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13-letter words containing p, r, e, i

  • pre-cognizant — having cognizance; aware (usually followed by of): He was cognizant of the difficulty.
  • pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
  • pre-committed — to give in trust or charge; consign.
  • pre-contrived — to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent: The author contrived a clever plot.
  • pre-described — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
  • pre-direction — the act or an instance of directing.
  • pre-disclosed — to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
  • pre-discussed — to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
  • pre-eclampsia — Pathology. a form of toxemia of pregnancy, characterized by hypertension, fluid retention, and albuminuria, sometimes progressing to eclampsia.
  • pre-eclamptic — a woman suffering from pre-eclampsia
  • pre-education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
  • pre-eminently — Pre-eminently means to a very great extent.
  • pre-establish — to establish, set up, set out, arrange or make secure in advance or previously
  • pre-existence — to exist beforehand.
  • pre-interview — a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person: a job interview.
  • pre-inventory — a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods on hand, etc., made each year by a business concern.
  • pre-mentioned — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
  • pre-migration — the process or act of migrating.
  • pre-organized — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
  • pre-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
  • pre-portioned — to divide into portions before packaging, selling, etc.: to preportion meals for schools and hospitals.
  • pre-provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
  • pre-requisite — required beforehand: a prerequisite fund of knowledge.
  • pre-sintering — (in powder metallurgy) to heat (a compact) in preparation for sintering.
  • pre-submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
  • preadaptation — a structure or property that developed in an ancestral stock and was useful in a descendant in a changed environment.
  • preadmonition — a forewarning, premonition; the act of admonishing in advance
  • preanesthetic — a substance that produces a preliminary or light anesthesia.
  • preantiseptic — (especially of surgery) noting that period of time before the adoption of the principles of antisepsis (about 1867).
  • prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
  • prebiological — of or relating to chemicals or environmental conditions existing before the development of the first living things.
  • precapitalist — a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.
  • precautionary — of, relating to, or characterized by precaution: precautionary measures.
  • preceptorship — an instructor; teacher; tutor.
  • precious opal — any opal having a play of colors, used as a gemstone.
  • precipitately — to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis.
  • precipitating — to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis.
  • precipitation — the act of precipitating; state of being precipitated.
  • precipitative — to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis.
  • precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
  • precommitment — the act of committing.
  • preconception — a conception or opinion formed beforehand.
  • preconfigured — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
  • preconvention — taking place immediately prior to a convention
  • preconviction — a conviction or assurance formed beforehand; a preconceived conviction
  • predefinition — the process or action of defining in advance; an advance definition
  • predesignated — to designate beforehand.
  • predestinated — Theology. to foreordain by divine decree or purpose.
  • predestinator — a person or thing that predestinates something.
  • predetermined — to settle or decide in advance: He had predetermined his answer to the offer.
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