11-letter words containing pr
- led printer — (printer) (Or "LED page printer") A printer which is similar in operation to a laser printer, but where an array of LEDs is used in place of the laser.
- leprechauns — a dwarf or sprite.
- lepromatous — the swollen lesion of leprosy.
- leprosarium — a hospital for the treatment of lepers.
- letterpress — the process of printing from letters or type in relief, rather than from intaglio plates or planographically.
- lipoprotein — any of the class of proteins that contain a lipid combined with a simple protein.
- long primer — a 12-point type.
- low profile — a deliberately inconspicuous, modest, or anonymous manner.
- low-profile — a deliberately inconspicuous, modest, or anonymous manner.
- low-protein — Low-protein substances contain very little protein.
- lumpenprole — a member of the lumpenproletariat.
- mainsprings — Plural form of mainspring.
- malapropism — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
- malapropist — a person who regularly makes malapropisms
- malpractice — Law. failure of a professional person, as a physician or lawyer, to render proper services through reprehensible ignorance or negligence or through criminal intent, especially when injury or loss follows.
- megaproject — A very large public investment project, especially one costing more than one billion US dollars.
- meprobamate — a white powder, C 9 H 1 8 N 2 O 4 , used in medicine chiefly as a tranquilizer for treating anxiety, tension, and skeletal muscle spasm.
- metaprogram — A program which modifies or generates other programs. A compiler is an example of a metaprogram: it takes a program as input and produces another (compiled) one as output.
- metaprotein — a hydrolytic derivative of protein, insoluble in water but soluble in dilute acids or alkalis.
- mildewproof — able to withstand or repel the effect of mildew.
- misappraise — to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess: We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it.
- misoprostol — A drug used for various purposes including the prevention of drug-induced gastric ulcers and the inducement of abortions, having the chemical formula C22H38O5.
- mothproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of mothproof.
- mothproofer — an agent that prevents moths from destroying materials or garments
- mucoprotein — a protein that yields carbohydrates as well as amino acids on hydrolysis.
- mudspringer — mudskipper.
- my pretties — a way of addressing a group of people
- mycoprotein — A food product derived from fungus, the basis of Quorn.
- nasal spray — a liquid medication that can be atomized and inhaled into or through the nose.
- nicol prism — one of a pair of prisms used to produce and analyze plane-polarized light in a polarizing microscope. Also called Nicol. Compare polarizer (def 1).
- nobel prize — any of various awards made annually, beginning in 1901, from funds originally established by Alfred B. Nobel for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, literature, and the promotion of peace; an annual award in economics was established in 1969 from private funds.
- nonpregnant — Not pregnant.
- odd pricing — a strategy whereby retail prices are set at levels a little less than a round number, for example $19.99, £8.98, £99.95
- offer price — cost of sth being offered for sale
- omnipresent — present everywhere at the same time: the omnipresent God.
- on approval — the act of approving; approbation.
- oncoprotein — (genetics, oncology, protein) A protein that is coded for by an oncogene.
- open prison — An open prison is a prison where there are fewer restrictions on prisoners than in a normal prison.
- open prolog — (Prolog, language) Prolog for the Macintosh by Michael Brady <[email protected]>.
- oppressions — Plural form of oppression.
- opprobrious — conveying or expressing opprobrium, as language or a speaker: opprobrious invectives.
- orthopraxia — the correction of deformities; orthopedics.
- ostpreussen — a former province in NE Germany: an enclave separated from Germany by the Polish Corridor; now divided between Poland and the Russian Federation. 14,283 sq. mi. (36,993 sq. km). Capital: Königsberg.
- out-process — to end a military tour of duty, accompanied by necessary paperwork: All enlisted soldiers out-process as a class.
- overexpress — to put (thought) into words; utter or state: to express an idea clearly.
- overimpress — to impress to an excessive degree
- overprecise — excessively precise
- overprepare — to prepare more than necessary
- overprocess — to process too much
- overproduce — to produce more of (a product or commodity) than is required