10-Letter Words Starting With PR

Here's the list of all the 904 10-Letter Words Starting With PR in the English Language.

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production
1. the act or process of producing something
2. a presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television
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protection
1. the activity of protecting someone or something
2. a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury
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processing
1. preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure
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provisions
1. a stock or supply of foods
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prevention
1. the act of preventing
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previously
1. at an earlier time or formerly
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programmes
1. arrange a program of or for
2. write a computer program
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prohibited
1. excluded from use or mention
2. forbidden by law
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projection
1. a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations
2. the projection of an image from a film onto a screen
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protective
1. showing care
2. (usually followed by `of') solicitously caring or mindful
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preference
1. a strong liking
2. a predisposition in favor of something
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proportion
1. the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
2. magnitude or extent
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protecting
1. shielding (or designed to shield) against harm or discomfort
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prescribed
1. set down as a rule or guide
2. fixed or established especially by order or command
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profession
1. the body of people in a learned occupation
2. an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
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provincial
1. of or associated with a province
2. characteristic of the provinces or their people
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providence
1. the guardianship and control exercised by a deity
2. a manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures
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proceeding
1. (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
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prediction
1. the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
2. a statement made about the future
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productive
1. yielding positive results
2. marked by great fruitfulness
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programmer
1. a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs
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profitable
1. yielding material gain or profit
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prevalence
1. the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread
2. (epidemiology) the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population
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propaganda
1. information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause
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presidency
1. the tenure of a president
2. the office and function of president
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preventive
1. tending to prevent or hinder
2. preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease
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preferably
1. more readily or willingly
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privileged
1. blessed with privileges
2. not subject to usual rules or penalties
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prosperity
1. an economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment
2. the condition of prospering; having good fortune
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pronounced
1. strongly marked; easily noticeable
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procedural
1. of or relating to procedure
2. relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law
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presumably
1. by reasonable assumption
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programmed
1. arrange a program of or for
2. write a computer program
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prosecutor
1. a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
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prospectus
1. a formal written offer to sell securities (filed with the SEC) that sets forth a plan for a (proposed) business enterprise
2. a catalog listing the courses offered by a college or university
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prevailing
1. most frequent or common
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precedence
1. status established in order of importance or urgency
2. preceding in time
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predictive
1. of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions
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protestant
1. protesting
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prudential
1. arising from or characterized by prudence especially in business matters
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proficient
1. of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill
2. having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
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proclaimed
1. declared publicly; made widely known
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propulsion
1. a propelling force
2. the act of propelling
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preferable
1. more desirable than another
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prosperous
1. in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich
2. very lively and profitable
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pretending
1. the act of giving a false appearance
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proprietor
1. (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
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profoundly
1. to a great depth psychologically or emotionally
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procession
1. (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
2. the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation
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projecting
1. extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
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prominence
1. the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent
2. relative importance or fame
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prefecture
1. the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire)
2. the office of prefect
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prioritize
1. assign a priority to
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proteomics
1. the branch of genetics that studies the full set of proteins encoded by a genome
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prepayment
1. payment in advance
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prostitute
1. sell one's body; exchange sex for money
2. a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
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priesthood
1. the body of ordained religious practitioners
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provenance
1. where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
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propensity
1. an inclination to do something
2. a natural inclination
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prosthetic
1. of or relating to prosthetics
2. relating to or serving as a prosthesis
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precaution
1. a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.
2. the trait of practicing caution in advance
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prognostic
1. a sign of something about to happen
2. of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions
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prosthesis
1. corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body
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projectile
1. impelling or impelled forward
2. a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
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prednisone
1. 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
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preemption
1. the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject
2. the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property)
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promissory
1. relating to or having the character of a promise
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preferring
1. like better; value more highly
2. select as an alternative over another
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protracted
1. relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
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preemptive
1. designed or having the power to deter or prevent an anticipated situation or occurrence
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precarious
1. affording no ease or reassurance
2. fraught with danger
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proverbial
1. of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb
2. widely known and spoken of
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primordial
1. having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
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principled
1. based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of rightness or morality
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prehistory
1. the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word
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prejudiced
1. being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand
2. emanating from a person's emotions and prejudices
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promulgate
1. state or announce
2. put a law into effect by formal declaration
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prospector
1. someone who explores an area for mineral deposits
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protruding
1. extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
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programing
1. setting an order and time for planned events
2. creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something
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presbytery
1. building reserved for the officiating clergy
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propellant
1. tending to or capable of propelling
2. any substance that propels
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profitably
1. in a productive way
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progenitor
1. an ancestor in the direct line
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pragmatism
1. (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value
2. the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth
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preeminent
1. greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
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proteinase
1. any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis
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prioritise
1. assign a priority to
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prodigious
1. so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
2. of momentous or ominous significance
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prostheses
1. corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body
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promontory
1. a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
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precocious
1. characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude)
2. appearing or developing early
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prefrontal
1. anterior to a frontal structure
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pragmatics
1. the study of language use
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prophesied
1. predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
2. deliver a sermon
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proscribed
1. excluded from use or mention
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premarital
1. relating to events before a marriage
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propagator
1. someone who propagates plants (as under glass)
2. someone who spreads the news
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professing
1. an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion
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propelling
1. cause to move forward with force
2. give an incentive for action
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praetorian
1. of or relating to a Roman praetor
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precession
1. the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone
2. the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)
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prosciutto
1. Italian salt-cured ham usually sliced paper thin
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protrusion
1. something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
2. the act of projecting out from something
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prenuptial
1. relating to events before a marriage
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procurator
1. a person authorized to act for another
2. (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxes
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protractor
1. drafting instrument used to draw or measure angles
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predispose
1. make susceptible
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promptness
1. the characteristic of doing things without delay
2. the quality or habit of adhering to an appointed time
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presuppose
1. take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand
2. require as a necessary antecedent or precondition
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pretension
1. a false or unsupportable quality
2. the advancing of a claim
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pragmatist
1. an adherent of philosophical pragmatism
2. a person who takes a practical approach to problems and is concerned primarily with the success or failure of their actions
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prospering
1. very lively and profitable
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10-Letter Words Starting With PR