12-letter words starting with pr
- preordinance — an authoritative rule or law; a decree or command.
- preovulatory — to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
- prepackaging — to package (foodstuffs or manufactured goods) before retail distribution or sale.
- preparations — measures done in order to prepare for something; provisions
- preparedness — the state of being prepared; readiness.
- preponderant — superior in weight, force, influence, numbers, etc.; prevailing: a preponderant misconception.
- preponderate — to exceed something else in weight; be the heavier.
- preposterous — completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; senseless; utterly foolish: a preposterous tale.
- preprocessor — a program that performs some type of processing, as organization of data or preliminary computation, in advance of another program that will perform most of the processing.
- prepsychotic — exhibiting behavior that indicates the approach of a psychotic reaction.
- prepubescent — of or relating to the years immediately preceding puberty, prepubertal.
- prepublished — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.
- prerecession — of the period before a recession
- prerehearsal — relating to the period before a rehearsal
- prerequisite — required beforehand: a prerequisite fund of knowledge.
- prerogatived — possessing a prerogative
- presbyacusis — an age-related, progressive loss of hearing in both ears
- presbyterate — the office of a presbyter or elder.
- presbyterial — of or relating to a presbytery.
- presbyterian — pertaining to or based on the principle of ecclesiastical government by presbyters or presbyteries.
- prescheduled — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- prescreening — to screen in advance; select before a more detailed selecting process.
- prescribable — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
- prescription — Medicine/Medical. a direction, usually written, by the physician to the pharmacist for the preparation and use of a medicine or remedy. the medicine prescribed: Take this prescription three times a day.
- prescriptive — that prescribes; giving directions or injunctions: a prescriptive letter from an anxious father.
- preselection — to select in advance; choose beforehand.
- present arms — a position of salute in the manual of arms in which the rifle is held in both hands vertically in front of the body, with the muzzle upward and the trigger side forward.
- presentation — an act of presenting.
- presentative — (of an image, idea, etc.) presented, known, or capable of being known directly.
- presenteeism — the practice of coming to work despite illness, injury, anxiety, etc., often resulting in reduced productivity.
- presentenced — Grammar. a grammatical unit of one or more words that expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, exclamation, etc., and that typically has a subject as well as a predicate, as in John is here. or Is John here? In print or writing, a sentence typically begins with a capital letter and ends with appropriate punctuation; in speech it displays recognizable, communicative intonation patterns and is often marked by preceding and following pauses.
- presentially — in a presential way
- presentiment — a feeling or impression that something is about to happen, especially something evil; foreboding.
- preservation — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- preservative — something that preserves or tends to preserve.
- preservatory — a preservative
- preset board — a control board for setting up theatrical lighting switches and dimmer readings in advance so that during a performance the lights can be automatically operated for one or several scenes.
- presidentess — a female president
- presidential — of or relating to a president or presidency.
- preslaughter — of the period before slaughter (of animals)
- prespecified — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- presque isle — a city in NE Maine.
- press agency — news-reporting organization
- press bureau — an organization or a department whose function is press-agentry.
- press button — a button on a phone dial which you press
- press launch — the launch of a product, exhibition, event, etc, to which journalists are invited, in order to publicize it
- press office — a section of a government department or other organization responsible for dealing with the press
- press report — a report in a newspaper, magazine, etc
- pressed duck — 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.