10-letter words containing s, e, c, r
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- picaresque — pertaining to, characteristic of, or characterized by a form of prose fiction, originally developed in Spain, in which the adventures of an engagingly roguish hero are described in a series of usually humorous or satiric episodes that often depict, in realistic detail, the everyday life of the common people: picaresque novel; picaresque hero.
- picnickers — an excursion or outing in which the participants carry food with them and share a meal in the open air.
- picturised — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- pigsticker — to hunt for wild boar, usually on horseback and using a spear.
- polychrest — a thing which has adapted to multiple uses
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- porraceous — resembling a leek, esp in colour
- potsticker — a pan-fried and steamed Chinese dumpling with a ground meat or vegetable filling.
- practicers — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- pre-access — the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
- pre-censor — to determine arbitrarily in advance what may or may not be permitted in (books, films, news releases, etc.)
- 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.
- preachings — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
- 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
- precarious — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- precedents — Law. a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar or analogous cases.
- 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.
- preclusive — 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
- precursive — of the nature of a precursor; preliminary; introductory: precursory remarks.
- 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.
- predecease — to die before (another person, the occurrence of an event, etc.).
- predescent — the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position. Synonyms: falling, sinking; fall, drop.
- prediscuss — to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- prefascist — relating to fascist leanings before Fascism was founded in 1919
- prejudices — an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
- preprocess — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- prescience — knowledge of things before they exist or happen; foreknowledge; foresight.
- prescribed — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
- prescriber — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
- preservice — of a period before a person begins service
- presidency — the office, function, or term of office of a president.
- prespecify — to specify in advance
- press card — a card issued to journalists, certifying they work for the press, and authorizing them to attend certain events, venues, etc
- press pack — a dismissive term for a group of journalists, viewed as hounding a person
- press-back — a wooden chair back having a design pressed, rather than carved, into its crossrails.
- prestretch — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- price list — a list giving the prices of items for sale.
- prime cost — that part of the cost of a commodity deriving from the labor and materials directly utilized in its manufacture.