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

  • praetorianism — the control of a society by force or fraud, especially when exercised through titular officials and by a powerful minority.
  • prague spring — a brief period of democratization in Czechoslovakia in 1968, under Alexander Dubček.
  • pre-christian — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the Christian Era.
  • pre-existence — to exist beforehand.
  • pre-provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
  • pre-sintering — (in powder metallurgy) to heat (a compact) in preparation for sintering.
  • 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).
  • precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
  • predesignated — to designate beforehand.
  • predestinated — Theology. to foreordain by divine decree or purpose.
  • predestinator — a person or thing that predestinates something.
  • prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
  • prediscussion — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
  • predistortion — preemphasis.
  • prefix syntax — prefix notation
  • preindustrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • preliminaries — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
  • premium bonds — (in Britain) bonds issued by the Treasury since 1956 for purchase by the public. No interest is paid but there is a monthly draw for cash prizes of various sums
  • premonishment — a forewarning
  • prepositional — any member of a class of words found in many languages that are used before nouns, pronouns, or other substantives to form phrases functioning as modifiers of verbs, nouns, or adjectives, and that typically express a spatial, temporal, or other relationship, as in, on, by, to, since.
  • prepositioned — to position in advance or beforehand: to preposition troops in anticipated trouble spots.
  • prepossessing — that impresses favorably; engaging or attractive: a confident and prepossessing young man.
  • prepossession — the state of being prepossessed.
  • presanctified — (of the Eucharistic elements) consecrated at a previous Mass.
  • prescientific — of or relating to science or the sciences: scientific studies.
  • prescreenings — the act or work of a person who screens, as in ascertaining the character and competence of applicants, employees, etc.
  • presentiality — the state of being present
  • preservations — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
  • presidentship — presidency.
  • press cutting — an article or picture from a newspaper about someone or something
  • press section — a section or part of an area, as at the scene of a public event, reserved for reporters.
  • presubmission — an act or instance of submitting.
  • pretelevision — occurring before the arrival of television
  • pretendership — the standing of a pretender
  • pretentiously — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
  • preteriteness — the state of being preterite
  • pretermission — to let pass without notice; disregard.
  • preuniversity — of the period before attending university
  • prick-teasing — the behaviour of a prick-tease
  • priest-ridden — dominated or governed by or excessively under the influence of priests
  • primary tense — in Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit, a tense referring to present or future time
  • primitiveness — being the first or earliest of the kind or in existence, especially in an early age of the world: primitive forms of life.
  • prince's pine — pipsissewa
  • prince's-pine — pipsissewa.
  • princess post — (in a queen truss) one of two vertical suspension members supplementing the queen posts nearer to the ends of the span.
  • principalness — the quality or position of being principal
  • print spooler — a program that sequences printing jobs by temporarily storing data in a buffer and processing the jobs sequentially.
  • printer's ink — a type of quick-drying ink used in printing
  • prison inmate — a person who is confined in a prison
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