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12-letter words containing p, o, r, t, i

  • pratincolous — living in a meadow.
  • pre-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
  • pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
  • pre-election — a choice or selection made beforehand.
  • pre-ignition — ignition of the charge in an internal-combustion engine earlier in the cycle than is compatible with proper operation.
  • pre-position — to position in advance or beforehand: to preposition troops in anticipated trouble spots.
  • pre-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
  • pre-socratic — of or relating to the philosophers or philosophical systems of the period before the Socratic period.
  • preauthorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
  • precipitator — to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis.
  • precisionist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a style of painting developed to its fullest in the U.S. in the 1920s, associated especially with Charles Demuth, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Charles Sheeler, and characterized by clinically precise, simple, and clean-edged rendering of architectural, industrial, or urban scenes usually devoid of human activity or presence.
  • precognition — knowledge of a future event or situation, especially through extrasensory means.
  • precognizant — having prior cognizance or knowledge of a given thing
  • precondition — something that must come before or is necessary to a subsequent result; condition: a precondition for a promotion.
  • predilection — a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: a predilection for Bach.
  • prefectorial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a prefect: prefectorial powers.
  • 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.
  • preformative — a prefixture in Semitic languages
  • pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
  • prehistorian — an authority on or specialist in prehistory
  • preinduction — occurring before an induction
  • premigration — occurring before migration
  • prenegotiate — to discuss before a formal negotiation
  • preneolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles: commonly thought to have begun c9000–8000 b.c. in the Middle East. Compare Mesolithic, Paleolithic.
  • preoperative — occurring or related to the period or preparations before a surgical operation.
  • preparations — measures done in order to prepare for something; provisions
  • prepsychotic — exhibiting behavior that indicates the approach of a psychotic reaction.
  • prerogatived — possessing a prerogative
  • prescription — Medicine/Medical. a direction, usually written, by the physician to the pharmacist for the preparation and use of a medicine or remedy. the medicine prescribed: Take this prescription three times a day.
  • preselection — to select in advance; choose beforehand.
  • presentation — an act of presenting.
  • preservation — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
  • prestigiator — someone who practises sorcery or prestidigitation
  • prestriction — the obstruction of sight
  • pretensioned — (in prestressed-concrete construction) to apply tension to (reinforcing strands) before the concrete is poured. Compare posttension (def 1).
  • prevaricator — a person who speaks falsely; liar.
  • primary root — the first root produced by a germinating seed, developing from the radicle of the embryo.
  • prime factor — any number in the set of prime numbers that is also a factor of a given integer
  • primogenital — relating to primogeniture
  • primogenitor — a first parent or earliest ancestor: Adam and Eve are the primogenitors of the human race.
  • print unions — the trade unions within the printing industry
  • printed word — The printed word is the same as written word.
  • printer port — (hardware, printer)   A connector found on many microcomputers intended for attaching a printer. This may be a general-purpose input/output parallel port or may be a special Centronics interface. Most printers can also be connected to a serial port but that is unlikely to be described as a "printer port".
  • prior to sth — If something happens prior to a particular time or event, it happens before that time or event.
  • privatdocent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
  • privatdozent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
  • private joke — a joke that is understood only by a certain social group
  • pro-activity — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
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