9-letter words containing r, a, s, p
- pre-essay — a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject, usually in prose and generally analytic, speculative, or interpretative.
- pre-lease — to sign or grant a lease on (a building, apartment, etc.) in advance of construction: Agents have preleased more than 60 percent of the new building.
- preabsorb — to absorb beforehand or in advance
- preaccuse — to accuse (someone of something) prior to the specified wrongdoing being committed or prior to having evidence of wrongdoing
- preadjust — that aids in preadjusting, that makes later adjusting easier by advance preparation
- preassign — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
- preassure — to declare earnestly to; inform or tell positively; state with confidence to: She assured us that everything would turn out all right.
- precisian — a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, especially in matters of religion.
- precrease — to provide (e.g. clothing, paper for origami) with a crease or creases in advance
- predatism — the state of living as a predator or by predation.
- prelatess — a female prelate
- prelatism — prelacy; episcopacy.
- premosaic — of the period before Moses
- presagers — a presentiment or foreboding.
- presearch — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- preseason — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- preseptal — of or relating to a septum.
- preshaped — the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- presidial — presidential
- presignal — to signal in advance
- pressable — to act upon with steadily applied weight or force.
- pressmark — a symbol indicating the location of a book in the library.
- pretarsus — the terminal outgrowth of the tarsus of an arthropod.
- prewashed — being washed before sale, especially to produce a soft texture or a worn look: prewashed blue jeans.
- priapitis — inflammation of the penis.
- primacies — the state of being first in order, rank, importance, etc.
- primaries — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
- priscilla — a female given name: from a Roman family name.
- prisiadka — a step in Slavic folk dancing in which the dancer squats on the haunches and kicks out each foot alternately; the characteristic step of the kazachok.
- prismatic — of, relating to, or like a prism.
- privacies — the state of being apart from other people or concealed from their view; solitude; seclusion: Please leave the room and give me some privacy.
- privatise — to transfer from public or government control or ownership to private enterprise: a campaign promise to privatize some of the public lands.
- privatism — concern with or pursuit of one's personal or family interests, welfare, or ideals to the exclusion of broader social issues or relationships.
- privatist — a person who exhibits a lack of concern for public life
- procellas — pucellas.
- profaners — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- proformas — according to form; as a matter of form; for the sake of form.
- prolapsus — prolapse.
- promachos — a defender or champion
- prop wash — propeller wash.
- prophasic — relating to the first stage of nuclear division
- prosateur — a person who writes prose, especially as a livelihood.
- proseucha — a place of prayer, esp for Jewish worship
- prosimian — belonging or pertaining to the primate suborder Prosimii, characterized by nocturnal habits, a long face with a moist snout, prominent whiskers, large mobile ears, and large, slightly sideways-facing eyes, comprising the lemur, loris, potto, bush baby, and aye-aye. Compare anthropoid.
- prosocial — acting to the benefit of society in general
- prosodial — of or relating to prosody
- prosodian — a person skilled in prosody
- prosphora — antidoron.
- prostasis — (in a classical temple) a pronaos or prostas before a cella.
- prostatic — Also, prostatic [pro-stat-ik] /prɒˈstæt ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the prostate gland.