10-letter words containing p, r, e, t
- praetorius — Michael (Michael Schultheiss) 1571–1621, German composer, organist, and theorist.
- pragmatize — to act or view matters pragmatically
- pratfallen — having fallen upon one's buttocks
- 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.
- prattlebox — a person who prattles, a chatterbox
- prattville — a town in central Alabama.
- praxiteles — flourished c350 b.c, Greek sculptor.
- prayer mat — mat for kneeling on to pray
- pre-atomic — of or relating to the period of history preceding the atomic age.
- pre-easter — an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- pre-emptor — to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy.
- pre-excite — to stimulate (esp part of the heart muscle) in preparation or beforehand
- pre-exempt — to free from an obligation or liability to which others are subject; release: to exempt a student from an examination.
- pre-format — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- pre-notify — to inform (someone) or give notice to: to notify the police of a crime.
- pre-notion — a preconception.
- pre-report — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
- preachment — the act of preaching.
- preadamite — a person supposed to have existed before Adam.
- preappoint — to appoint beforehand.
- preaseptic — pertaining to the period before the use of aseptic practices in surgery.
- prebiotics — natural substances in some foods that encourage the growth of healthy bacteria in the gut
- precaution — a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
- precedents — Law. a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar or analogous cases.
- preceptial — preceptive, instructive, didactic; conveying or consisting of precepts
- preceptive — of the nature of or expressing a precept; mandatory.
- preceptory — a subordinate house or community of the Knights Templars; commandery.
- preciosity — fastidious or carefully affected refinement, as in language, style, or taste.
- precipitin — an antibody that reacts with its specific antigen to form an insoluble precipitate.
- precompute — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- preconceit — a preconceived idea; a preconception
- preconcert — preceding a concert: a preconcert reception for sponsors.
- precontact — prior contact
- preculture — the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- predentate — of an infant whose teeth have not yet developed; occurring during or pertaining to this period of development
- predeposit — to place for safekeeping or in trust, especially in a bank account: He deposited his paycheck every Friday.
- predescent — the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position. Synonyms: falling, sinking; fall, drop.
- predestine — to destine in advance; foreordain; predetermine: He seemed predestined for the ministry.
- predestiny — predestination; pre-determined destiny
- predicated — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
- predicator — the verbal element of a clause or sentence.
- 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.
- predictive — of or relating to prediction: losing one's predictive power.
- predictory — predictive.
- 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.
- preemptive — of or relating to preemption.
- preemptory — to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy.