12-letter words containing p, i, n, e, a
- pre-assigned — Law. to transfer: to assign a contract.
- pre-colonial — of or relating to the time before a region or country became a colony.
- pre-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- pre-issuance — the act of issuing.
- 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-prandial — You use pre-prandial to refer to things you do or have before a meal.
- pre-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
- pre-teaching — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
- preadmission — (in a reciprocating engine) admission of steam or the like to the head of the cylinder near the end of the stroke, as to cushion the force of the stroke or to allow full pressure at the beginning of the return stroke.
- precedential — of the nature of or constituting a precedent.
- precessional — the act or fact of preceding; precedence.
- precipitance — the quality or state of being precipitant.
- precipitancy — the quality or state of being precipitant.
- precognizant — having prior cognizance or knowledge of a given thing
- preconciliar — (in the Catholic church) of or pertaining to a period prior to a church council, particularly one of the Vatican Councils
- predesignate — to designate beforehand.
- predestinate — Theology. to foreordain by divine decree or purpose.
- 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.
- predominance — the state, condition, or quality of being predominant: the predominance of the rich over the poor.
- preferential — of, relating to, or of the nature of preference: preferential policies.
- prefinancing — financing arranged in advance
- prefloration — the internal arrangement of a flower-bud's petals and sepals before it opens
- prefoliation — the arrangement of leaves within a vegetative bud
- preformation — previous formation.
- pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
- prehensorial — relating to a part that grasps
- prehistorian — an authority on or specialist in prehistory
- preinaugural — occurring before an inauguration
- prelapsarian — Theology. occurring before the Fall: the prelapsarian innocence of Eden.
- prelingually — in a prelingual manner
- premalignant — occurring before a state of malignancy
- premarketing — before the development of a market
- premigration — occurring before migration
- premium loan — a loan made by a life-insurance company in order that a policyholder may pay the due premium, the cash value on the policy serving as security.
- prenegotiate — to discuss before a formal negotiation
- prenominally — before a noun
- preordinance — an authoritative rule or law; a decree or command.
- prepackaging — to package (foodstuffs or manufactured goods) before retail distribution or sale.
- preparations — measures done in order to prepare for something; provisions
- presbyterian — pertaining to or based on the principle of ecclesiastical government by presbyters or presbyteries.
- presentation — an act of presenting.
- presentative — (of an image, idea, etc.) presented, known, or capable of being known directly.
- presentially — in a presential way
- preservation — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- presidential — of or relating to a president or presidency.
- preventative — Medicine/Medical. of or noting a drug, vaccine, etc., for preventing disease; prophylactic.
- previsionary — having foresight
- primal scene — a child's first real or imagined observation of parental sexual intercourse.
- primogenital — relating to primogeniture