10-letter words containing n, a, p, r
- powerplant — a plant, including engines, dynamos, etc., and the building or buildings necessary for the generation of power, as electric or nuclear power.
- powertrain — (in a motorized vehicle) the whole mechanism by which power is generated and transmitted to the road, surrounding air, water, etc
- practician — a practitioner or practiser of any profession, skill, or art
- practicing — actively working at a profession, especially medicine or law.
- practisant — a conspirator; someone who plots or schemes
- practising — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- praemunire — a writ charging the offense of resorting to a foreign court or authority, as that of the pope, and thus calling in question the supremacy of the English crown.
- praetorian — of or relating to a praetor.
- prairillon — a small prairie.
- praisingly — in a praising manner; with praise
- pranidhana — (in Mahayana Buddhism) the resolution not to enter nirvana until all beings are ready to enter.
- prankingly — showily, in an ostentatious or pranking manner
- prankishly — in a prankish manner, mischievously
- pratfallen — having fallen upon one's buttocks
- 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-launch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- preachings — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
- preachment — the act of preaching.
- preappoint — to appoint beforehand.
- prearrange — to arrange in advance or beforehand.
- prebendary — a canon or member of the clergy who is entitled to a prebend for special services at a cathedral or collegiate church.
- precaution — a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
- precontact — prior contact
- predentate — of an infant whose teeth have not yet developed; occurring during or pertaining to this period of development
- preexilian — being or occurring prior to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
- 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.
- prefrontal — anterior to, situated in, or pertaining to the anterior part of a frontal structure.
- prefuneral — the ceremonies for a dead person prior to burial or cremation; obsequies.
- pregenital — of, relating to, or noting reproduction.
- preleasing — to sign or grant a lease on (a building, apartment, etc.) in advance of construction: Agents have preleased more than 60 percent of the new building.
- prelingual — of or relating to the tongue or some tonguelike part.
- premundane — before the creation of the world; antemundane.
- prenatally — previous to birth or to giving birth: prenatal care for mothers.
- prenatural — existing in or formed by nature (opposed to artificial): a natural bridge.
- prenominal — being such in name only; so-called; putative: a nominal treaty; the nominal head of the country.
- prenuclear — of or relating to the era before the development of nuclear weapons.
- prenuptial — before marriage.
- prepacking — a package assembled by a manufacturer, distributor, or retailer and containing a specific number of items or a specific assortment of sizes, colors, flavors, etc., of a product.
- prepayment — paying for sth in advance
- preplanned — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- prereading — of or relating to the period before reading a text, book, etc
- presential — present, or implying actual presence
- press-gang — to force (a person) into military or naval service.
- presswoman — a female reporter
- prestation — a payment in money or in services.
- presternal — Anatomy. manubrium.
- pretendant — a pretender
- prevail on — to persuade; induce
- prevailing — predominant: prevailing winds.
- prevalence — the condition of being prevalent, or widespread: the prevalence of AIDS in developing countries.