10-letter words containing pr
- disapprove — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
- disimprove — (transitive, rare) to make worse.
- dispraised — Simple past tense and past participle of dispraise.
- dispraiser — One who blames.
- disprinced — rendered unprincely
- disprofess — to renounce the profession of
- disprovide — (obsolete, transitive) Not to provide; to fail to provide.
- disproving — Present participle of disprove.
- door prize — a prize awarded at a dance, party, or the like, either by chance through a drawing or as a reward, as for having the best costume.
- dove prion — a common petrel, Pachyptila desolata, of the southern seas, having a bluish back and white underparts
- dove prism — a prism that inverts a beam of light, often used in a telescope to produce an erect image.
- drop press — drop forge.
- drownproof — to teach (a person) the technique of drownproofing.
- duck press — a cooked duck sprinkled with red wine and then pressed in a device (duck press) so that the juices can be collected and served as a sauce over the breast meat and legs.
- dyspractic — relating to or affected by dyspraxia
- dysprosium — a rare-earth metallic element, highly reactive and paramagnetic, found in small amounts in various rare-earth minerals, as euxenite and monazite: used to absorb neutrons in nuclear reactors. Symbol: Dy; atomic weight: 162.50; atomic number: 66.
- dysprosody — A disorder in which one or more of the prosodic functions of speech are compromised or eliminated completely.
- eccoprotic — a laxative
- echopraxia — the abnormal repetition of the actions of another person.
- ectoprocta — the phylum Bryozoa, especially as distinguished from the phylum Entoprocta by a body plan having the anus of the polyp outside the crown of tentacles.
- ectoprocts — Plural form of ectoproct.
- encopresis — Involuntary defecation, especially associated with emotional disturbance or psychiatric disorder.
- endproduct — Alternative spelling of end product.
- enterprise — A project or undertaking, typically one that is difficult or requires effort.
- enterprize — Archaic spelling of enterprise.
- entoprocts — Plural form of entoproct.
- entreprise — Archaic form of enterprise.
- éprouvette — a device for assessing the strength of gunpowder
- espressivo — (to be performed) in an expressive manner
- expressage — The fee for carrying a parcel by express.
- expressing — Present participle of express.
- expression — The process of making known one's thoughts or feelings.
- expressive — Effectively conveying thought or feeling.
- expressman — a person who collects and delivers goods
- expressure — the act of expressing
- expressway — A highway designed for fast traffic, with controlled entrance and exit, a dividing strip between the traffic in opposite directions, and typically two or more lanes in each direction.
- exprobrate — (dated) To reproach or upbraid.
- fenoprofen — a white crystalline powder, C 30 H 26 CaO 6 , used as an antipyretic, analgesic, and anti-inflammatory in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
- fine print — printed matter in small-sized type.
- flameproof — resisting the effect of flames; not readily ignited or burned by flames.
- footprints — Plural form of footprint.
- for-profit — (of a business or institution) initiated or operated for the purpose of making a profit: for-profit hospitals.
- free press — a body of book publishers, news media, etc., not controlled or restricted by government censorship in political or ideological matters.
- go private — to restore private ownership of a corporation by buying back publicly held stock
- gossiprede — (obsolete) The relationship between a person and his sponsors.
- grand prix — (sometimes lowercase) any of various major automobile races over a long, arduous course, especially an international car race held each year over the same course.
- groundprox — a device that alerts a pilot of a passenger aircraft when the altitude falls below a certain level
- hair spray — a liquid in an aerosol or other spray container, for holding the hair in place.
- hairspring — a fine, usually spiral, spring used for oscillating the balance of a timepiece.
- half-price — at a 50% reduction in cost