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14-letter words containing p, r, e, n, a

  • post-treatment — an act or manner of treating.
  • poste restante — a direction written on mail to indicate that it should be held at the post office until called for by the addressee.
  • postliberation — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after the liberation of a city, state, nation, etc
  • practice nurse — a nurse who works in a medical practice or surgery
  • prairie falcon — a North American falcon, Falco mexicanus, grayish-brown above and white barred with brown below.
  • prairie turnip — breadroot.
  • prandtl number — the ratio of the fluid viscosity to the thermal conductivity of a substance, a low number indicating high convection.
  • prayer meeting — a meeting chiefly for prayer.
  • prayerlessness — the quality of being prayerless; the state of not praying
  • pre-acceptance — the act of taking or receiving something offered.
  • pre-accounting — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
  • pre-anticipate — to realize beforehand; foretaste or foresee: to anticipate pleasure.
  • pre-assumption — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
  • pre-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
  • pre-copernican — of or relating to Copernicus or his theories.
  • pre-galvanized — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
  • pre-generation — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
  • pre-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • pre-intimation — to indicate or make known indirectly; hint; imply; suggest.
  • pre-invitation — the act of inviting.
  • pre-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
  • pre-persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
  • pre-teenager's — Also called preteenager [pree-teen-ey-jer] /priˈtinˌeɪ dʒər/ (Show IPA), preteener. a boy or girl under the age of 13, especially one between the ages of 9 and 12.
  • preacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
  • preadolescence — the period preceding adolescence, usually designated as the years from 10 to 13.
  • preanaesthetic — a drug administered prior to an anaesthetic
  • preapplication — the act of putting to a special use or purpose: the application of common sense to a problem.
  • prearrangement — to arrange in advance or beforehand.
  • precalculation — the act or process of calculating; computation.
  • precariousness — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
  • precision-made — made to precise specifications
  • preconsonantal — immediately preceding a consonant.
  • precontractual — a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.
  • predesignation — to designate beforehand.
  • predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity
  • predestinarian — of or relating to predestination.
  • predestination — an act of predestinating or predestining.
  • predestinative — predestinating; of the nature of or concerned with predestination
  • predeterminate — determined beforehand; predetermined.
  • predevaluation — of or pertaining to the period prior to devaluation of a given thing
  • predicate noun — a noun used in the predicate with a copulative verb or a factitive verb and having the same referent as the subject of the copulative verb or the direct object of the factitive verb, as in She is the mayor or They elected her mayor.
  • prefabrication — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
  • preferentially — of, relating to, or of the nature of preference: preferential policies.
  • preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • pregnancy test — diagnostic kit for determining pregnancy
  • preincarnation — a previous incarnation or an existence before incarnation.
  • preliminaries' — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
  • premanufacture — to manufacture in advance
  • premenstrually — in a premenstrual manner
  • premillenarian — a believer in premillennialism.
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