10-letter words starting with PR
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter PR. This section showcases how PR at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with PR, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| protection | 14 | payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence | every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection |
| production | 15 | an artifact that has been created by someone or some process | they export most of their agricultural production |
| pretending | 14 | the act of giving a false appearance | his conformity was only pretending |
| protecting | 15 | shielding (or designed to shield) against harm or discomfort | the protecting blanket of snow |
| prostitute | 12 | a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money | - |
| prosecutor | 14 | a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state | - |
| practicing | 17 | - | - |
| profession | 15 | an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion | a profession of disagreement |
| previously | 18 | at an earlier time or formerly | she had previously lived in Chicago |
| protective | 17 | intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind | a protective covering |
| propaganda | 16 | information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause | - |
| processing | 15 | preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure | the processing of newly arrived immigrants |
| programmed | 18 | - | - |
| prosperity | 17 | the condition of prospering; having good fortune | - |
| prohibited | 18 | forbidden by law | - |
| privileged | 17 | confined to an exclusive group | privileged information |
| procession | 14 | (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost | the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son |
| pronounced | 15 | strongly marked; easily noticeable | a pronounced flavor of cinnamon |
| productive | 18 | marked by great fruitfulness | a productive vineyard |
| prescribed | 17 | conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline | in prescribed order |
| profitable | 17 | yielding material gain or profit | profitable speculation on the stock market |
| preferably | 20 | more readily or willingly | clean it well, preferably with warm water |
| prediction | 15 | the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) | - |
| presidency | 18 | the office and function of president | Andrew Jackson expanded the power of the presidency beyond what was customary before his time |
| proportion | 14 | magnitude or extent | a building of vast proportions |
| prosperous | 14 | in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich | a prosperous family |
| presumably | 19 | by reasonable assumption | presumably, he missed the train |
| projection | 21 | the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality | our ukuleles have been designed to have superior sound and projection |
| precaution | 14 | a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc. | he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution |
| protestant | 12 | the Protestant churches and denominations collectively | - |
| provincial | 17 | a country person | - |
| provisions | 15 | a stock or supply of foods | - |
| preference | 17 | a strong liking | my own preference is for good literature |
| profoundly | 19 | to a great depth psychologically or emotionally | - |
| providence | 18 | the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University | - |
| proceeding | 16 | (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked | - |
| proclaimed | 17 | declared publicly; made widely known | the newspaper's proclaimed adherence to the government's policy |
| preserving | 16 | - | - |
| programmer | 17 | a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs | - |
| prejudiced | 23 | being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand | a prejudiced judge |
| propulsion | 14 | the act of propelling | - |
| prosecuted | 15 | - | - |
| prefecture | 17 | the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire) | - |
| prevention | 15 | the act of preventing | money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza |
| pressuring | 13 | - | - |
| projecting | 22 | extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary | - |
| priesthood | 16 | the body of ordained religious practitioners | - |
| preferable | 17 | more desirable than another | coffee is preferable to tea |
| precarious | 14 | not secure; beset with difficulties | - |
| projectile | 21 | a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled | - |
| primordial | 15 | having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state | primordial matter |
| proverbial | 17 | widely known and spoken of | her proverbial lateness |
| proprietor | 14 | (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business | - |
| preventive | 18 | an agent or device intended to prevent conception | - |
| prosthetic | 17 | of or relating to prosthetics | - |
| prevailing | 16 | most frequent or common | prevailing winds |
| proficient | 17 | of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill | - |
| preemptive | 19 | designed or having the power to deter or prevent an anticipated situation or occurrence | a preemptive business offer |
| precedence | 17 | status established in order of importance or urgency | ...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals |
| precocious | 16 | appearing or developing early | precocious flowers appear before the leaves as in some species of magnolias |
| premarital | 14 | relating to events before a marriage | - |
| prioritize | 21 | assign a priority to | we have too many things to do and must prioritize |
| prosthesis | 15 | corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body | - |
| protruding | 14 | extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary | his protruding ribs |
| prominence | 16 | something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings | he stood on the rocky prominence |
| prodigious | 14 | far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree | the young Mozart's prodigious talents |
| promissory | 17 | relating to or having the character of a promise | promissory note |
| prosciutto | 14 | Italian salt-cured ham usually sliced paper thin | - |
| prehistory | 18 | the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word | - |
| procedural | 15 | relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law | - |
| presbytery | 20 | building reserved for the officiating clergy | - |
| prospectus | 16 | a catalog listing the courses offered by a college or university | - |
| prenuptial | 14 | relating to events before a marriage | prenuptial agreement |
| precession | 14 | the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) | - |
| pretension | 12 | a false or unsupportable quality | - |
| prospector | 16 | someone who explores an area for mineral deposits | - |
| prospering | 15 | very lively and profitable | - |
| protracted | 15 | relatively long in duration; tediously protracted | protracted negotiations |
| predicated | 16 | - | - |
| predictive | 18 | of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions | - |
| principled | 17 | based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of rightness or morality | principled pragmatism and unprincipled expediency |
| propelling | 15 | tending to or capable of propelling | - |
| propensity | 17 | a natural inclination | - |
| pragmatism | 17 | the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth | - |
| propellant | 14 | tending to or capable of propelling | propellant fuel for submarines |
| praetorian | 12 | characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality | - |
| pragmatist | 15 | an adherent of philosophical pragmatism | - |
| preferring | 16 | - | - |
| procurator | 14 | a person authorized to act for another | - |
| professing | 16 | an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion | - |
| profligacy | 21 | dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure | - |
| profundity | 19 | intellectual depth; penetrating knowledge; keen insight; etc | - |
| preeminent | 14 | greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement | a preeminent archeologist |
| propitious | 14 | presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success | propitious omens |
| prudential | 13 | arising from or characterized by prudence especially in business matters | he abstained partly for prudential reasons |
| prevalence | 17 | a superiority in numbers or amount | - |
| proclivity | 20 | a natural inclination | he has a proclivity for exaggeration |
| progenitor | 13 | an ancestor in the direct line | - |
| prednisone | 13 | a dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten); used as an anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of arthritis and as an immunosuppressant | - |
| pressurise | 12 | increase the pressure in or of | - |
| pressurize | 21 | increase the pressure in or of | The captain will pressurize the cabin for the passengers' comfort |
| proscenium | 16 | the wall that separates the stage from the auditorium in a modern theater | - |
| protoplasm | 16 | the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus) | - |
| protractor | 14 | drafting instrument used to draw or measure angles | - |
| provenance | 17 | where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence | - |
| premiering | 15 | - | - |
| prioritise | 12 | assign a priority to | - |
| preemption | 16 | the right to purchase something in advance of others | - |
| profligate | 16 | a dissolute man in fashionable society | - |
| promontory | 17 | a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) | - |
| proscribed | 17 | excluded from use or mention | - |
| preferment | 17 | the act of making accusations | preferment of charges |
| prehensile | 15 | immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth | prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees |
| prepayment | 19 | payment in advance | - |
| presbyopia | 19 | a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45 | - |
| profitless | 15 | without profit or reward | let us have no part in profitless quarrels |
| programing | 16 | creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something | - |
| projective | 24 | - | - |
| preciously | 17 | extremely | - |
| prefrontal | 15 | anterior to a frontal structure | a prefrontal bone |
| prettiness | 12 | the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman) | - |
| promulgate | 15 | state or announce | - |
| prophetess | 17 | a woman prophet | - |
| predispose | 15 | make susceptible | This illness predisposes you to gain weight |
| prescience | 16 | the power to foresee the future | - |
| presuppose | 16 | take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand | I presuppose that you have done your work |
| princeling | 15 | a petty or insignificant prince who rules some unimportant principality | - |
| proctology | 18 | the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the colon or rectum or anus | - |
| promptness | 16 | the characteristic of doing things without delay | - |
| propulsive | 17 | tending to or capable of propelling | the faster a jet plane goes the greater its propulsive efficiency |
| protrusion | 12 | something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings | - |
| pracharaks | 21 | - | - |
| practicals | 16 | - | - |
| practicers | 16 | - | - |
| practician | 16 | someone who practices a learned profession | - |
| practicked | 21 | - | - |
| practicums | 18 | - | - |
| practiques | 23 | - | - |
| practisant | 14 | - | - |
| practisers | 14 | - | - |
| practising | 15 | - | - |
| practolols | 14 | - | - |
| praeambles | 16 | - | - |
| praecocial | 16 | - | - |
| praelected | 15 | - | - |
| praeludium | 15 | - | - |
| praemunire | 14 | - | - |
| praenomens | 14 | - | - |
| praenomina | 14 | - | - |
| praepostor | 14 | - | - |
| praesidium | 15 | a permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in session | - |
| praetorial | 12 | of or relating to a Roman praetor | praetorial powers |
| praetorium | 14 | the tent of an ancient Roman general | - |
| pragmatics | 17 | the study of language use | - |
| pragmatise | 15 | - | - |
| pragmatize | 24 | - | - |
| praiseachs | 17 | - | - |
| praiseless | 12 | - | - |
| praisingly | 16 | - | - |
| pranayamas | 17 | - | - |
| prancingly | 18 | - | - |
| prandially | 16 | - | - |
| prankingly | 20 | - | - |
| prankishly | 22 | - | - |
| pranksters | 16 | - | - |
| pratfallen | 15 | - | - |
| pratincole | 14 | Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers | - |
| prattlebox | 21 | - | - |
| praxeology | 23 | - | - |
| prayerless | 15 | - | - |
| preabsorbs | 16 | - | - |
| preaccused | 17 | - | - |
| preaccuses | 16 | - | - |
| preachable | 19 | - | - |
| preacherly | 20 | - | - |
| preachiest | 17 | - | - |
| preachings | 18 | - | - |
| preachment | 19 | a sermon on a moral or religious topic | - |
| preadamite | 15 | - | - |
| preadapted | 16 | - | - |
| preadjusts | 20 | - | - |
| preadopted | 16 | - | - |
| prealtered | 13 | - | - |
| preambling | 17 | - | - |
| preapplied | 17 | - | - |
| preapplies | 16 | - | - |
| preappoint | 16 | - | - |
| preapprove | 19 | - | - |
| prearrange | 13 | arrange beforehand | - |
| preassigns | 13 | - | - |
| preassured | 13 | - | - |
| preassures | 12 | - | - |
| preattuned | 13 | - | - |
| preattunes | 12 | - | - |
| preaverred | 16 | - | - |
| preaxially | 22 | - | - |
| prebendary | 18 | a canon who receives a prebend for serving the church | - |
| prebidding | 17 | - | - |
| prebilling | 15 | - | - |
| prebinding | 16 | - | - |
| prebiotics | 16 | - | - |
| preblessed | 15 | - | - |
| preblesses | 14 | - | - |
| preboarded | 16 | - | - |
| preboiling | 15 | - | - |
| prebooking | 19 | - | - |
| prebudgets | 16 | - | - |
| prebuttals | 14 | - | - |
| precalculi | 16 | - | - |
| precancels | 16 | - | - |
| precancers | 16 | - | - |
| precariats | 14 | - | - |
| precasting | 15 | - | - |
| precedency | 20 | status established in order of importance or urgency | - |
| precedents | 15 | - | - |
| precensors | 14 | - | - |
| precenting | 15 | - | - |
| precentors | 14 | - | - |
| precentrix | 21 | - | - |
| preceptial | 16 | - | - |
| preceptive | 19 | - | - |
| preceptors | 16 | - | - |
| preceptory | 19 | - | - |
| precertify | 20 | - | - |
| precessing | 15 | - | - |
| precharged | 19 | - | - |
| precharges | 18 | - | - |
| prechecked | 24 | - | - |
| prechilled | 18 | - | - |
| prechooses | 17 | - | - |
| precieuses | 14 | - | - |
| preciosity | 17 | the quality of being fastidious or excessively refined | - |
| preciouses | 14 | - | - |
| precipiced | 19 | - | - |
| precipices | 18 | - | - |
| precipitin | 16 | an antibody that causes precipitation when it unites with its antigen | - |
| precisians | 14 | - | - |
| precisions | 14 | - | - |
| precleaned | 15 | - | - |
| precleared | 15 | - | - |
| precluding | 16 | - | - |
| preclusion | 14 | the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively | - |
| preclusive | 17 | made impossible | - |
| precocials | 16 | - | - |
| precognise | 15 | - | - |
| precognize | 24 | - | - |
| precollege | 15 | - | - |
| precompose | 18 | - | - |
| precompute | 18 | - | - |
| preconceit | 16 | - | - |
| preconcert | 16 | - | - |
| precondemn | 17 | - | - |
| preconised | 15 | - | - |
| preconises | 14 | - | - |
| preconized | 24 | - | - |
| preconizes | 23 | - | - |
| preconsume | 16 | - | - |
| precontact | 16 | - | - |
| precookers | 18 | - | - |
| precooking | 19 | - | - |
| precooling | 15 | - | - |
| precordial | 15 | in front of the heart; involving the precordium | - |
| precreased | 15 | - | - |
| precreases | 14 | - | - |
| precurrers | 14 | - | - |
| precursing | 15 | - | - |
| precursive | 17 | - | - |
| precursors | 14 | - | - |
| precursory | 17 | warning of future misfortune | - |
| precutting | 15 | - | - |
| precycling | 20 | - | - |
| predaceous | 15 | hunting and killing other animals for food | - |
| predacious | 15 | hunting and killing other animals for food | - |
| predations | 13 | - | - |
| predatisms | 15 | - | - |
| predecease | 15 | die before; die earlier than | She predeceased her husband |
| prededucts | 16 | - | - |
| predefined | 17 | - | - |
| predefines | 16 | - | - |
| predentary | 16 | - | - |
| predentate | 13 | - | - |
| predeposit | 15 | - | - |
| predesigns | 14 | - | - |
| predestine | 13 | foreordain by divine will or decree | - |
| predestiny | 16 | - | - |
| predevelop | 18 | - | - |
| predevoted | 17 | - | - |
| predevotes | 16 | - | - |
| prediality | 16 | - | - |
| predicable | 17 | - | - |
| predicants | 15 | - | - |
| predicates | 15 | - | - |
| predicator | 15 | an expression that predicates | - |
| predicters | 15 | - | - |
| predicting | 16 | - | - |
| predictors | 15 | - | - |
| predigests | 14 | - | - |
| predikants | 17 | - | - |
| predinners | 13 | - | - |
| predooming | 16 | - | - |
| predrilled | 14 | - | - |
| preediting | 14 | - | - |
| preelected | 15 | - | - |
| preembargo | 17 | - | - |
| preempting | 17 | - | - |
| preemptors | 16 | - | - |
| preemptory | 19 | - | - |
| preenacted | 15 | - | - |
| preerected | 15 | - | - |
| preethical | 17 | - | - |
| preexcited | 22 | - | - |
| preexcites | 21 | - | - |
| preexempts | 23 | - | - |
| preexisted | 20 | - | - |
| preexposed | 22 | - | - |
| preexposes | 21 | - | - |
| prefabbing | 20 | - | - |
| prefascist | 17 | - | - |
| preferrers | 15 | - | - |
| prefigured | 17 | - | - |
| prefigures | 16 | - | - |
| prefinance | 17 | - | - |
| prefixally | 25 | - | - |
| prefixions | 22 | - | - |
| prefixture | 22 | - | - |
| preflights | 19 | - | - |
| prefocused | 18 | - | - |
| prefocuses | 17 | - | - |
| preformats | 17 | - | - |
| preforming | 18 | - | - |
| prefranked | 20 | - | - |
| prefreezes | 24 | - | - |
| prefulgent | 16 | - | - |
| prefunding | 17 | - | - |
| pregenital | 13 | - | - |
| preglacial | 15 | - | - |
| pregnances | 15 | - | - |
| pregnantly | 16 | - | - |
| pregrowths | 19 | - | - |
| preguiding | 15 | - | - |
| prehandled | 17 | - | - |
| prehandles | 16 | - | - |
| prehardens | 16 | - | - |
| preharvest | 18 | - | - |
| prehearing | 16 | - | - |
| preheaters | 15 | - | - |
| preheating | 16 | - | - |
| prehending | 17 | - | - |
| prehension | 15 | the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) | - |
| prehensive | 18 | - | - |
| prehensors | 15 | - | - |
| prehensory | 18 | - | - |
| preholiday | 19 | - | - |
| prehominid | 18 | - | - |
| preimposed | 17 | - | - |
| preimposes | 16 | - | - |
| preinforms | 17 | - | - |
| preinserts | 12 | - | - |
| preinstall | 12 | - | - |
| preinvited | 16 | - | - |
| preinvites | 15 | - | - |
| prejudgers | 21 | - | - |
| prejudging | 22 | - | - |
| prejudices | 22 | - | - |
| prejudizes | 29 | - | - |
| prelatical | 14 | - | - |
| prelations | 12 | - | - |
| prelatised | 13 | - | - |
| prelatises | 12 | - | - |
| prelatisms | 14 | - | - |
| prelatists | 12 | - | - |
| prelatized | 22 | - | - |
| prelatizes | 21 | - | - |
| prelatures | 12 | - | - |
| prelecting | 15 | - | - |
| prelection | 14 | - | - |
| prelectors | 14 | - | - |
| prelexical | 21 | - | - |
| prelimited | 15 | - | - |
| prelingual | 13 | - | - |
| preloading | 14 | - | - |
| prelocated | 15 | - | - |
| prelocates | 14 | - | - |
| prelogical | 15 | - | - |
| preludious | 13 | - | - |
| prelusions | 12 | - | - |
| premarkets | 18 | - | - |
| prematures | 14 | - | - |
| premaxilla | 21 | - | - |
| premeasure | 14 | - | - |
| premedical | 17 | preceding and preparing for the study of medicine | premedical courses |
| premeiotic | 16 | - | - |
| premissing | 15 | - | - |
| premoisten | 14 | - | - |
| premolding | 16 | - | - |
| premonitor | 14 | - | - |
| premotions | 14 | - | - |
| premoulded | 16 | - | - |
| premycotic | 21 | - | - |
| prenatally | 15 | - | - |
| prenominal | 14 | of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify | - |
| prenotions | 12 | - | - |
| prenticing | 15 | - | - |
| prenumbers | 16 | - | - |
| preobtains | 14 | - | - |
| preoculars | 14 | - | - |
| preopening | 15 | - | - |
| preoptions | 14 | - | - |
| preordains | 13 | - | - |
| preordered | 14 | - | - |
| prepackage | 21 | - | - |
| prepacking | 21 | - | - |
| preparator | 14 | - | - |
| preparedly | 18 | - | - |
| prepasting | 15 | - | - |
| prepayable | 19 | - | - |
| prepensely | 17 | - | - |
| prepensing | 15 | - | - |
| prepensive | 17 | - | - |
| preplacing | 17 | - | - |
| preplanned | 15 | - | - |
| prepollent | 14 | - | - |
| preportion | 14 | - | - |
| prepositor | 14 | - | - |
| prepossess | 14 | influence (somebody's) opinion in advance | - |
| prepostors | 14 | - | - |
| prepotence | 16 | - | - |
| prepotency | 19 | the state of being predominant over others | - |
| preppiness | 16 | - | - |
| prepresses | 14 | - | - |
| prepricing | 17 | - | - |
| preprimary | 19 | - | - |
| preprinted | 15 | - | - |
| preprocess | 16 | - | - |
| preprogram | 17 | - | - |
| prepuberal | 16 | - | - |
| prepuberty | 19 | a period of two years immediately prior to the onset of puberty when growth and changes leading to sexual maturity occur | - |
| prepunched | 20 | - | - |
| prepunches | 19 | - | - |
| prequalify | 27 | - | - |
| prereading | 14 | - | - |
| prerecords | 15 | - | - |
| prerelease | 12 | - | - |
| prerequire | 21 | - | - |
| prereviews | 18 | - | - |
| prerinsing | 13 | - | - |
| presageful | 16 | - | - |
| presbyopes | 19 | - | - |
| presbyopic | 21 | able to see distant objects clearly | - |
| presbyters | 17 | - | - |
| presbytism | 19 | - | - |
| preschools | 17 | - | - |
| prescinded | 16 | - | - |
| prescoring | 15 | - | - |
| prescreens | 14 | - | - |
| prescriber | 16 | - | - |
| prescribes | 16 | - | - |
| prescripts | 16 | - | - |
| preseasons | 12 | - | - |
| preselects | 14 | - | - |
| preselling | 13 | - | - |
| presension | 12 | - | - |
| presentees | 12 | - | - |
| presenters | 12 | - | - |
| presential | 12 | - | - |
| presenting | 13 | - | - |
| presentism | 14 | the doctrine that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (as in the Book of Revelations) are presently in the course of being fulfilled | - |
| presentist | 12 | a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) are being fulfilled at the present time | - |
| presentive | 15 | - | - |
| preservers | 15 | - | - |
| preservice | 17 | - | - |
| presetting | 13 | - | - |
| presettled | 13 | - | - |
| presettles | 12 | - | - |
| preshaping | 18 | - | - |
| preshipped | 20 | - | - |
| preshowing | 19 | - | - |
| preshrinks | 19 | - | - |
| presidents | 13 | - | - |
| presidiary | 16 | - | - |
| presidiums | 15 | - | - |
| presifting | 16 | - | - |
| presignals | 13 | - | - |
| presignify | 19 | - | - |
| preslicing | 15 | - | - |
| presoaking | 17 | - | - |
| presolving | 16 | - | - |
| presorting | 13 | - | - |
| prespecify | 22 | - | - |
| pressboard | 15 | - | - |
| pressgangs | 14 | - | - |
| pressingly | 16 | in a pressing manner | - |
| pressmarks | 18 | - | - |
| pressrooms | 14 | - | - |
| presswoman | 17 | - | - |
| presswomen | 17 | - | - |
| pressworks | 19 | - | - |
| prestamped | 17 | - | - |
| prestation | 12 | - | - |
| presternum | 14 | - | - |
