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13-letter words containing pr

  • nucleoprotein — any of the class of conjugated proteins occurring in cells and consisting of a protein combined with a nucleic acid, essential for cell division and reproduction.
  • o-proposition — a particular negative proposition
  • ocean springs — a town in SE Mississippi.
  • old pretender — a member of the royal family that ruled in Scotland from 1371 to 1714 and in England from 1603 to 1714.
  • old provencal — the Provençal language as found in documents from the 11th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OPr.
  • omnipresently — In an omnipresent manner.
  • onus probandi — the burden of proof.
  • opprobriously — In an opprobrious manner.
  • oprahfication — the perceived increase in people’s desire to discuss their emotions or personal problems, attributed to the influence of confessional television programmes
  • ora pro nobis — a Latin invocation meaning pray for us
  • outer product — cross product.
  • outprocessing — to end a military tour of duty, accompanied by necessary paperwork: All enlisted soldiers out-process as a class.
  • over-promised — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
  • overappraisal — An appraisal that overvalues something.
  • overimpressed — very impressed
  • overprescribe — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
  • overprocessed — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
  • overpronounce — to pronounce (a word, syllable, etc.) in an exaggerated, affected, or excessively careful manner.
  • overprovision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
  • overrepresent — to give too much representation to; represent in numbers that are disproportionately high.
  • papaprelatist — a supporter of papal prelates
  • paper profits — an unrealized profit due to the appreciation of something owned but not yet sold.
  • parish priest — local church minister
  • peace process — A peace process consists of all the meetings, agreements, and negotiations in which people such as politicians are involved when they are trying to arrange peace between countries or groups that are fighting with each other.
  • peer pressure — social pressure by members of one's peer group to take a certain action, adopt certain values, or otherwise conform in order to be accepted.
  • perl profiler — (tool)   (pprof) A tool by Anthony Iano-Fletcher of Nottingham University, UK to profile, and collate data from, Perl scripts. Version: 1? Source posted on comp.lang.perl in mid-June 1993.
  • plug and pray — (humour)   The Windows 95 equivalent of the Macintosh's plug and play, referring to difficulties encountered when setting up new hardware under Windows 95.
  • pluripresence — presence in more than one place at the same time
  • polypropylene — a plastic polymer of propylene, (C 3 H 5) n , used chiefly for molded parts, electrical insulation, packaging, and fibers for wearing apparel.
  • polyprotodont — any marsupial of the group Polyprotodontia, characterized by four or more upper incisor teeth on each side of the jaw: includes the opossums and bandicoots
  • post-prandial — after a meal, especially after dinner: postprandial oratory; a postprandial brandy.
  • practical art — an art or craft, as woodworking or needlework, that serves a utilitarian purpose.
  • practicalness — of or relating to practice or action: practical mathematics.
  • practice exam — an informal examination taken as a preparation for an actual or formal examination
  • practice game — any informal game (of sports, chess, etc) played as preparation for a real game
  • praecipitatio — Meteorology. precipitation from a cloud that reaches the surface of the earth (distinguished from virga).
  • praetorianism — the control of a society by force or fraud, especially when exercised through titular officials and by a powerful minority.
  • pragmatically — of or relating to a practical point of view or practical considerations.
  • prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
  • prague spring — a brief period of democratization in Czechoslovakia in 1968, under Alexander Dubček.
  • prairie skirt — a full, dirndl-style skirt with a flounce on the bottom edge that is sometimes trimmed or lined to suggest a petticoat underneath.
  • prairie state — Illinois (used as a nickname).
  • prairie style — the style of the architects of the Prairie School.
  • prawn cracker — a puffy savoury crisp made from rice flour and prawn flavouring, served with Chinese food
  • praxeological — of or pertaining to praxeology
  • praxiological — the study of human conduct.
  • pre christmas — the annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus: celebrated on December 25 and now generally observed as a legal holiday and an occasion for exchanging gifts.
  • pre-adulthood — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
  • pre-agreement — the act of agreeing or of coming to a mutual arrangement.
  • pre-calculate — to determine or ascertain by mathematical methods; compute: to calculate the velocity of light.
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