13-letter words containing p, o, c
- pre-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
- preadolescent — of or relating to preadolescence or a preadolescent.
- prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
- prebiological — of or relating to chemicals or environmental conditions existing before the development of the first living things.
- precautionary — of, relating to, or characterized by precaution: precautionary measures.
- preceptorship — an instructor; teacher; tutor.
- precious opal — any opal having a play of colors, used as a gemstone.
- precipitation — the act of precipitating; state of being precipitated.
- precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
- precommitment — the act of committing.
- preconception — a conception or opinion formed beforehand.
- preconfigured — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
- preconvention — taking place immediately prior to a convention
- preconviction — a conviction or assurance formed beforehand; a preconceived conviction
- precopulatory — carried out or occurring prior to copulation
- prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
- prediscussion — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
- preexcitation — the act of exciting.
- prefabricator — someone who or an organization that prefabricates
- prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- preganglionic — of, relating to, or consisting of ganglia.
- prejudication — the act of judging beforehand
- premedication — any drugs administered to sedate and otherwise prepare a patient for general anaesthesia
- preoccupation — the state of being preoccupied.
- preponderance — the fact or quality of being preponderant; superiority in weight, power, numbers, etc.: The preponderance of votes is against the proposal.
- preproduction — Movies. the steps necessary to prepare a film for production, as casting, choosing locations, and designing sets and costumes.
- press officer — A press officer is a person who is employed by an organization to give information about that organization to the press.
- press section — a section or part of an area, as at the scene of a public event, reserved for reporters.
- pressure cone — a small, radially striated rock structure produced by intense shock, such as generated by meteorite impact.
- pressure-cook — to cook in a pressure cooker.
- presto chango — change at once (usually used imperatively, as in a magician's command).
- prevarication — the act of prevaricating, or lying: Seeing the expression on his mother's face, Nathan realized this was no time for prevarication.
- prevocational — of, relating to, or constituting preliminary vocational training.
- price control — government regulation of prices by establishing maximum price levels for goods or services, as during a period of inflation.
- price support — the maintenance of the price of a commodity, product, etc., especially by means of a public subsidy or government purchase of surpluses.
- prickly poppy — any tropical American poppy of the genus Argemone, especially A. mexicana (Mexican poppy) having prickly pods and leaves and yellow or white, poppylike flowers.
- primary color — Art. a color, as red, yellow, or blue, that in mixture yields other colors. Compare complementary color (def 1), secondary color, tertiary color.
- prince george — a city in central British Columbia, in W Canada.
- princess post — (in a queen truss) one of two vertical suspension members supplementing the queen posts nearer to the ends of the span.
- principal boy — the leading male role in a pantomime, played by a woman
- priority case — a matter that takes precedence over others
- privy council — a board or select body of personal advisers, as of a sovereign.
- prix goncourt — Goncourt (def 2).
- pro-celebrity — (of a golf tournament, snooker tournament, etc) involving both professional players and celebrities
- pro-communist — (initial capital letter) a member of the Communist Party or movement.
- pro-democracy — government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
- proactiveness — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- probabilistic — Statistics. of or relating to probability: probabilistic forecasting.
- probate court — a special court with power over administration of estates of deceased persons, the probate of wills, etc.
- problematical — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.