12-letter words containing p, e, r, i, g
- power kiting — an activity in which a person, sitting in a small buggy or wearing skis, etc, is propelled by the wind power generated by a large kite to which he or she is attached by ropes
- powerboating — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
- powerlifting — a competition or sport involving three tests of strength: the bench press, squat, and two-handed dead lift.
- powerwalking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
- pre-assigned — Law. to transfer: to assign a contract.
- pre-existing — to exist beforehand.
- pre-ignition — ignition of the charge in an internal-combustion engine earlier in the cycle than is compatible with proper operation.
- pre-marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
- pre-planning — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- pre-planting — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- pre-shipping — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- pre-teaching — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
- precognition — knowledge of a future event or situation, especially through extrasensory means.
- precognizant — having prior cognizance or knowledge of a given thing
- predesignate — to designate beforehand.
- prediagnosis — Medicine/Medical. the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition. the decision reached from such an examination. Abbreviation: Dx.
- predischarge — of or pertaining to the period prior to discharge, esp prior to discharge from hospital or from employment
- predisposing — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
- prefinancing — financing arranged in advance
- pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
- preinaugural — occurring before an inauguration
- prelingually — in a prelingual manner
- premalignant — occurring before a state of malignancy
- premarketing — before the development of a market
- premigration — occurring before migration
- prenegotiate — to discuss before a formal negotiation
- prepackaging — to package (foodstuffs or manufactured goods) before retail distribution or sale.
- prerogatived — possessing a prerogative
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- prescreening — to screen in advance; select before a more detailed selecting process.
- prestigiator — someone who practises sorcery or prestidigitation
- pretendingly — falsely
- price fixing — the establishing of prices at a determined level, either by a government or by mutual consent among producers or sellers of a commodity.
- price-fixing — the establishing of prices at a determined level, either by a government or by mutual consent among producers or sellers of a commodity.
- priggishness — a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- primogenital — relating to primogeniture
- primogenitor — a first parent or earliest ancestor: Adam and Eve are the primogenitors of the human race.
- privateering — an armed ship that is privately owned and manned, commissioned by a government to fight or harass enemy ships.
- prize-giving — A prize-giving is a ceremony where prizes are awarded to people who have produced a very high standard of work.
- prizefighter — a contest between boxers for a prize, a sum of money, etc.; a professional boxing match.
- prizewinning — having won, or worthy of, a prize
- profile drag — the sum of the surface friction drag and the form drag for a body moving subsonically through a fluid
- profiteering — a person who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods.
- progenitress — a female progenitor (parent or ancestor)
- proofreading — correction of text
- propagandize — to propagate or publicize (principles, dogma, etc.) by means of propaganda.
- prophesyings — gatherings held to expound the prophecies of the Scriptures
- protectingly — in a protective manner
- pudding rice — a type of short-grained rice that is suitable for making into a rice pudding
- puppeteering — a person who manipulates puppets, as in a puppet show.