13-letter words containing n, i, t, r, o, p
- pre-direction — the act or an instance of directing.
- pre-education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- pre-inventory — a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods on hand, etc., made each year by a business concern.
- 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-portioned — to divide into portions before packaging, selling, etc.: to preportion meals for schools and hospitals.
- preadaptation — a structure or property that developed in an ancestral stock and was useful in a descendant in a changed environment.
- preadmonition — a forewarning, premonition; the act of admonishing in advance
- precautionary — of, relating to, or characterized by precaution: precautionary measures.
- precipitation — the act of precipitating; state of being precipitated.
- precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
- precommitment — the act of committing.
- preconception — a conception or opinion formed beforehand.
- preconvention — taking place immediately prior to a convention
- preconviction — a conviction or assurance formed beforehand; a preconceived conviction
- predefinition — the process or action of defining in advance; an advance definition
- predestinator — a person or thing that predestinates something.
- prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
- predistortion — preemphasis.
- 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.
- preexcitation — the act of exciting.
- prefiguration — the act of prefiguring.
- prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- prejudication — the act of judging beforehand
- prelitigation — the act or process of litigating: a matter that is still in litigation.
- premedication — any drugs administered to sedate and otherwise prepare a patient for general anaesthesia
- premeditation — an act or instance of premeditating.
- premonishment — a forewarning
- premonitorily — in a premonitory manner
- prenomination — the act of naming in advance of a formal nomination
- preoccupation — the state of being preoccupied.
- prepositional — any member of a class of words found in many languages that are used before nouns, pronouns, or other substantives to form phrases functioning as modifiers of verbs, nouns, or adjectives, and that typically express a spatial, temporal, or other relationship, as in, on, by, to, since.
- prepositioned — to position in advance or beforehand: to preposition troops in anticipated trouble spots.
- preproduction — Movies. the steps necessary to prepare a film for production, as casting, choosing locations, and designing sets and costumes.
- prerevolution — of the period before a revolution
- preservations — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- press section — a section or part of an area, as at the scene of a public event, reserved for reporters.
- pretelevision — occurring before the arrival of television
- pretentiously — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- pretermission — to let pass without notice; disregard.
- prevarication — the act of prevaricating, or lying: Seeing the expression on his mother's face, Nathan realized this was no time for prevarication.
- prevocational — of, relating to, or constituting preliminary vocational training.
- prevolitional — the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing: She left of her own volition.
- price control — government regulation of prices by establishing maximum price levels for goods or services, as during a period of inflation.
- primogenitrix — a primogenitor who is female
- primogeniture — the state or fact of being the firstborn of children of the same parents.
- princess post — (in a queen truss) one of two vertical suspension members supplementing the queen posts nearer to the ends of the span.
- print spooler — a program that sequences printing jobs by temporarily storing data in a buffer and processing the jobs sequentially.