10-letter words containing p, e, l, a, r
- pre-climax — a stable community that precedes the full development of the climax community of a given area and that results from local variations in soil and water.
- pre-launch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- pre-leased — 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.
- preceptial — preceptive, instructive, didactic; conveying or consisting of precepts
- predicable — that may be predicated or affirmed; assertable.
- preexilian — being or occurring prior to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
- preferable — more desirable.
- preferably — more desirable.
- 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.
- preglacial — prior to a given glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene.
- preholiday — relating to the period before a holiday
- 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.
- prelexical — denoting or applicable at a stage in the formation of a sentence at which words and phrases have not yet replaced all of the underlying grammatical and semantic material of that sentence in the speaker's mind
- prelingual — of or relating to the tongue or some tonguelike part.
- prelogical — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- premarital — preceding marriage.
- premaxilla — one of a pair of bones of the upper jaw of vertebrates, situated in front of and between the maxillary bones.
- premedical — of or relating to studies in preparation for the formal study of medicine: a premedical course.
- 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.
- preplanned — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- prepuberal — the period of life just prior to sexual maturation.
- prequalify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- prerelease — something released beforehand, as a movie shown before its scheduled premiere.
- presential — present, or implying actual presence
- presternal — Anatomy. manubrium.
- presumable — capable of being taken for granted; probable.
- presumably — by assuming reasonably; probably: Since he is a consistent winner, he is presumably a superior player.
- prevail on — to persuade; induce
- prevailing — predominant: prevailing winds.
- prevalence — the condition of being prevalent, or widespread: the prevalence of AIDS in developing countries.
- prevocalic — immediately preceding a vowel.
- primaveral — of, in, or pertaining to the early springtime: primaveral longings to sail around the world.
- primevally — of or relating to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.
- privy seal — (in Great Britain) the seal affixed to grants, documents, etc., that are to pass the great seal, and to documents of less importance that do not require the great seal.
- prize flag — a flag hoisted by a yacht upon learning that it has won a prize in a race.
- procedural — procedural language
- processual — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- proclaimer — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- proclinate — (of a part) directed or inclined forward.
- proctodeal — a depression in the ectoderm of the anal region of a young embryo, which develops into part of the anal canal.
- procurable — obtainable.
- profitable — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- profligate — utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute.
- prolongate — to prolong.