11-letter words containing p, r, e, c, i, s
- predispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- predynastic — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the first dynasty of a nation, especially the period in Egypt before c3200 b.c.
- prefectship — the position of, or period served as, a prefect
- prehispanic — Spanish.
- prehistoric — of or relating to the time or a period prior to recorded history: The dinosaur is a prehistoric beast.
- presanctify — to sanctify ahead of an event
- presbycusia — impaired hearing due to old age.
- presbycusis — the gradual loss of acute hearing with advancing age
- prescindent — tending to prescind
- prescission — the action of prescinding
- presynaptic — being or occurring on the transmitting end of a discharge across a synapse.
- prick-tease — a woman who is sexually provocative but refuses to engage in sexual activity
- priestcraft — the training, knowledge, and abilities necessary to a priest.
- prime focus — the focal point of the objective lens or primary mirror of a telescope
- pro-chinese — the standard language of China, based on the speech of Beijing; Mandarin.
- proceedings — a particular action or course or manner of action.
- processible — capable of being processed.
- prosaicness — commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
- prosecuting — carrying out a prosecution
- prosecution — Law. the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person. the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on.
- prosecutrix — a female prosecutor or plaintiff
- prosiliency — prominence
- prospecting — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
- prospection — anticipation
- prospective — of or in the future: prospective earnings.
- prosthetics — an artificial body part; a prosthesis: Hundreds of amputees volunteered to test the new prosthetics.
- providences — a seaport in and the capital of Rhode Island, in the NE part, at the head of Narragansett Bay.
- pump prices — petrol prices
- putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- pycniospore — the spore produced in a pycnium.
- rapid chess — a game of chess played within a fixed amount of time, usually 30 minutes per player for all moves.
- recall slip — a printed piece of paper sent by library staff to a borrower's home address to remind them that a book is overdue
- reinspected — to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
- res publica — the state, republic, or commonwealth
- rescription — a reply or answering of a letter
- retinoscope — an apparatus that determines the refractive power of the eye by observing the lights and shadows on the pupil when a mirror illumines the retina; skiascope.
- retinoscopy — an objective method of determining the refractive error of an eye.
- riesz space — a topological space in which sets containing one point are closed.
- rocket ship — a rocket-propelled aircraft or spacecraft.
- rope stitch — (in embroidery) a stitch formed from the entwining of stitches.
- scapigerous — having a scape or leafless stalk
- scatter pin — a woman's small ornamental pin, usually worn with other similar pins on a dress, suit jacket, etc.
- scorpaenoid — resembling or related to the family Scorpaenidae.
- scrappiness — made up of scraps or of odds and ends; fragmentary; disconnected.
- scrip issue — an issue of free shares distributed pro rata to existing stockholders instead of a dividend.
- scripholder — a person who owns a scrip or scrips
- scripophile — a person who practices scripophily.
- semispheric — shaped like half a sphere; hemispheric.
- serigraphic — of or pertaining to serigraphy
- serpentinic — of, relating to, or containing the mineral serpentine