11-letter words containing p, r, i, e
- prediabetes — a condition in which carbohydrate metabolism is mildly abnormal but other criteria indicating diabetes mellitus are absent.
- prediabetic — a person suffering from prediabetes
- predicament — an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation.
- predication — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
- predicative — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
- predicatory — of or relating to preaching.
- predictable — able to be foretold or declared in advance: New technology allows predictable weather forecasting.
- predictably — able to be foretold or declared in advance: New technology allows predictable weather forecasting.
- predictated — to say or read (something) aloud for another person to transcribe or for a machine to record: to dictate some letters to a secretary.
- predigested — to treat (food) by an artificial process analogous to digestion so that, when taken into the body, it is more easily digestible.
- predilected — chosen in preference
- predispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- predisposal — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
- predisposed — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
- predominant — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
- predominate — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- predynastic — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the first dynasty of a nation, especially the period in Egypt before c3200 b.c.
- preelection — a choice or selection made beforehand.
- preeminence — the state or character of being preeminent.
- preemphasis — a process of increasing the amplitude of certain frequencies relative to others in a signal in order to help them override noise, complemented by deemphasis before final reproduction of the signal being received.
- preemptible — to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy.
- preexistent — to exist beforehand.
- preexisting — to exist beforehand.
- prefectship — the position of, or period served as, a prefect
- prefinanced — financed in advance
- prefinished — coated or treated before use or sale: prefinished wood.
- prefunction — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- prehensible — able to be seized or grasped.
- prehispanic — Spanish.
- prehistoric — of or relating to the time or a period prior to recorded history: The dinosaur is a prehistoric beast.
- preignition — ignition of the charge in an internal-combustion engine earlier in the cycle than is compatible with proper operation.
- preindicate — to indicate in advance; presage: The early thaw preindicated an avalanche.
- preinvasion — occurring before an invasion
- preinvasive — of or relating to a stage preceding invasion of the tissues; in situ.
- prejudicant — judging beforehand
- prejudicate — to judge beforehand
- prejudicial — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
- prejudicing — any preconceived opinion or feeling, either favorable or unfavorable.
- prelateship — the rank of a prelate
- prelibation — a foretaste.
- preliminary — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
- preliterary — occurring before the existence of literature
- preliterate — lacking a written language; nonliterate: a preliterate culture.
- premarriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
- prematerial — the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed: Stone is a durable material.
- prematurity — occurring, coming, or done too soon: a premature announcement.
- premedicate — to administer preparatory medication to
- premedieval — prior to the Middle Ages.
- premeditate — to meditate, consider, or plan beforehand: to premeditate a murder.
- premier cru — See under cru.