11-letter words containing p, i, l, a, r, e
- preprandial — before a meal, especially before dinner; anteprandial: a preprandial apéritif.
- preterminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- prevailment — the action of prevailing
- previsional — characteristic of prevision
- prickleback — any of several blennioid fishes of the family Stichaeidae, usually inhabiting cold waters, having spiny rays in the dorsal fin.
- prime ideal — an ideal in a ring with a multiplicative identity, having the property that when the product of two elements of the ring results in an element of the ideal, at least one of the elements is an element of the ideal.
- primigenial — relating to an early stage of existence; primitive
- private law — a branch of law dealing with the legal relationships of private individuals. Compare public law (def 2).
- 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.
- prodigalize — to spend lavishly
- proletarian — pertaining or belonging to the proletariat.
- proletariat — common people, working class
- proletarize — to proletarianize.
- proliferate — spread
- prophetical — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- propylamine — an isomeric amine of propyl
- protractile — capable of being protracted, lengthened, or protruded.
- proximately — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
- pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
- quadripedal — Four-footed.
- realpolitik — political realism or practical politics, especially policy based on power rather than on ideals.
- reappraisal — the act of estimating or judging the nature or value of something or someone.
- 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
- reduplicate — to double; repeat.
- reexplained — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
- repaglinide — an oral drug used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, often in combination with metformin.
- repatriable — to bring or send back (a person, especially a prisoner of war, a refugee, etc.) to his or her country or land of citizenship.
- repertorial — a type of theatrical presentation in which a company presents several works regularly or in alternate sequence in one season.
- replication — a reply; answer.
- replicative — characterized by or capable of replication, especially of an experiment.
- reportorial — of or relating to a reporter.
- reptilianly — in the manner of a reptilian
- res publica — the state, republic, or commonwealth
- retail park — A retail park is a large specially built area, usually at the edge of a town or city, where there are a lot of large shops and sometimes other facilities such as cinemas and restaurants.
- retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
- retrophilia — a strong liking for things from the past
- ripple mark — one of the wavy lines or ridges produced, especially on sand, by the action of waves, wind, or the like.
- ripple-tank — a shallow container of water in which waves are produced by vibrating an object in the water, used to observe or demonstrate wave phenomena.
- ripplegrass — English plantain.
- rupes altai — a mountain range in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 315 miles (507 km) long.
- saline drip — the usually intravenous drop-by-drop administration of an isotonic solution of sodium chloride in distilled water
- saprolegnia — a variety of fungus
- sapropelite — a foul-smelling mud
- self-praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- semipopular — relatively popular; quite popular
- sempiternal — everlasting; eternal.
- septemviral — of or relating to septemvirs or a septemvirate.
- septifragal — (of a capsule) dehiscing by breaking away from the partitions but remaining attached to the common axis; dehiscing at the valves or backs of the carpels but leaving the septa intact.