10-letter words containing s, p, i
- presentist — a person who maintains that the prophecies in the Apocalypse are now being fulfilled. Compare futurist, preterist (def 1).
- presentive — notional (def 7).
- preservice — of a period before a person begins service
- presession — the sitting together of a court, council, legislature, or the like, for conference or the transaction of business: Congress is now in session.
- preshipped — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- presidency — the office, function, or term of office of a president.
- presignify — to signify or indicate beforehand; foretell.
- prespecify — to specify in advance
- press time — the time at which a pressrun begins, especially that of a newspaper.
- press view — a showing of a film exclusively for the benefit of the press, before it goes on general release
- pressuring — the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall.
- pressurize — to raise the internal atmospheric pressure of to the required or desired level: to pressurize an astronaut's spacesuit before a walk in space.
- prestation — a payment in money or in services.
- presurmise — a surmise previously formed.
- pretension — the laying of a claim to something.
- pretensive — pretentious
- prettiness — pleasing or attractive to the eye, as by delicacy or gracefulness: a pretty face.
- preversion — a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account: two different versions of the accident.
- previously — coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
- previsible — that can be seen; perceptible to the eye: mountains visible in the distance.
- priapismic — Pathology. continuous, usually nonsexual erection of the penis, especially due to disease.
- price list — a list giving the prices of items for sale.
- prick song — written music.
- prick-post — (in a framed structure) a secondary post, as a queen post.
- pricklings — tingly sensations of discomfort or euphoria
- priestfish — blue rockfish.
- priesthood — the condition or office of a priest.
- priestling — a small or insignificant priest
- prime cost — that part of the cost of a commodity deriving from the labor and materials directly utilized in its manufacture.
- prime ribs — a serving of the roasted ribs and meat from a prime cut of beef.
- princedoms — the position, rank, or dignity of a prince.
- princeship — a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- princesses — a nonreigning female member of a royal family.
- princessly — resembling a princess
- principles — an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.
- print shop — a shop where prints or graphics are sold.
- printworks — (used with a singular or plural verb) a factory that prints textiles or other materials.
- prioritise — to arrange or do in order of priority: learning to prioritize our assignments.
- prismatoid — a polyhedron having its vertices lying on two parallel planes.
- prison van — vehicle to transfer prisoners
- prissiness — excessively proper; affectedly correct; prim.
- pristinely — in a pristine manner
- privileges — a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most: the privileges of the very rich.
- privy seal — (in Great Britain) the seal affixed to grants, documents, etc., that are to pass the great seal, and to documents of less importance that do not require the great seal.
- prize list — a list of winners of a prize or prizes
- pro-busing — favoring or advocating legislation that requires the busing of students to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving socioeconomic or racial diversity among students in a public school.
- pro-soviet — (before the revolution) any governmental council. (after the revolution) a local council, originally elected only by manual workers, with certain powers of local administration. (after the revolution) a higher council elected by a local council, being part of a hierarchy of soviets culminating in the Supreme Soviet.
- proairesis — the power of considered decision-making
- probiotics — a therapeutic treatment involving the ingestion of harmless bacteria
- problemist — someone who composes and solves problems, esp in chess or mathematics