10-letter words containing n, o, i, t, r
- preconceit — a preconceived idea; a preconception
- prediction — an act of predicting.
- preemption — the act or right of claiming or purchasing before or in preference to others.
- 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
- preportion — to divide into portions before packaging, selling, etc.: to preportion meals for schools and hospitals.
- prestation — a payment in money or in services.
- pretension — the laying of a claim to something.
- prevention — the act of preventing; effectual hindrance.
- primogenit — the eldest child in a family
- 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.
- pro-acting — serving temporarily, especially as a substitute during another's absence; not permanent; temporary: the acting mayor.
- proclinate — (of a part) directed or inclined forward.
- production — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- proficient — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
- profiction — the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form.
- profundity — the quality or state of being profound; depth.
- progenitor — a biologically related ancestor: a progenitor of the species.
- prognathic — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- prognostic — of or relating to prognosis.
- projecting — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- projection — a projecting or protruding part. Synonyms: overhang, protrusion, jut.
- propensity — a natural inclination or tendency: a propensity to drink too much.
- propionate — an ester or salt of propionic acid.
- proportion — comparative relation between things or magnitudes as to size, quantity, number, etc.; ratio.
- prosecting — to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- prosilient — prominent
- protanopia — a defect of vision in which the retina fails to respond to red or green.
- proteanism — readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- protecting — providing protection or shelter.
- protection — the act of protecting or the state of being protected; preservation from injury or harm.
- proteinase — any of a group of enzymes that are capable of hydrolyzing proteins.
- proteinoid — a polymer of amino acids resembling a biological polypeptide but formed abiotically: suggested as a possible intermediate in protein development during primitive earth conditions.
- proteinous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- protension — duration
- protensity — the actuality of duration
- protensive — extended in dimension or extended in time.
- protistans — any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- protogenia — the first woman born after the great flood of Zeus, daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha.
- protogenic — (of a compound) able to donate a hydrogen ion (proton) in a chemical reaction
- protruding — to project.
- protrusion — the act of protruding or the state of being protruded.
- provection — (in Celtic languages) the devoicing of a consonant
- provitamin — a substance that an organism can transform into a vitamin, as carotene, which is converted to vitamin A in the liver.
- pultrusion — a process for manufacturing reinforced plastic products in which a bundle of glass fibres is pulled through a resin bath and then through a heated die to shape the resin
- punctiform — shaped like or of the nature of a point or dot.
- puntillero — (in bullfighting) a worker, or assistant, who gives the coup de grâce to the fallen bull with a puntilla.