9-letter words containing p, r, e, i
- predinner — of, pertaining to, or enjoyed in the period before dinner
- predomain — (theory) A domain with no bottom element.
- preexilic — of that period of Jewish history preceding the Babylonian Exile (6th cent. b.c.)
- prefacial — located anterior to the face
- prefigure — to show or represent beforehand by a figure or type; foreshadow.
- prefilled — filled in advance
- prefilter — any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
- preflight — occurring or done before a flight: a preflight briefing of the plane's crew.
- prehiring — relating to the period before hiring
- preimpose — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- preinform — to supply with information beforehand: He preinformed the newspapers of his decision.
- preinsert — to insert beforehand
- preinvite — to invite (somebody) before others
- prejudice — an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
- prelatial — of, or relating to, a prelate
- prelation — the setting of one above another
- prelatism — prelacy; episcopacy.
- prelatize — to advocate or bring under the authority of prelacy
- preluding — a preliminary to an action, event, condition, or work of broader scope and higher importance.
- prelusion — a prelude.
- prelusive — introductory.
- premiated — to grant a prize or an award to.
- premiered — a first public performance or showing of a play, opera, film, etc.
- preminger — Otto (Ludwig) 1906–86, U.S. motion-picture actor, director, and producer, born in Austria.
- premisses — Also, premiss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
- premodify — to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
- premonish — to admonish beforehand; forewarn
- premorbid — suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
- premosaic — of the period before Moses
- premotion — a previous motion
- prenomina — praenomen.
- prenotify — to notify in advance
- prenotion — a preconception.
- prentices — a male given name.
- prenubile — of the period from birth to puberty
- preobtain — to obtain in advance
- preoption — the right of first choice
- preordain — to ordain beforehand; foreordain.
- prepaging — (architecture) (Or "working set model") A technique whereby the operating system in a paging virtual memory multitasking environment loads all pages of a process's working set into memory before the process is restarted. Under demand paging a process accesses its working set by page faults every time it is restarted. Under prepaging the system remembers the pages in each process's working set and loads them into physical memory before restarting the process. Prepaging reduces the page fault rate of reloaded processes and hence generally improves CPU efficiency.
- preputial — the fold of skin that covers the head of the penis; foreskin.
- prereview — a critical article or report, as in a periodical, on a book, play, recital, or the like; critique; evaluation.
- presbytic — affected by presbyopia
- prescient — having prescience, or knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight: The prescient economist was one of the few to see the financial collapse coming.
- prescious — prescient
- prescribe — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
- prescript — prescribed.
- presenile — pertaining to or exhibiting the characteristics of presenility; prematurely old.
- preshrink — to subject (textiles, garments, etc.) to a shrinking process before marketing to minimize subsequent shrinkage.
- president — (often initial capital letter) the highest executive officer of a modern republic, as the Chief Executive of the United States.
- presidial — presidential