10-letter words containing p, o, i, r
- pro-family — that favors or benefits families
- pro-indian — Also called American Indian, Amerind, Amerindian, Native American. a member of the aboriginal people of America or of any of the aboriginal North or South American stocks, usually excluding the Eskimos.
- pro-profit — the monetary surplus left to a producer or employer after deducting wages, rent, cost of raw materials, etc.: The company works on a small margin of profit.
- pro-soviet — (before the revolution) any governmental council. (after the revolution) a local council, originally elected only by manual workers, with certain powers of local administration. (after the revolution) a higher council elected by a local council, being part of a hierarchy of soviets culminating in the Supreme Soviet.
- proairesis — the power of considered decision-making
- probenecid — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 1 3 H 1 9 NO 4 S, used chiefly in the treatment of gout.
- probiotics — a therapeutic treatment involving the ingestion of harmless bacteria
- problemist — someone who composes and solves problems, esp in chess or mathematics
- procacious — insolent
- procambium — the meristem from which vascular bundles are developed.
- proceeding — proceeds. something that results or accrues. the total amount derived from a sale or other transaction: The proceeds from the deal were divided equally among us. the profits or returns from a sale, investment, etc.
- procercoid — an elongate larval stage of some tapeworms that usually develops in the body of a freshwater copepod.
- process id — process identifier
- processing — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- procession — the act of moving along or proceeding in orderly succession or in a formal and ceremonious manner, as a line of people, animals, vehicles, etc.
- processive — advancing or going forward; progressive: the processive quality of language.
- procidence — a prolapse
- proclaimer — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- proclinate — (of a part) directed or inclined forward.
- proclivity — natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
- procrypsis — a protective coloration in animals
- procryptic — serving to conceal an animal from predators.
- proctalgia — neural pain in the rectum or anus
- proctorize — to exercise the power of a proctor over
- prodigally — wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
- prodigious — extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.
- producible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- productile — capable of being lengthened out; extensile.
- production — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- profascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- professing — to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to: He professed extreme regret.
- profession — a vocation requiring knowledge of some department of learning or science: the profession of teaching. Compare learned profession.
- proffering — to put before a person for acceptance; offer.
- proficient — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
- profiction — the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form.
- profitable — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- profitably — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- profitless — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- profitwise — from the point of view of profit
- profligacy — shameless dissoluteness.
- profligate — utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute.
- profundity — the quality or state of being profound; depth.
- progenitor — a biologically related ancestor: a progenitor of the species.
- proglottid — one of the segments or joints of a tapeworm, containing complete reproductive systems, usually both male and female.
- proglottis — one of the segments or joints of a tapeworm, containing complete reproductive systems, usually both male and female.
- prognathic — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- prognostic — of or relating to prognosis.
- programing — the act or process of planning or writing a program.
- prohibited — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.