10-letter words containing p, r, e, t, i, n
- pine straw — fallen pine needles.
- pinfeather — an undeveloped feather before the web portions have expanded.
- pink stern — a sharp stern having a narrow, overhanging, raking transom.
- pinspotter — pinsetter.
- pinstriped — (of a fabric or garment) having a pattern of pin stripes.
- planimeter — an instrument for measuring mechanically the area of plane figures.
- planimetry — the measurement of plane areas.
- plastering — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- point tire — drawn work.
- pontonnier — a builder of pontoon bridges
- porrection — the act of holding something out for presentation or acceptance
- portending — to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does: The street incident may portend a general uprising.
- portliness — rather heavy or fat; stout; corpulent.
- positioner — a person or thing that positions.
- potentiary — a person with power or authority
- powerpoint — (graphics, tool) A Microsoft application for creating presentations, speeches, slides, etc.
- powertrain — (in a motorized vehicle) the whole mechanism by which power is generated and transmitted to the road, surrounding air, water, etc
- praetorian — of or relating to a praetor.
- pratincole — any of several limicoline birds of the genus Glareola, of the Eastern Hemisphere, having a short bill, long, narrow, pointed wings, and a forked tail.
- pre-notify — to inform (someone) or give notice to: to notify the police of a crime.
- pre-notion — a preconception.
- preappoint — to appoint beforehand.
- precaution — a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
- precipitin — an antibody that reacts with its specific antigen to form an insoluble precipitate.
- preconceit — a preconceived idea; a preconception
- predestine — to destine in advance; foreordain; predetermine: He seemed predestined for the ministry.
- predestiny — predestination; pre-determined destiny
- predicting — to declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell: to predict the weather; to predict the fall of a civilization.
- prediction — an act of predicting.
- preeminent — eminent above or before others; superior; surpassing: He is preeminent in his profession.
- preempting — to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy.
- preemption — the act or right of claiming or purchasing before or in preference to others.
- preevident — plain or clear to the sight or understanding: His frown made it evident to all that he was displeased. It was evident that the project was a total failure.
- pregenital — of, relating to, or noting reproduction.
- prelection — to lecture or discourse publicly.
- premention — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
- premoisten — to moisten beforehand
- premonitor — a person who, or a thing which, forewarns
- prenuptial — before marriage.
- preportion — to divide into portions before packaging, selling, etc.: to preportion meals for schools and hospitals.
- preprinted — an advance printing, usually of a portion of a book or of an article in a periodical.
- presential — present, or implying actual presence
- presenting — to furnish or endow with a gift or the like, especially by formal act: to present someone with a gold watch.
- presentism — a partiality towards present-day points of view, esp by those interpreting history
- presentist — a person who maintains that the prophecies in the Apocalypse are now being fulfilled. Compare futurist, preterist (def 1).
- presentive — notional (def 7).
- prestation — a payment in money or in services.
- pretension — the laying of a claim to something.
- pretensive — pretentious
- pretexting — the practice of deceiving individuals into surrendering personal information for fraudulent purposes