10-letter words containing p, r, e, t, i, n
- prettiness — pleasing or attractive to the eye, as by delicacy or gracefulness: a pretty face.
- prevenient — coming before; antecedent.
- prevention — the act of preventing; effectual hindrance.
- preventive — Medicine/Medical. of or noting a drug, vaccine, etc., for preventing disease; prophylactic.
- prewriting — preparatory work for a piece of writing, as idea formulation, an outline, or research.
- prewritten — a past participle of write.
- priestling — a small or insignificant priest
- primogenit — the eldest child in a family
- principate — supreme power or office.
- printanier — (of food) prepared or garnished with mixed fresh vegetables.
- printmaker — a person who makes prints, especially an artist working in one of the graphic mediums.
- printwheel — daisy wheel.
- pristinely — in a pristine manner
- proclinate — (of a part) directed or inclined forward.
- proficient — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
- progenitor — a biologically related ancestor: a progenitor of the species.
- projecting — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- projection — a projecting or protruding part. Synonyms: overhang, protrusion, jut.
- propensity — a natural inclination or tendency: a propensity to drink too much.
- propionate — an ester or salt of propionic acid.
- prosecting — to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- prosilient — prominent
- proteanism — readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- protecting — providing protection or shelter.
- protection — the act of protecting or the state of being protected; preservation from injury or harm.
- proteinase — any of a group of enzymes that are capable of hydrolyzing proteins.
- proteinoid — a polymer of amino acids resembling a biological polypeptide but formed abiotically: suggested as a possible intermediate in protein development during primitive earth conditions.
- proteinous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- protension — duration
- protensity — the actuality of duration
- protensive — extended in dimension or extended in time.
- protogenia — the first woman born after the great flood of Zeus, daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha.
- protogenic — (of a compound) able to donate a hydrogen ion (proton) in a chemical reaction
- provection — (in Celtic languages) the devoicing of a consonant
- prudential — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- prudentius — Aurelius Clemens (ɔːˈriːlɪəs ˈklɛmɛnz). 348–410 ad, Latin Christian poet, born in Spain. His works include the allegory Psychomachia
- psalterian — psalm-like
- puntillero — (in bullfighting) a worker, or assistant, who gives the coup de grâce to the fallen bull with a puntilla.
- puritanize — to (cause to) behave like a puritan
- putrescine — a colourless crystalline amine produced by decaying animal matter; 1,4-diaminobutane. Formula: H2N(CH2)4NH2
- pyroxenite — any rock composed essentially, or in large part, of pyroxene of any kind.
- rain-swept — A rain-swept place is a place where it is raining heavily.
- readoption — the adoption of something or someone again
- receipting — a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- redemption — an act of redeeming or atoning for a fault or mistake, or the state of being redeemed.
- reef point — one of several short lengths of line stitched through a sail for tying a reef
- reinspirit — to give a new spirit to; inspirit anew
- repaginate — to indicate the sequence of pages in (a book, manuscript, etc.) by placing numbers or other characters on each leaf; to number the pages of.
- reparation — the making of amends for wrong or injury done: reparation for an injustice.
- repentigny — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Montreal.