10-letter words containing p, r, o, e, s
- post entry — a late entry, as a horse in a horse show or race.
- post horse — a horse kept, as at a station on a post road, for the use of persons riding post or for hire by travelers.
- postarrest — following an arrest, occurring after someone has been arrested
- poster boy — a person who appears on a poster
- postfreeze — taking place after a freeze
- postgresql — (database) /'post-gres-kyu-el/ An enhancement of the POSTGRES database system. PostgreSQL is an advanced relational database management system with some object oriented approaches. PostgreSQL is developed and distributed as free software, and while retaining its freedom it remains technically and featurewise a worthy competitor to even the most advanced commercial alternatives. It was also one of the first databases to offer MVCC as opposed to row-level locking or table locking, thereby greatly improving multi-user performance. PostgreSQL implements an extended subset of ANSI SQL and runs on many platforms. It also has interfaces to many different programming languages and database protocols, like ODBC and JDBC.
- postmarked — an official mark stamped on letters and other mail, serving as a cancellation of the postage stamp and indicating the place, date, and sometimes time of sending or receipt.
- postmaster — the official in charge of a post office.
- postmodern — noting or pertaining to architecture of the late 20th century, appearing in the 1960s, that consciously uses complex forms, fantasy, and allusions to historic styles, in contrast to the austere forms and emphasis on utility of standard modern architecture.
- postmortem — of, relating to, or occurring in the time following death.
- postperson — a person who collects and delivers post as a profession
- poststrike — of or relating to the period after a (workers) strike
- posturized — to posture; pose.
- potsticker — a pan-fried and steamed Chinese dumpling with a ground meat or vegetable filling.
- powderless — lacking powder, not involving or containing powder
- power base — a source of authority or influence, especially in politics, founded on support by an organized body of voters, ethnic minority, economic class, etc.: His election as governor gives him a power base for seeking the presidency.
- power list — a list (esp one published in a newspaper, magazine, etc) of the most influential or successful people in a particular field or a particular country
- powerhouse — Electricity. a generating station.
- praepostor — a senior student at an English public school who is given authority over other students.
- praetorius — Michael (Michael Schultheiss) 1571–1621, German composer, organist, and theorist.
- pre-censor — to determine arbitrarily in advance what may or may not be permitted in (books, films, news releases, etc.)
- pre-expose — to expose beforehand
- pre-models — a standard or example for imitation or comparison.
- pre-school — Pre-school is used to describe things relating to the care and education of children before they reach the age when they have to go to school.
- prebiotics — natural substances in some foods that encourage the growth of healthy bacteria in the gut
- precarious — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- precession — the act or fact of preceding; precedence.
- preciosity — fastidious or carefully affected refinement, as in language, style, or taste.
- preciouses — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- preciously — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- preclosure — the act of closing; the state of being closed.
- preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- precocious — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
- precompose — to compose beforehand: to precompose a reply to a possible question.
- preconsume — to consume in advance
- precursors — a person or thing that precedes, as in a job, a method, etc.; predecessor.
- precursory — of the nature of a precursor; preliminary; introductory: precursory remarks.
- predacious — predatory; rapacious.
- predeposit — to place for safekeeping or in trust, especially in a bank account: He deposited his paycheck every Friday.
- predispose — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
- prednisone — an analogue of cortisone, C 2 1 H 2 6 O 5 , used as an anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive, and antineoplastic in the treatment of various diseases.
- prehension — the act of seizing or grasping.
- prehistory — human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.; history of prehistoric humans.
- preimposed — imposed beforehand
- preludious — characteristic of a prelude
- premoisten — to moisten beforehand
- prepositor — praepostor.
- prepossess — to possess or dominate mentally beforehand, as a prejudice does.
- preprocess — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- presbyopia — farsightedness due to ciliary muscle weakness and loss of elasticity in the crystalline lens.