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10-letter words containing p, r, a, e

  • porraceous — resembling a leek, esp in colour
  • portabella — a very large, rich-flavored cremini mushroom, often grilled, broiled, or sautéed.
  • portamento — a passing or gliding from one pitch or tone to another with a smooth progression.
  • portlaoise — a town in central Republic of Ireland, county town of Laois: site of a top-security prison. Pop: 12 127 (2002)
  • portmapper — (networking)   A server that converts TCP/IP protocol port numbers into RPC program numbers. It must be running in order to make RPC calls. When an RPC server starts, it tells portmap the port number it is listening on and what RPC program numbers it serves. Before a client can call a given RPC program number, it must contacts portmap on the server machine to determine the port number to which RPC packets should be sent.
  • postarrest — following an arrest, occurring after someone has been arrested
  • postmarked — an official mark stamped on letters and other mail, serving as a cancellation of the postage stamp and indicating the place, date, and sometimes time of sending or receipt.
  • postmaster — the official in charge of a post office.
  • potentiary — a person with power or authority
  • pourparler — an informal preliminary conference.
  • power base — a source of authority or influence, especially in politics, founded on support by an organized body of voters, ethnic minority, economic class, etc.: His election as governor gives him a power base for seeking the presidency.
  • power game — You can refer to a situation in which different people or groups are competing for power as a power game, especially if you disapprove of the methods they are using in order to try to win power.
  • power pack — a device for converting the voltage from a power line or battery to the various voltages required by the components of an electronic circuit.
  • power play — Football. an aggressive running play in which numerous offensive players converge and forge ahead to block and clear a path for the ball carrier.
  • power yoga — a form of yoga involving aerobic exercises and constant strenuous movement
  • powerplant — a plant, including engines, dynamos, etc., and the building or buildings necessary for the generation of power, as electric or nuclear power.
  • powertrain — (in a motorized vehicle) the whole mechanism by which power is generated and transmitted to the road, surrounding air, water, etc
  • practicers — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
  • praeludium — a prelude, now predominantly in a musical context
  • praemunire — a writ charging the offense of resorting to a foreign court or authority, as that of the pope, and thus calling in question the supremacy of the English crown.
  • praepostor — a senior student at an English public school who is given authority over other students.
  • praetorian — of or relating to a praetor.
  • praetorium — (in Roman history) the headquarters or residence of a Roman official, governor or military commander
  • praetorius — Michael (Michael Schultheiss) 1571–1621, German composer, organist, and theorist.
  • pragmatize — to act or view matters pragmatically
  • praiseless — not receiving praise; unpraised
  • pratfallen — having fallen upon one's buttocks
  • pratincole — any of several limicoline birds of the genus Glareola, of the Eastern Hemisphere, having a short bill, long, narrow, pointed wings, and a forked tail.
  • prattlebox — a person who prattles, a chatterbox
  • prattville — a town in central Alabama.
  • praxeology — the study of human conduct.
  • praxiteles — flourished c350 b.c, Greek sculptor.
  • prayer mat — mat for kneeling on to pray
  • prayer rug — a small rug upon which a Muslim kneels and prostrates himself during his devotions.
  • pre-access — the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
  • pre-advice — an opinion or recommendation offered as a guide to action, conduct, etc.: I shall act on your advice.
  • pre-advise — to give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion as worth following: I advise you to be cautious.
  • pre-assume — to take for granted or without proof: to assume that everyone wants peace. Synonyms: suppose, presuppose; postulate, posit.
  • pre-atomic — of or relating to the period of history preceding the atomic age.
  • pre-climax — a stable community that precedes the full development of the climax community of a given area and that results from local variations in soil and water.
  • pre-easter — an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
  • pre-format — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
  • pre-launch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
  • pre-leased — to sign or grant a lease on (a building, apartment, etc.) in advance of construction: Agents have preleased more than 60 percent of the new building.
  • pre-packed — Pre-packed goods are packed or wrapped before they are sent to the shop where they are sold.
  • preachings — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
  • preachment — the act of preaching.
  • preadamite — a person supposed to have existed before Adam.
  • preappoint — to appoint beforehand.
  • preapprove — to speak or consider favorably (sometimes followed by of): Mother didn't approve of him. The boss wouldn't approve of the plan. He said that he approved.
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