11-letter words containing p, i, e, c, r, a
- presbycusia — impaired hearing due to old age.
- presynaptic — being or occurring on the transmitting end of a discharge across a synapse.
- prevacation — a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now.
- prevaricate — to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie.
- price break — a reduction in price, esp for bulk purchase
- price range — the highest and lowest price of a commodity, security, etc., over a given period of time.
- prick-eared — British. Informal. (of a man) having the hair cut short. Archaic. following or sympathetic to the Puritans or Roundheads. Archaic. priggish.
- prick-tease — a woman who is sexually provocative but refuses to engage in sexual activity
- prickleback — any of several blennioid fishes of the family Stichaeidae, usually inhabiting cold waters, having spiny rays in the dorsal fin.
- priestcraft — the training, knowledge, and abilities necessary to a priest.
- prima facie — at first appearance; at first view, before investigation.
- pro-vaccine — any preparation used as a preventive inoculation to confer immunity against a specific disease, usually employing an innocuous form of the disease agent, as killed or weakened bacteria or viruses, to stimulate antibody production.
- proactively — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- procephalic — of or relating to the head.
- procreation — to beget or generate (offspring).
- procreative — to beget or generate (offspring).
- prophetical — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- prosaicness — commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
- protractile — capable of being protracted, lengthened, or protruded.
- protractive — to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
- provocative — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- rapid chess — a game of chess played within a fixed amount of time, usually 30 minutes per player for all moves.
- recall slip — a printed piece of paper sent by library staff to a borrower's home address to remind them that a book is overdue
- recarpeting — a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- reciprocant — a differential invariant
- reciprocate — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- reduplicate — to double; repeat.
- renographic — of or pertaining to renography, using or produced by a renogram
- replication — a reply; answer.
- replicative — characterized by or capable of replication, especially of an experiment.
- res publica — the state, republic, or commonwealth
- riesz space — a topological space in which sets containing one point are closed.
- ropedancing — the act of dancing on a rope
- scapigerous — having a scape or leafless stalk
- scatter pin — a woman's small ornamental pin, usually worn with other similar pins on a dress, suit jacket, etc.
- scorpaenoid — resembling or related to the family Scorpaenidae.
- scrappiness — made up of scraps or of odds and ends; fragmentary; disconnected.
- serigraphic — of or pertaining to serigraphy
- service cap — a saucer-shaped uniform cap with a visor, standard in the U.S. Army and Air Force.
- share price — cost of financial stocks
- skip tracer — an investigator whose job is to locate missing persons, especially debtors.
- spacefaring — space travel
- specializer — a person who specializes in something
- spectrality — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- specularity — the state of resembling a mirror
- spermatoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
- spermicidal — that kills sperm
- spider crab — any of various crabs of the family Majidae, having long, slender legs and a comparatively small, triangular body.
- spirit cave — an archaeological site in Thailand that has produced evidence of very early plant domestication in Southeast Asia, dated c7000 b.c.