10-letter words containing p, r, a, e
- prearrange — to arrange in advance or beforehand.
- preaseptic — pertaining to the period before the use of aseptic practices in surgery.
- prebendary — a canon or member of the clergy who is entitled to a prebend for special services at a cathedral or collegiate church.
- prebreaker — A prebreaker is a machine for breaking up large feed before a size reduction process.
- precarious — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- precaution — a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
- preceptial — preceptive, instructive, didactic; conveying or consisting of precepts
- preceramic — noting or pertaining to a period or culture antedating the use of ceramics or pottery.
- prechamber — A prechamber in an engine is a small area, usually in the cylinder head, in which combustion is started before fuel enters into the main combustion chamber.
- precontact — prior contact
- predacious — predatory; rapacious.
- predecease — to die before (another person, the occurrence of an event, etc.).
- predentate — of an infant whose teeth have not yet developed; occurring during or pertaining to this period of development
- predicable — that may be predicated or affirmed; assertable.
- predicated — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
- predicator — the verbal element of a clause or sentence.
- preexilian — being or occurring prior to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
- prefascist — relating to fascist leanings before Fascism was founded in 1919
- preferable — more desirable.
- preferably — more desirable.
- prefinance — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
- prefrontal — anterior to, situated in, or pertaining to the anterior part of a frontal structure.
- prefuneral — the ceremonies for a dead person prior to burial or cremation; obsequies.
- pregenital — of, relating to, or noting reproduction.
- preglacial — prior to a given glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene.
- preharvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- preholiday — relating to the period before a holiday
- preleasing — 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.
- prelexical — denoting or applicable at a stage in the formation of a sentence at which words and phrases have not yet replaced all of the underlying grammatical and semantic material of that sentence in the speaker's mind
- prelingual — of or relating to the tongue or some tonguelike part.
- prelogical — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- premarital — preceding marriage.
- premaxilla — one of a pair of bones of the upper jaw of vertebrates, situated in front of and between the maxillary bones.
- premeasure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- premedical — of or relating to studies in preparation for the formal study of medicine: a premedical course.
- premundane — before the creation of the world; antemundane.
- prenatally — previous to birth or to giving birth: prenatal care for mothers.
- prenatural — existing in or formed by nature (opposed to artificial): a natural bridge.
- prenominal — being such in name only; so-called; putative: a nominal treaty; the nominal head of the country.
- prenuclear — of or relating to the era before the development of nuclear weapons.
- prenuptial — before marriage.
- prepackage — to package (foodstuffs or manufactured goods) before retail distribution or sale.
- prepacking — a package assembled by a manufacturer, distributor, or retailer and containing a specific number of items or a specific assortment of sizes, colors, flavors, etc., of a product.
- preparator — a person who prepares a specimen, as an animal, for scientific examination or exhibition.
- prepayment — paying for sth in advance
- preplanned — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- preprimary — preceding a primary election: preprimary endorsement.
- preprogram — to program in advance: to preprogram a manufacturing process.
- prepuberal — the period of life just prior to sexual maturation.
- prequalify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.