11-letter words containing n, a, p, r
- prognathous — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- programming — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
- prolegomena — a preliminary discussion; introductory essay, as prefatory matter in a book; a prologue.
- proletarian — pertaining or belonging to the proletariat.
- prolongable — able to be lengthened
- prolongated — to prolong.
- promenading — a stroll or walk, especially in a public place, as for pleasure or display.
- promotional — advancement in rank or position.
- pronatalism — the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate.
- pronatalist — the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate.
- prone float — a prone floating position, used especially by beginning swimmers, with face downward, legs extended backward, and arms stretched forward.
- pronominals — Grammar. pertaining to, resembling, derived from, or containing a pronoun: “My” in “my book” is a pronominal adjective. “There” is a pronominal adverb.
- prony brake — a friction brake serving as a dynamometer for measuring torque.
- propagandas — information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.
- propagation — the act of propagating.
- proper-name — Grammar. a noun that is used to denote a particular person, place, or thing, as Lincoln, Sarah, Pittsburgh, and Carnegie Hall.
- propranolol — a beta-blocking drug, C 1 6 H 2 1 NO 2 , used in the treatment of hypertension, angina pectoris, and cardiac arrhythmias.
- propylamine — an isomeric amine of propyl
- prorogation — to discontinue a session of (the British Parliament or a similar body).
- prosaicness — commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
- prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
- prosobranch — a gastropod mollusc of the subclass Prosobranchia, which includes conches, limpets, abalones, and numerous aquatic and terrestrial snails
- prostrating — to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
- prostration — the act of prostrating.
- protagonism — the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
- protagonist — the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
- protandrous — (of hermaphrodite or monoecious plants) maturing the anthers before the stigma
- protanomaly — a defect of vision characterized by a diminished response of the retina to red.
- proteinuria — the presence of abnormally large amounts of protein in the urine, usually resulting from kidney disease but sometimes from fever, excessive exercise, or other abnormal condition.
- protodeacon — a chief deacon in the Greek Church.
- protonation — the act of providing an atom, molecule, or ion with a proton
- protonemata — a primary, usually filamentous structure produced by the germination of the spore in mosses and certain related plants, and from which the leafy plant which bears the sexual organs arises as a lateral or terminal shoot.
- protonotary — prothonotary.
- protoplanet — the collection of matter, in the process of condensation, from which a planet is formed.
- protraction — the act of protracting; prolongation; extension.
- protuberant — bulging out beyond the surrounding surface; protruding; projecting: protuberant eyes.
- provisional — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- provocation — the act of provoking.
- proximation — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
- prussianism — the militaristic spirit, system, policy, or methods historically associated with the Prussians.
- prussianize — to make Prussian, as in character, method, organization, etc.
- pulmobranch — a respiratory organ found in some invertebrates
- pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
- pure reason — reason based on a priori principles and providing a unifying ground for the perception of the phenomenal world.
- purgatorian — a person who believes in purgatory
- puritanical — very strict in moral or religious matters, often excessively so; rigidly austere.
- pursuant to — legal: in accordance with
- push around — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- put on airs — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- pyrovanadic — of or relating to an acid of vanadium