8-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| probably | 17 | easy to believe on the basis of available evidence | he will probably win the election |
| promised | 13 | - | - |
| pregnant | 11 | rich in significance or implication | - |
| princess | 12 | a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign) | - |
| practice | 14 | translating an idea into action | a hard theory to put into practice |
| pressure | 10 | to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means | - |
| prepared | 13 | having made preparations | prepared to take risks |
| property | 15 | a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished | self-confidence is not an endearing property |
| precious | 12 | obviously contrived to charm | an insufferably precious performance |
| properly | 15 | in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances | If you don't behave properly, you'll have to leave! |
| presence | 12 | the immediate proximity of someone or something | she blushed in his presence |
| producer | 13 | someone who manufactures something | - |
| progress | 11 | move forward, also in the metaphorical sense | - |
| prisoner | 10 | a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war | - |
| presents | 10 | - | - |
| previous | 13 | just preceding something else in time or order | the previous owner |
| proposal | 12 | an offer of marriage | - |
| produced | 14 | - | - |
| provided | 15 | - | - |
| priority | 13 | status established in order of importance or urgency | national independence takes priority over class struggle |
| prettier | 10 | - | - |
| proposed | 13 | - | - |
| preserve | 13 | maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger | - |
| promoted | 13 | - | - |
| province | 15 | the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation | - |
| prophecy | 20 | knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) | - |
| pressing | 11 | compelling immediate action | too pressing to permit of longer delay |
| protocol | 12 | (computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data | - |
| profound | 14 | far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something | profound social changes |
| practise | 12 | learn by repetition | - |
| preacher | 15 | someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel | - |
| predator | 11 | someone who attacks in search of booty | - |
| premises | 12 | land and the buildings on it | bread is baked on the premises |
| premiere | 12 | be performed for the first time | We premiered the opera of the young composer and it was a critical success |
| precinct | 14 | a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes | - |
| printing | 11 | reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication | - |
| prospect | 14 | the possibility of future success | his prospects as a writer are excellent |
| prestige | 11 | a high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc. | he wanted to achieve power and prestige |
| probable | 14 | likely but not certain to be or become true or real | he foresaw a probable loss |
| prostate | 10 | relating to the prostate gland | - |
| provoked | 18 | incited, especially deliberately, to anger | the provoked animal attacked the child |
| prophets | 15 | the second of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures | - |
| praising | 11 | full of or giving praise | - |
| proclaim | 14 | state or announce | The King will proclaim an amnesty |
| proceeds | 13 | the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property | - |
| promoter | 12 | a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments | - |
| prodigal | 12 | a recklessly extravagant consumer | - |
| presumed | 13 | - | - |
| promptly | 17 | in a punctual manner | he did his homework promptly |
| provider | 14 | someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity | - |
| privates | 13 | external sex organ | - |
| prudence | 13 | knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress | - |
| primates | 12 | an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings | - |
| prancing | 13 | - | - |
| pristine | 10 | completely free from dirt or contamination | pristine mountain snow |
| prohibit | 15 | command against | - |
| prepping | 15 | - | - |
| preceded | 14 | - | - |
| primeval | 15 | having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state | the forest primeval |
| profiler | 13 | - | - |
| proverbs | 15 | an Old Testament book consisting of proverbs from various Israeli sages (including Solomon) | - |
| priestly | 13 | befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood | priestly dedication to the people of his parish |
| pretense | 10 | an artful or simulated semblance | - |
| pretence | 12 | an artful or simulated semblance | - |
| prussian | 10 | a German inhabitant of Prussia | - |
| prenatal | 10 | occurring or existing before birth | the prenatal period |
| procured | 13 | - | - |
| prophesy | 18 | deliver a sermon | - |
| prologue | 11 | an introduction to a play | - |
| prolific | 15 | bearing in abundance especially offspring | flying foxes are extremely prolific |
| primrose | 12 | any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads | - |
| printout | 10 | the output of a computer in printed form | - |
| prideful | 14 | having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy | walked with a prideful swagger |
| profiled | 14 | - | - |
| princely | 15 | ostentatiously rich and superior in quality | a princely sum |
| prompter | 14 | someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech | - |
| proofing | 14 | - | - |
| presidio | 11 | a fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings | Tucson was first settled as a walled presidio |
| pricking | 17 | the act of puncturing with a small point | - |
| primping | 15 | careful or finicky grooming | the primping alone took more than an hour |
| proximal | 19 | situated nearest to point of attachment or origin | the proximal end of a bone |
| prentice | 12 | works for an expert to learn a trade | - |
| pressman | 12 | someone whose occupation is printing | - |
| pretrial | 10 | (law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than in criminal cases | - |
| preclude | 13 | make impossible, especially beforehand | - |
| preggers | 12 | - | - |
| printery | 13 | - | - |
| protrude | 11 | swell or protrude outwards | - |
| preamble | 14 | a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose) | - |
| prodding | 13 | a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something | the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves |
| progeria | 11 | a rare abnormality marked by premature aging (grey hair and wrinkled skin and stooped posture) in a child | - |
| prettily | 13 | in a pretty manner | all this is most prettily done |
| principe | 14 | an island in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of Sao Tome and Principe | - |
| procurer | 12 | someone who obtains or acquires | the procurer of opera tickets |
| protegee | 11 | a woman protege | - |
| prattler | 10 | someone who speaks in a childish way | - |
| prettied | 11 | - | - |
| protozoa | 19 | in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers | - |
| priapism | 14 | condition in which the penis is continually erect; usually painful and seldom with sexual arousal | - |
| priggish | 15 | exaggeratedly proper | - |
| prurient | 10 | characterized by lust | prurient literature |
| pratfall | 13 | an embarrassing mistake | - |
| prefaced | 16 | - | - |
| premolar | 12 | a tooth having two cusps or points; located between the incisors and the molars | - |
| probated | 13 | - | - |
| profaned | 14 | treated irreverently or sacrilegiously | - |
| prophase | 15 | the first stage of meiosis | - |
| protease | 10 | any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis | - |
| provable | 15 | capable of being demonstrated or proved | practical truth provable to all men |
| prejudge | 19 | judge beforehand, especially without sufficient evidence | - |
| preorder | 11 | - | - |
| prolapse | 12 | the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus) | - |
| propound | 13 | put forward, as of an idea | - |
| provably | 18 | in an obvious and provable manner | - |
| prabbles | 14 | - | - |
| practick | 18 | - | - |
| practics | 14 | - | - |
| practive | 15 | - | - |
| pradhans | 14 | - | - |
| praecipe | 14 | - | - |
| praedial | 11 | - | - |
| praefect | 15 | - | - |
| praelect | 12 | - | - |
| praetors | 10 | - | - |
| prairied | 11 | - | - |
| prairies | 10 | - | - |
| praisers | 10 | - | - |
| pralines | 10 | - | - |
| prancers | 12 | - | - |
| prancked | 17 | - | - |
| pranckes | 16 | - | - |
| prandial | 11 | of or relating to a meal | - |
| pranging | 12 | - | - |
| prankful | 17 | - | - |
| prankier | 14 | - | - |
| pranking | 15 | - | - |
| prankish | 17 | naughtily or annoyingly playful | - |
| prankled | 15 | - | - |
| prankles | 14 | - | - |
| pratfell | 13 | - | - |
| pratings | 11 | - | - |
| pratique | 19 | - | - |
| pratting | 11 | - | - |
| prattled | 11 | - | - |
| prattles | 10 | - | - |
| praunced | 13 | - | - |
| praunces | 12 | - | - |
| prawlins | 13 | - | - |
| prawners | 13 | - | - |
| prawning | 14 | - | - |
| praxises | 17 | - | - |
| prayings | 14 | - | - |
| preached | 16 | - | - |
| preaches | 15 | - | - |
| preacing | 13 | - | - |
| preacted | 13 | - | - |
| preadapt | 13 | - | - |
| preadmit | 13 | - | - |
| preadopt | 13 | - | - |
| preadult | 11 | - | - |
| preallot | 10 | - | - |
| prealter | 10 | - | - |
| preapply | 17 | - | - |
| prearmed | 13 | - | - |
| preasing | 11 | - | - |
| preassed | 11 | - | - |
| preasses | 10 | - | - |
| preaudit | 11 | - | - |
| preavers | 13 | - | - |
| preaxial | 17 | - | - |
| prebaked | 17 | - | - |
| prebakes | 16 | - | - |
| prebasal | 12 | - | - |
| prebends | 13 | - | - |
| prebills | 12 | - | - |
| prebinds | 13 | - | - |
| prebirth | 15 | - | - |
| prebless | 12 | - | - |
| preboard | 13 | - | - |
| preboils | 12 | - | - |
| prebooks | 16 | - | - |
| prebound | 13 | - | - |
| prebuild | 13 | - | - |
| prebuilt | 12 | - | - |
| precasts | 12 | - | - |
| precavae | 15 | - | - |
| precaval | 15 | - | - |
| precedes | 13 | - | - |
| preceese | 12 | - | - |
| precents | 12 | - | - |
| precepit | 14 | - | - |
| precepts | 14 | - | - |
| precheck | 21 | - | - |
| prechill | 15 | - | - |
| prechose | 15 | - | - |
| precieux | 19 | - | - |
| precipes | 14 | - | - |
| precised | 13 | - | - |
| preciser | 12 | - | - |
| precises | 12 | - | - |
| precited | 13 | - | - |
| preclean | 12 | - | - |
| preclear | 12 | - | - |
| precoded | 14 | - | - |
| precodes | 13 | - | - |
| precooks | 16 | - | - |
| precools | 12 | - | - |
| precrash | 15 | - | - |
| precured | 13 | - | - |
| precures | 12 | - | - |
| precurse | 12 | - | - |
| precycle | 17 | - | - |
| predated | 12 | - | - |
| predates | 11 | - | - |
| predawns | 14 | - | - |
| predeath | 14 | - | - |
| predella | 11 | - | - |
| predelle | 11 | - | - |
| predials | 11 | - | - |
| predicts | 13 | - | - |
| predooms | 13 | - | - |
| predraft | 14 | - | - |
| predried | 12 | - | - |
| predries | 11 | - | - |
| predrill | 11 | - | - |
| predusks | 15 | - | - |
| predying | 15 | - | - |
| preedits | 11 | - | - |
| preelect | 12 | - | - |
| preemies | 12 | - | - |
| preempts | 14 | - | - |
| preenact | 12 | - | - |
| preeners | 10 | - | - |
| preening | 11 | - | - |
| preerect | 12 | - | - |
| preeving | 14 | - | - |
| preexist | 17 | exist beforehand or prior to a certain point in time | - |
| prefacer | 15 | - | - |
| prefaces | 15 | - | - |
| prefaded | 15 | (of fabric or clothing) having been given a faded (weathered) appearance by artificial means | - |
| prefades | 14 | - | - |
| prefects | 15 | - | - |
| prefight | 17 | - | - |
| prefiled | 14 | - | - |
| prefiles | 13 | - | - |
| prefired | 14 | - | - |
| prefires | 13 | - | - |
| prefixal | 20 | - | - |
| prefixed | 21 | - | - |
| prefixes | 20 | - | - |
| preflame | 15 | - | - |
| prefocus | 15 | - | - |
| preforms | 15 | - | - |
| prefrank | 17 | - | - |
| prefroze | 22 | - | - |
| prefunds | 14 | - | - |
| pregamed | 14 | - | - |
| pregames | 13 | - | - |
| preggier | 12 | - | - |
| preguide | 12 | - | - |
| preheats | 13 | - | - |
| prehends | 14 | - | - |
| prehnite | 13 | - | - |
| prehuman | 15 | - | - |
| prelates | 10 | - | - |
| prelatic | 12 | - | - |
| prelects | 12 | - | - |
| prelegal | 11 | - | - |
| prelimit | 12 | - | - |
| prelives | 13 | - | - |
| preloads | 11 | - | - |
| preloved | 14 | - | - |
| preluded | 12 | - | - |
| preluder | 11 | - | - |
| preludes | 11 | - | - |
| preludio | 11 | - | - |
| prelunch | 15 | - | - |
| premakes | 16 | - | - |
| premedic | 15 | - | - |
| premiers | 12 | - | - |
| premised | 13 | - | - |
| premiums | 14 | - | - |
| premixed | 20 | - | - |
| premixes | 19 | - | - |
| premolds | 13 | - | - |
| premoral | 12 | - | - |
| premorse | 12 | - | - |
| premotor | 12 | - | - |
| premould | 13 | - | - |
| premoult | 12 | - | - |
| premoved | 16 | - | - |
| premoves | 15 | - | - |
| prenames | 12 | - | - |
| prenasal | 10 | - | - |
| prenomen | 12 | - | - |
| prenting | 11 | - | - |
| preowned | 14 | - | - |
| prepacks | 18 | - | - |
| preparer | 12 | - | - |
| prepares | 12 | - | - |
| prepaste | 12 | - | - |
| prepaved | 16 | - | - |
| prepaves | 15 | - | - |
| prepense | 12 | - | - |
| preplace | 14 | - | - |
| preplans | 12 | - | - |
| preplant | 12 | - | - |
| preponed | 13 | - | - |
| prepones | 12 | - | - |
| preposed | 13 | - | - |
| preposes | 12 | - | - |
| preppier | 14 | - | - |
| preppies | 14 | - | - |
| preppily | 17 | - | - |
| prepregs | 13 | - | - |
| prepress | 12 | - | - |
| preprice | 14 | - | - |
| preprint | 12 | - | - |
| prepubes | 14 | - | - |
| prepubis | 14 | - | - |
| prepuces | 14 | - | - |
| prepunch | 17 | - | - |
| prepupae | 14 | - | - |
| prepupal | 14 | of an inactive stage in the development of some insects, between the larval and the pupal stages | the prepupal stage |
| prepupas | 14 | - | - |
| prequels | 19 | - | - |
| preradio | 11 | - | - |
| prerenal | 10 | - | - |
| prerinse | 10 | - | - |
| presaged | 12 | - | - |
| presager | 11 | - | - |
| presages | 11 | - | - |
| presales | 10 | - | - |
| presbyte | 15 | - | - |
| prescind | 13 | - | - |
| prescore | 12 | - | - |
| prescuta | 12 | - | - |
| presells | 10 | - | - |
| preshape | 15 | - | - |
| preships | 15 | - | - |
| preshown | 16 | - | - |
| preshows | 16 | - | - |
| presided | 12 | - | - |
| presider | 11 | - | - |
| presides | 11 | - | - |
| presidia | 11 | - | - |
| presifts | 13 | - | - |
| presleep | 12 | - | - |
| preslice | 12 | - | - |
| presoaks | 14 | - | - |
| presolve | 13 | - | - |
| presorts | 10 | - | - |
| presplit | 12 | - | - |
| pressers | 10 | - | - |
| pressfat | 13 | - | - |
| pressful | 13 | - | - |
| pressies | 10 | - | - |
| pression | 10 | - | - |
| pressmen | 12 | - | - |
| pressors | 10 | - | - |
| pressrun | 10 | - | - |
| prestamp | 14 | - | - |
| presters | 10 | - | - |
| presting | 11 | - | - |
| prestore | 10 | - | - |
| presumer | 12 | - | - |
| presumes | 12 | - | - |
| pretaped | 13 | - | - |
| pretapes | 12 | - | - |
| pretaste | 10 | - | - |
| preteens | 10 | - | - |
| pretells | 10 | - | - |
| pretends | 11 | - | - |
| preterit | 10 | a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense | - |
| preterms | 12 | - | - |
| pretests | 10 | - | - |
| pretexts | 17 | - | - |
| pretonic | 12 | - | - |
| pretrain | 10 | - | - |
| pretreat | 10 | - | - |
| pretrims | 12 | - | - |
| pretties | 10 | - | - |
| prettify | 16 | make more beautiful | - |
| pretyped | 16 | - | - |
| pretypes | 15 | - | - |
| pretzels | 19 | - | - |
| preunion | 10 | - | - |
| preunite | 10 | - | - |
| prevails | 13 | - | - |
| prevalue | 13 | - | - |
| prevened | 14 | - | - |
| prevenes | 13 | - | - |
| prevents | 13 | - | - |
| preverbs | 15 | - | - |
| previews | 16 | - | - |
| prevised | 14 | - | - |
| previses | 13 | - | - |
| previsit | 13 | - | - |
| previsor | 13 | - | - |
| prevuing | 14 | - | - |
| prewarms | 15 | - | - |
| prewarns | 13 | - | - |
| preweigh | 17 | - | - |
| prewired | 14 | - | - |
| prewires | 13 | - | - |
| preworks | 17 | - | - |
| prewraps | 15 | - | - |
| prewrite | 13 | - | - |
| prewrote | 13 | - | - |
| prezzies | 28 | - | - |
| priapean | 12 | - | - |
| pribbles | 14 | - | - |
| priciest | 12 | - | - |
| pricings | 13 | - | - |
| prickers | 16 | - | - |
| prickets | 16 | - | - |
| prickier | 16 | - | - |
| prickled | 17 | - | - |
| prickles | 16 | - | - |
| priedieu | 11 | - | - |
| priested | 11 | - | - |
| prieving | 14 | - | - |
| priggers | 12 | - | - |
| priggery | 15 | - | - |
| prigging | 13 | - | - |
| priggism | 14 | - | - |
| prilling | 11 | - | - |
| primages | 13 | - | - |
| primally | 15 | - | - |
| primatal | 12 | - | - |
| primatic | 14 | - | - |
| primeros | 12 | - | - |
| primeurs | 12 | - | - |
| primines | 12 | - | - |
| primings | 13 | - | - |
| primmers | 14 | - | - |
| primmest | 14 | - | - |
| primming | 15 | - | - |
| primness | 12 | exaggerated and arrogant properness | - |
| primrosy | 15 | - | - |
| primsier | 12 | - | - |
| primulas | 12 | - | - |
| primuses | 12 | - | - |
| princing | 13 | - | - |
| principi | 14 | - | - |
| princock | 18 | - | - |
| prinkers | 14 | - | - |
| prinking | 15 | - | - |
| printers | 10 | - | - |
| priorate | 10 | - | - |
| prioress | 10 | the superior of a group of nuns | - |
| priories | 10 | - | - |
| prisages | 11 | - | - |
| priseres | 10 | - | - |
| prismoid | 13 | a prismatoid whose bases are polygons having the same number of sides and whose other faces are trapezoids or parallelograms | - |
| prisoned | 11 | - | - |
| prissier | 10 | - | - |
| prissies | 10 | - | - |
| prissily | 13 | in a prissy manner | the new teacher alienates the children by behaving prissily |
| prissing | 11 | - | - |
| pristane | 10 | - | - |
| privados | 14 | - | - |
| privater | 13 | - | - |
| priviest | 13 | - | - |
| prizable | 21 | - | - |
| prizeman | 21 | - | - |
| prizemen | 21 | - | - |
| probands | 13 | - | - |
| probangs | 13 | - | - |
| probates | 12 | - | - |
| probings | 13 | - | - |
| problems | 14 | - | - |
| procaine | 12 | a white crystalline powder (trade name Ethocaine) administered near nerves as a local anesthetic in dentistry and medicine | - |
| procarps | 14 | - | - |
| prochain | 15 | - | - |
| prochein | 15 | - | - |
| procinct | 14 | - | - |
| proclive | 15 | - | - |
| proctors | 12 | - | - |
| procural | 12 | the act of getting possession of something | - |
| procures | 12 | - | - |
| prodders | 12 | - | - |
| proditor | 11 | - | - |
| prodnose | 11 | - | - |
| prodroma | 13 | an early symptom that a disease is developing or that an attack is about to occur | - |
| prodrome | 13 | an early symptom that a disease is developing or that an attack is about to occur | - |
| prodromi | 13 | - | - |
| prodrugs | 12 | - | - |
| produces | 13 | - | - |
| products | 13 | - | - |
| proemial | 12 | - | - |
| proettes | 10 | - | - |
| profaner | 13 | - | - |
| profanes | 13 | - | - |
| proffers | 16 | - | - |
| profiles | 13 | - | - |
| profited | 14 | - | - |
| profiter | 13 | - | - |
| proforma | 15 | - | - |
| profuser | 13 | - | - |
