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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.
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