10-letter words containing s, p, i
- pragmatics — pragmatic sanction.
- pragmatism — character or conduct that emphasizes practicality.
- pragmatist — a person who is oriented toward the success or failure of a particular line of action, thought, etc.; a practical person.
- praiseless — not receiving praise; unpraised
- praisingly — in a praising manner; with praise
- prankishly — in a prankish manner, mischievously
- praxiteles — flourished c350 b.c, Greek sculptor.
- pre-advise — to give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion as worth following: I advise you to be cautious.
- pre-design — to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the form and structure of: to design a new bridge.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- precursive — 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.
- predestine — to destine in advance; foreordain; predetermine: He seemed predestined for the ministry.
- predestiny — predestination; pre-determined destiny
- 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.
- 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.
- prefascist — relating to fascist leanings before Fascism was founded in 1919
- prehensile — adapted for seizing, grasping, or taking hold of something: a prehensile tail.
- 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
- prejudices — an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
- preleasing — 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.
- preludious — characteristic of a prelude
- premoisten — to moisten beforehand
- prepensive — premeditated
- prepositor — praepostor.
- preppiness — the fact of being preppy
- prepublish — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.
- presbyopia — farsightedness due to ciliary muscle weakness and loss of elasticity in the crystalline lens.
- presbytism — the condition of being affected by presbyopia
- 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.
- presension — the perception of something before it exists or happens
- presential — present, or implying actual presence
- presenting — to furnish or endow with a gift or the like, especially by formal act: to present someone with a gold watch.
- presentism — a partiality towards present-day points of view, esp by those interpreting history