10-letter words containing y, p, e
- precursory — of the nature of a precursor; preliminary; introductory: precursory remarks.
- predestiny — predestination; pre-determined destiny
- predictory — predictive.
- preemptory — to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy.
- preferably — more desirable.
- prehistory — human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.; history of prehistoric humans.
- preholiday — relating to the period before a holiday
- premycotic — relating to the early phase of mycosis fungoides
- prenatally — previous to birth or to giving birth: prenatal care for mothers.
- prepayment — paying for sth in advance
- prepensely — in a premeditated way
- prepotency — the ability of one parent to impress its hereditary characters on its progeny because it possesses more homozygous, dominant, or epistatic genes.
- preprimary — preceding a primary election: preprimary endorsement.
- prepuberty — the period of life just prior to sexual maturation.
- prepyloric — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- prequalify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- presbyopia — farsightedness due to ciliary muscle weakness and loss of elasticity in the crystalline lens.
- presbytery — a body of presbyters or elders.
- presbytism — the condition of being affected by presbyopia
- presidency — the office, function, or term of office of a president.
- presignify — to signify or indicate beforehand; foretell.
- prespecify — to specify in advance
- presumably — by assuming reasonably; probably: Since he is a consistent winner, he is presumably a superior player.
- presumedly — to take for granted, assume, or suppose: I presume you're tired after your drive.
- presurgery — the art, practice, or work of treating diseases, injuries, or deformities by manual or operative procedures.
- presystole — Physiology. the normal rhythmical contraction of the heart, during which the blood in the chambers is forced onward. Compare diastole.
- pretty boy — if you describe a man as a pretty boy, you are suggesting he is not very manly and too interested in his appearance
- prevenancy — courtesy
- previously — coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
- pridefully — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- primevally — of or relating to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.
- princessly — resembling a princess
- pristinely — in a pristine manner
- 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.
- procaryote — any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands forming coils or loops, characteristic of all organisms in the kingdom Monera, as the bacteria and blue-green algae.
- prokaryote — any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands forming coils or loops, characteristic of all organisms in the kingdom Monera, as the bacteria and blue-green algae.
- prominency — Also, prominency. the state of being prominent; conspicuousness.
- propensely — with propensity
- propensity — a natural inclination or tendency: a propensity to drink too much.
- propylaeum — Often, propylaea. a vestibule or entrance to a temple area or other enclosure, especially when elaborate or of architectural importance.
- proslavery — favoring slavery.
- prosperity — a successful, flourishing, or thriving condition, especially in financial respects; good fortune.
- protectory — an institution for the care of destitute or delinquent children.
- protensity — the actuality of duration
- proteolyse — to cause to undergo proteolysis
- protervity — petulance
- protophyte — a single-celled plant of the class Protophyta
- prototyper — An interface builder for the Macintosh from Smethers Barnes.
- protoxylem — the part of the primary xylem that develops first, consisting of narrow, thin-walled cells.
- proxy vote — a vote cast by a person's representative