11-letter words containing p, o, e, t, r
- predoctoral — of or relating to study undertaken in preparation for a doctoral degree.
- predominant — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
- predominate — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- preelection — a choice or selection made beforehand.
- prefunction — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- prehistoric — of or relating to the time or a period prior to recorded history: The dinosaur is a prehistoric beast.
- preignition — ignition of the charge in an internal-combustion engine earlier in the cycle than is compatible with proper operation.
- prelibation — a foretaste.
- premonetary — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
- premonition — a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event; presentiment: He had a vague premonition of danger.
- premonitive — of, or relating to, a premonition
- premonitory — giving premonition; serving to warn beforehand.
- premovement — the act of premoving
- premunition — Immunology. a state of balance between host and infectious agent, as a bacterium or parasite, such that the immune defense of the host is sufficient to resist further infection but insufficient to destroy the agent.
- prenominate — mentioned beforehand.
- preoccupant — a previous occupant
- preoccupate — to influence or occupy the mind in advance
- preparation — a proceeding, measure, or provision by which one prepares for something: preparations for a journey.
- preparatory — serving or designed to prepare: preparatory arrangements.
- prepetition — a formally drawn request, often bearing the names of a number of those making the request, that is addressed to a person or group of persons in authority or power, soliciting some favor, right, mercy, or other benefit: a petition for clemency; a petition for the repeal of an unfair law.
- preposition — any member of a class of words found in many languages that are used before nouns, pronouns, or other substantives to form phrases functioning as modifiers of verbs, nouns, or adjectives, and that typically express a spatial, temporal, or other relationship, as in, on, by, to, since.
- prepositive — (of a word) placed before another word to modify it or to show its relation to other parts of the sentence. In red book, red is a prepositive adjective. John's in John's book is a prepositive genitive.
- prerogative — an exclusive right, privilege, etc., exercised by virtue of rank, office, or the like: the prerogatives of a senator.
- preromantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- preselector — a preamplifier between the antenna and receiving circuit, used to improve reception.
- presolution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- prest money — a sum of money advanced to men enlisting in the navy or the army, given to bind the bargain and as an inducement.
- prestations — a payment in money or in services.
- prestigious — indicative of or conferring prestige: the most prestigious address in town.
- prestissimo — (a musical direction) in the most rapid tempo.
- prestonpans — a seaside resort in the Lothian region, in SE Scotland, E of Edinburgh: battle 1745.
- presumption — the act of presuming.
- pretensions — the laying of a claim to something.
- pretentious — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- preterition — the act of passing by or over; omission; disregard.
- 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.
- previous to — before, prior to
- price point — the price for which something is sold on the retail market, especially in relation to a range of competitive prices: We can't go below the $100 price point for this printer.
- priest-hole — a secret chamber in certain houses in England, built as a hiding place for Roman Catholic priests when they were proscribed in the 16th and 17th centuries
- prioritised — to arrange or do in order of priority: learning to prioritize our assignments.
- prioritized — to arrange or do in order of priority: learning to prioritize our assignments.
- prize court — a court whose function it is to adjudicate on prizes taken in war.
- prizeworthy — deserving or qualified for a prize: a prizeworthy performance.
- pro re nata — for an unforeseen need or contingency.
- pro tempore — temporarily; for the time being.
- pro-oestrus — proestrus.
- pro-western — lying toward or situated in the west: our company's western office.
- 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.
- probationer — a person undergoing probation or trial.
- problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.