primary cache — (hardware, architecture)   (L1 cache, level one cache) A small, fast cache memory inside or close to the CPU chip. For example, an Intel 80486 has an eight-kilobyte on-chip cache, and most Pentiums have a 16-KB on-chip level one cache that consists of an 8-KB instruction cache and an 8-KB data cache. The larger, slower secondary cache is normally connected to the CPU via its external bus.
  • primary color — Art. a color, as red, yellow, or blue, that in mixture yields other colors. Compare complementary color (def 1), secondary color, tertiary color.
  • primary group — a group of individuals living in close, intimate, and personal relationship.
  • primary metal — metal derived directly from ore rather than from scrap.
  • primary tense — in Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit, a tense referring to present or future time
  • primary tooth — one of the temporary teeth of a mammal that are replaced by the permanent teeth.
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