9-letter words containing s, t, p, e
- predigest — to treat (food) by an artificial process analogous to digestion so that, when taken into the body, it is more easily digestible.
- preinsert — to insert beforehand
- prelatess — a female prelate
- prelatism — prelacy; episcopacy.
- prentices — a male given name.
- prepostor — praepostor.
- presbyter — (in the early Christian church) an office bearer who exercised teaching, priestly, and administrative functions.
- presbytic — affected by presbyopia
- prescient — having prescience, or knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight: The prescient economist was one of the few to see the financial collapse coming.
- prescript — prescribed.
- prescutum — the anterior dorsal sclerite of a thoracic segment of an insect.
- preselect — to select in advance; choose beforehand.
- presented — to furnish or endow with a gift or the like, especially by formal act: to present someone with a gold watch.
- presentee — a person to whom something is presented.
- presenter — a person or thing that presents.
- presently — in a little while; soon: They will be here presently.
- preseptal — of or relating to a septum.
- presettle — to settle ahead of
- president — (often initial capital letter) the highest executive officer of a modern republic, as the Chief Executive of the United States.
- presinter — (in powder metallurgy) to heat (a compact) in preparation for sintering.
- press fit — a type of fit for mating parts, usually tighter than a sliding fit, used when the parts do not have to move relative to each other
- press kit — a packet of promotional materials, as background information, photographs, or samples, for distribution to the press, as at a press conference.
- prestiges — reputation or influence arising from success, achievement, rank, or other favorable attributes.
- prestress — (in certain concrete construction) to apply stress to (reinforcing strands) before subjecting to a load.
- prestrike — of the period before a strike
- prestwich — a town in NW England, in Bury unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 31 693 (2001)
- prestwick — international airport in W Scotland.
- presummit — of the period prior to a summit
- pretarsus — the terminal outgrowth of the tarsus of an arthropod.
- preteen's — Also called preteenager [pree-teen-ey-jer] /priˈtinˌeɪ dʒər/ (Show IPA), preteener. a boy or girl under the age of 13, especially one between the ages of 9 and 12.
- preterist — a person who maintains that the prophecies in the Apocalypse have already been fulfilled. Compare futurist (def 2), presentist.
- pretorius — Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus [ahn-drees vil-hel-moo s yah-kaw-boo s] /ˈɑn dris vɪlˈhɛl mʊs yɑˈkɔ bʊs/ (Show IPA), 1799–1853, and his son Marthinus Wessels [mahr-tee-noo s ves-uh ls] /mɑrˈti nʊs ˈvɛs əls/ (Show IPA) 1819–1901, Boer soldiers and statesmen in South Africa.
- prettiest — pleasing or attractive to the eye, as by delicacy or gracefulness: a pretty face.
- prettyish — quite pretty
- prettyism — an affectedly pretty style
- priestess — a woman who officiates in sacred rites.
- priestley — J(ohn) B(oynton) [boin-tuh n,, -tn] /ˈbɔɪn tən,, -tn/ (Show IPA), 1894–1984, English novelist.
- printless — making, retaining, or showing no print or impression.
- privatise — to transfer from public or government control or ownership to private enterprise: a campaign promise to privatize some of the public lands.
- proestrus — the period immediately preceding estrus.
- profiters — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- progestin — any substance having progesteronelike activity.
- proof set — a set of coins (proof coins), one of each denomination, minted annually from highly polished metal on special dies, issued for collectors rather than for circulation
- prosateur — a person who writes prose, especially as a livelihood.
- prosected — to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- prosector — a person who dissects cadavers for the illustration of anatomical lectures or the like.
- prosecute — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- proselyte — a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
- prospects — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
- prostrate — to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.