11-Letter Words Starting With PR

Here's the list of all the 797 11-Letter Words Starting With PR in the English Language.

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programming
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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preparation
1. the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose
2. a substance prepared according to a formula
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proceedings
1. (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
2. a written account of what transpired at a meeting
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progressive
1. a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
2. a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
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preliminary
1. a minor match preceding the main event
2. something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
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promotional
1. of or relating to serving as publicity
2. of or relating to advancement
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probability
1. a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible
2. the quality of being probable; a probable event or the most probable event
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prospective
1. of or concerned with or related to the future
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procurement
1. the act of getting possession of something
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proprietary
1. an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
2. protected by trademark or patent or copyright; made or produced or distributed by one having exclusive rights
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proposition
1. (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false
2. a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection
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prosecution
1. the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior
2. the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant
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progression
1. a series with a definite pattern of advance
2. a movement forward
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practically
1. almost; nearly
2. in a practical manner
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provisional
1. under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
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prestigious
1. having an illustrious reputation; respected
2. exerting influence by reason of high status or prestige
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propagation
1. the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
2. the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
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proficiency
1. the quality of having great facility and competence
2. skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity
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prohibition
1. a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
2. a decree that prohibits something
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predictable
1. capable of being foretold
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problematic
1. open to doubt or debate
2. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
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premiership
1. the office of premier
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practicable
1. usable for a specific purpose
2. capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
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predecessor
1. one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office)
2. something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
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preparatory
1. preceding and preparing for something
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principally
1. for the most part
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presumption
1. an assumption that is taken for granted
2. (law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed
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prehistoric
1. of or relating to times before written history
2. belonging to or existing in times before recorded history
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promulgated
1. formally made public
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provocative
1. serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy
2. intentionally arousing sexual desire
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predominant
1. most frequent or common
2. having superior power and influence
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prominently
1. in a prominent way
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protagonist
1. a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
2. the principal character in a work of fiction
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prophylaxis
1. the prevention of disease
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prematurely
1. (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation
2. too soon; in a premature manner
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preventable
1. capable of being prevented
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printmaking
1. artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreens
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prerogative
1. a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
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pretentious
1. making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction
2. intended to attract notice and impress others
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predicament
1. a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
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provocation
1. unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
2. something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
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preoccupied
1. engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively
2. occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance
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prejudicial
1. tending to favor preconceived ideas
2. (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury
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predictably
1. in a predictable manner or to a predictable degree
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prohibitive
1. tending to discourage (especially of prices)
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precipitate
1. bring about abruptly
2. separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
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preclinical
1. of or relating to the early phases of a disease when accurate diagnosis is not possible because symptoms of the disease have not yet appeared
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preexisting
1. existing previously or before something
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proletariat
1. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
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prosthetics
1. the branch of medicine dealing with the production and use of artificial body parts
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promiscuous
1. not selective of a single class or person
2. casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
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presumptive
1. having a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance
2. affording reasonable grounds for belief or acceptance
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predisposed
1. made susceptible
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propranolol
1. the first beta blocker (trade name Inderal) used in treating hypertension and angina pectoris and essential tremor
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proteolytic
1. of or relating to proteolysis
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preschooler
1. a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten
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prepackaged
1. prepared and wrapped beforehand and ready for sale
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predominate
1. be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
2. appear very large or occupy a commanding position
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provocateur
1. a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts
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proliferate
1. grow rapidly
2. cause to grow or increase rapidly
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preposition
1. a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word
2. (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached)
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proletarian
1. a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)
2. belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat
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procreation
1. the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
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prokaryotic
1. having cells that lack membrane-bound nuclei
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proteolysis
1. the hydrolysis of proteins into peptides and amino acids by cleavage of their peptide bonds
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prefectural
1. of or relating to a prefecture
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promiscuity
1. indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations
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presentment
1. an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative
2. a document that must be accepted and paid by another person
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presentable
1. fit to be seen
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prematurity
1. the state of being premature
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prostatitis
1. inflammation of the prostate gland characterized by perineal pain and irregular urination and (if severe) chills and fever
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prerecorded
1. recorded at one time for transmission later
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proteinuria
1. the presence of excessive protein (chiefly albumin but also globulin) in the urine; usually a symptom of kidney disorder
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precalculus
1. a college-level algebra and trigonometry course that is designed to prepare students for the study of calculus
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precipitous
1. done with very great haste and without due deliberation
2. dangerously steep
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prothrombin
1. a protein in blood plasma that is the inactive precursor of thrombin
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proofreader
1. someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections
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premonition
1. a feeling of evil to come
2. an early warning about a future event
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preparative
1. preceding and preparing for something
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predestined
1. established or prearranged unalterably
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11-Letter Words Starting With PR