10-letter words containing p, r, a, e
- prereading — of or relating to the period before reading a text, book, etc
- prerelease — something released beforehand, as a movie shown before its scheduled premiere.
- presbyopia — farsightedness due to ciliary muscle weakness and loss of elasticity in the crystalline lens.
- presential — present, or implying actual presence
- press card — a card issued to journalists, certifying they work for the press, and authorizing them to attend certain events, venues, etc
- press pack — a dismissive term for a group of journalists, viewed as hounding a person
- press pass — a pass issued to accredited journalists giving them free access to certain events, venues, etc
- press-back — a wooden chair back having a design pressed, rather than carved, into its crossrails.
- press-gang — to force (a person) into military or naval service.
- pressboard — a kind of millboard or pasteboard.
- presswoman — a female reporter
- prestamped — stamped in advance
- prestation — a payment in money or in services.
- presternal — Anatomy. manubrium.
- prestorage — occurring before storage
- presumable — capable of being taken for granted; probable.
- presumably — by assuming reasonably; probably: Since he is a consistent winner, he is presumably a superior player.
- pretendant — a pretender
- pretheatre — occurring before a visit to the theatre
- prevail on — to persuade; induce
- prevailing — predominant: prevailing winds.
- prevalence — the condition of being prevalent, or widespread: the prevalence of AIDS in developing countries.
- prevenance — assiduity in anticipating or catering to the pleasures of others.
- prevenancy — courtesy
- prevocalic — immediately preceding a vowel.
- prewarning — to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable: They warned him of a plot against him. She was warned that her life was in danger.
- preweaning — to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than its mother's milk; cause to lose the need to suckle or turn to the mother for food.
- prewrapped — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
- primaquine — a viscous liquid, C 1 5 H 2 1 N 3 O, used in the treatment of malaria.
- primaveral — of, in, or pertaining to the early springtime: primaveral longings to sail around the world.
- prime rate — the minimum interest rate charged by a commercial bank on short-term business loans to large, best-rated customers or corporations.
- primevally — of or relating to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.
- principate — supreme power or office.
- printanier — (of food) prepared or garnished with mixed fresh vegetables.
- printmaker — a person who makes prints, especially an artist working in one of the graphic mediums.
- privatized — (of the production of goods or services) transferred from the public sector of an economy into private ownership and operation
- privatizer — a person who promotes or facilitates privatization (of publicly owned businesses or services)
- privy seal — (in Great Britain) the seal affixed to grants, documents, etc., that are to pass the great seal, and to documents of less importance that do not require the great seal.
- prize draw — raffle in which sth is won
- prize flag — a flag hoisted by a yacht upon learning that it has won a prize in a race.
- prizewoman — a female prize winner
- pro-active — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- pro-german — of or relating to Germany, its inhabitants, or their language.
- proairesis — the power of considered decision-making
- procaryote — any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands forming coils or loops, characteristic of all organisms in the kingdom Monera, as the bacteria and blue-green algae.
- procedural — procedural language
- processual — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- proclaimer — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- proclinate — (of a part) directed or inclined forward.
- procreator — to beget or generate (offspring).