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14-letter words containing o, p, e, r

  • pre-enrollment — the act or process of enrolling.
  • pre-generation — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
  • pre-inspection — the act of inspecting or viewing, especially carefully or critically: an inspection of all luggage on the plane.
  • pre-intimation — to indicate or make known indirectly; hint; imply; suggest.
  • pre-invitation — the act of inviting.
  • pre-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
  • pre-persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
  • pre-psychology — the science of the mind or of mental states and processes.
  • preacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
  • preadolescence — the period preceding adolescence, usually designated as the years from 10 to 13.
  • preapplication — the act of putting to a special use or purpose: the application of common sense to a problem.
  • precalculation — the act or process of calculating; computation.
  • precariousness — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
  • precious coral — red coral.
  • precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
  • precious stone — a gem distinguished for its beauty and rarity, used in jewelry.
  • precipitinogen — Immunology. an antigen that stimulates precipitin production or that reacts with antibody in an immunoprecipitation reaction.
  • precision-made — made to precise specifications
  • precociousness — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
  • precompetitive — in marketing, designating or occurring during the stage prior to the completion of development of a product, when companies collaborate rather than compete
  • precompression — the act of compressing.
  • preconceptions — a conception or opinion formed beforehand.
  • preconcertedly — in a preconcerted or preplanned manner
  • preconditioned — something that must come before or is necessary to a subsequent result; condition: a precondition for a promotion.
  • preconsonantal — immediately preceding a consonant.
  • precontractual — a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.
  • predesignation — to designate beforehand.
  • predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity
  • predestination — an act of predestinating or predestining.
  • predevaluation — of or pertaining to the period prior to devaluation of a given thing
  • predevelopment — advance development; the action of developing in advance
  • predicate noun — a noun used in the predicate with a copulative verb or a factitive verb and having the same referent as the subject of the copulative verb or the direct object of the factitive verb, as in She is the mayor or They elected her mayor.
  • predisposition — the fact or condition of being predisposed: a predisposition to think optimistically.
  • prefabrication — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
  • preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • preincarnation — a previous incarnation or an existence before incarnation.
  • premium income — An insurer's premium income is the income that it earns from premiums.
  • prenegotiation — taking place before a formal negotiation
  • preoperational — able to function or be used; functional: How soon will the new factory be operational?
  • preoperatively — in a preoperative context
  • preparatory to — as a preparation to; before
  • prepared piano — a grand piano that has been altered for some modern compositions by having various objects attached to its strings to change the sound and pitch, and performance on which typically involves playing the keys, plucking the strings, slapping the body of the instrument, and slamming the keyboard lid.
  • preperformance — occurring before a performance
  • preponderantly — superior in weight, force, influence, numbers, etc.; prevailing: a preponderant misconception.
  • prepositioning — to position in advance or beforehand: to preposition troops in anticipated trouble spots.
  • preposterously — completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; senseless; utterly foolish: a preposterous tale.
  • prepreparation — a proceeding, measure, or provision by which one prepares for something: preparations for a journey.
  • preprogramming — the action of programming a computer in advance
  • prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
  • prerevisionist — preceding revisionism
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