| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| practicalness | noun | Same as Practicality. |
| praefloration | noun | Same as Prefloration. |
| praefoliation | noun | Same as Prefoliation. |
| praenominical | adjective | Of or pertaining to a praenomen. |
| praeoperculum | noun | Same as Preoperculum. |
| pragmatically | adverb | In a pragmatical manner. |
| preaccusation | noun | Previous accusation. |
| preadjustment | noun | Previous adjustment. |
| preadmonition | noun | Previous warning or admonition; forewarning. |
| preambulation | noun | A walking or going before; precedence., A preamble. |
| preambulatory | adjective | Preceding; going before; introductory. |
| precautionary | adjective | Of or pertaining to precaution, or precautions; as, precautionary signals. |
| precentorship | noun | The office of a precentor. |
| precipitantly | adverb | With rash or foolish haste; in headlong manner. |
| precipitating | present participle & vb. noun | of Precipitate |
| precipitately | adverb | In a precipitate manner; headlong; hastily; rashly. |
| precipitation | noun | The act of precipitating, or the state of being precipitated, or thrown headlong., A falling, flowing, or rushing downward with violence and rapidity., Great hurry; rash, tumultuous haste; impetuosity., The act or process of precipitating from a solution. |
| precognizable | adjective | Cognizable beforehand. |
| precollection | noun | A collection previously made. |
| preconceiving | present participle & vb. noun | of Preconceive |
| preconception | noun | The act of preconceiving; conception or opinion previously formed. |
| preconcerting | present participle & vb. noun | of Preconcert |
| preconcertion | noun | The act of preconcerting; preconcert. |
| preconformity | noun | Anticipative or antecedent conformity. |
| preconization | noun | A publishing by proclamation; a public proclamation., A formal approbation by the pope of a person nominated to an ecclesiastical dignity. |
| preconsigning | present participle & vb. noun | of Preconsign |
| preconstitute | verb t. | To constitute or establish beforehand. |
| precontracted | imp. & past participle | of Precontract |
| precursorship | noun | The position or condition of a precursor. |
| prededication | noun | A dedication made previously or beforehand. |
| predestinated | imp. & past participle | of Predestinate |
| predestinator | noun | One who predestinates, or foreordains., One who holds to the doctrine of predestination; a predestinarian. |
| predetermined | imp. & past participle | of Predetermine |
| predicability | noun | The quality or state of being predicable, or affirmable of something, or attributed to something. |
| predicamental | adjective | Of or pertaining to a predicament. |
| predisponency | noun | The state of being predisposed; predisposition. |
| predominantly | adverb | In a predominant manner. |
| predominating | present participle & vb. noun | of Predominate |
| predomination | noun | The act or state of predominating; ascendency; predominance. |
| preengagement | noun | Prior engagement, obligation, or attachment, as by contract, promise, or affection. |
| preferability | noun | The quality or state of being preferable; preferableness. |
| prefiguration | noun | The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured. |
| prefigurative | adjective | Showing by prefiguration. |
| prefigurement | noun | The act of prefiguring; prefiguration; also, that which is prefigured. |
| preinstructed | imp. & past participle | of Preinstruct |
| preintimation | noun | Previous intimation; a suggestion beforehand. |
| prejudicating | present participle & vb. noun | of Prejudicate |
| prejudicately | adverb | With prejudice. |
| prejudication | noun | The act of prejudicating, or of judging without due examination of facts and evidence; prejudgment., A preliminary inquiry and determination about something which belongs to a matter in dispute., A previous treatment and decision of a point; a precedent. |
| prejudicative | adjective | Forming a judgment without due examination; prejudging. |
| prelatureship | noun | The state or dignity of a prelate; prelacy. |
| preliminarily | adverb | In a preliminary manner. |
| preliminaries | plural | of Preliminary |
| premeditating | present participle & vb. noun | of Premeditate |
| premeditately | adverb | With premeditation. |
| premeditation | noun | The act of meditating or contriving beforehand; previous deliberation; forethought. |
| premillennial | adjective | Previous to the millennium. |
| premonishment | noun | Previous warning or admonition; forewarning. |
| premonstrator | noun | One who, or that which, premonstrates. |
| prenomination | noun | The act of prenominating; privilege of being named first. |
| prenunciation | noun | The act of announcing or proclaiming beforehand. |
| preoccupation | noun | The act of preoccupying, or taking possession of beforehand; the state of being preoccupied; prepossession., Anticipation of objections. |
| preordination | noun | The act of foreordaining: previous determination. |
| preparatively | adverb | By way of preparation. |
| preponderance | noun | Alt. of Preponderancy |
| preponderancy | noun | The quality or state of being preponderant; superiority or excess of weight, influence, or power, etc.; an outweighing., The excess of weight of that part of a canon behind the trunnions over that in front of them. |
| preponderated | imp. & past participle | of Preponderate |
| prepositional | adjective | Of or pertaining to a preposition; of the nature of a preposition. |
| prepossessing | present participle & vb. noun | of Prepossess, Tending to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor, esteem, or love; attractive; as, a prepossessing manner. |
| prepossession | noun | Preoccupation; prior possession., Preoccupation of the mind by an opinion, or impression, already formed; preconceived opinion; previous impression; bias; — generally, but not always, used in a favorable sense; as, the prepossessions of childhood. |
| preraphaelism | noun | Alt. of Preraphaelitism |
| preraphaelite | adjective | Of or pertaining to the style called preraphaelitism; as, a preraphaelite figure; a preraphaelite landscape., One who favors or practices art as it was before Raphael; one who favors or advocates preraphaelitism. |
| prerogatively | adverb | By prerogative. |
| presbytership | noun | The office or station of a presbyter; presbyterate. |
| prescriptible | adjective | Depending on, or derived from, prescription; proper to be prescribed. |
| presentaneous | adjective | Ready; quick; immediate in effect; as, presentaneous poison. |
| presentiality | noun | State of being actually present. |
| presentifical | adjective | Presentific. |
| presidentship | noun | The office and dignity of president; presidency. |
| presignifying | imp. & past participle | of Presignify |
| presphenoidal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the presphenoid bone; presphenoid. |
| pressirostral | adjective | Of or pertaining to the pressirosters. |
| prestidigital | adjective | Nimble-fingered; having fingers fit for prestidigitation, or juggling. |
| prestigiation | noun | Legerdemain; prestidigitation. |
| prestigiatory | adjective | Consisting of impostures; juggling. |
| presstriction | noun | Obstruction, dimness, or defect of sight. |
| presumptively | adverb | By presumption, or supposition grounded or probability; presumably. |
| pretendership | noun | The character, right, or claim of a pretender. |
| preteriteness | noun | Same as Preteritness. |
| pretermission | noun | The act of passing by or omitting; omission., See Preterition. |
| pretermitting | present participle & vb. noun | of Pretermit |
| preternatural | adjective | Beyond of different from what is natural, or according to the regular course of things, but not clearly supernatural or miraculous; strange; inexplicable; extraordinary; uncommon; irregular; abnormal; as, a preternatural appearance; a preternatural stillness; a preternatural presentation (in childbirth) or labor. |
| preterperfect | adjective & noun | Old name of the tense also called preterit. |
| pretervection | noun | The act of carrying past or beyond. |
| pretty-spoken | adjective | Spoken or speaking prettily. |
| prevaricating | present participle & vb. noun | of Prevaricate |
| prevarication | noun | The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation from the truth and fair dealing., A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office., The collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution., A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it. |
| priest-ridden | adjective | Controlled or oppressed by priests; as, a priest-ridden people. |
| primitiveness | noun | The quality or state of being primitive; conformity to primitive style or practice. |
| primogenitive | adjective | Of or pertaining to primogeniture., Primogeniture. |
| primogeniture | adjective | The state of being the firstborn of the same parents; seniority by birth among children of the same family., The exclusive right of inheritance which belongs to the eldest son. Thus in England the right of inheriting the estate of the father belongs to the eldest son, and in the royal family the eldest son of the sovereign is entitled to the throne by primogeniture. In exceptional cases, among the female children, the crown descends by right of primogeniture to the eldest daughter only and her issue. |
| primordialism | noun | Devotion to, or persistence in, conditions of the primordial state. |
| primum mobile | In the Ptolemaic system, the outermost of the revolving concentric spheres constituting the universe, the motion of which was supposed to carry with it all the inclosed spheres with their planets in a daily revolution from east to west. See Crystalline heavens, under Crystalline. | |
| principalness | noun | The quality of being principal. |
| principiation | noun | Analysis into primary or elemental parts. |
| prismatically | adverb | In the form or manner of a prism; by means of a prism. |
| privateersmen | plural | of Privateersman |
| privateersman | noun | An officer or seaman of a privateer. |
| privativeness | noun | The state of being privative. |
| probabilities | plural | of Probability |
| probationship | noun | A state of probation. |
| probe-pointed | adjective | Having a blunt or button-shaped extremity; — said of cutting instruments. |
| problematical | adjective | Having the nature of a problem; not shown in fact; questionable; uncertain; unsettled; doubtful. |
| processionary | adjective | Pertaining to a procession; consisting in processions; as, processionary service. |
| processioning | noun | A proceeding prescribed by statute for ascertaining and fixing the boundaries of land. See 2d Procession. |
| proces verbal | An authentic minute of an official act, or statement of facts. | |
| proconsulship | noun | Proconsulate. |
| procrastinate | verb t. | To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance., To delay; to be dilatory. |
| procrustesian | adjective | See Procrustean. |
| procuratorial | adjective | Of or pertaining to a procurator, or proctor; made by a proctor. |
| producibility | noun | The quality or state of being producible. |
| profectitious | adjective | Proceeding from, as from a parent; derived, as from an ancestor. |
| professoriate | noun | The body of professors, or the professorial staff, in a university or college., A professorship. |
| professorship | noun | The office or position of a professor, or public teacher. |
| progeneration | noun | The act of begetting; propagation. |
| prognosticate | verb t. | To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil. |
| progressional | adjective | Of or pertaining to progression; tending to, or capable of, progress. |
| prolegomenary | adjective | Of the nature of a prolegomenon; preliminary; introductory; prefatory. |
| proleptically | adverb | In a proleptical manner. |
| proliferation | noun | The continuous development of cells in tissue formation; cell formation., The production of numerous zooids by budding, especially when buds arise from other buds in succession. |
| prolification | noun | The generation of young., Reproduction by the growth of a plant, or part of a plant, directly from an older one, or by gemmae. |
| proocutorship | noun | The office of a prolocutor. |
| promiscuously | adverb | In a promiscuous manner. |
| promorphology | noun | Crystallography of organic forms; — a division of morphology created by Haeckel. It is essentially stereometric, and relates to a mathematical conception of organic forms. See Tectology. |
| pronominalize | verb t. | To give the effect of a pronoun to; as, to pronominalize the substantives person, people, etc. |
| pronounceable | adjective | Capable of being pronounced. |
| pronouncement | noun | The act of pronouncing; a declaration; a formal announcement. |
| pronunciation | noun | The act of uttering with articulation; the act of giving the proper sound and accent; utterance; as, the pronunciation of syllables of words; distinct or indistinct pronunciation., The mode of uttering words or sentences., The art of manner of uttering a discourse publicly with propriety and gracefulness; — now called delivery. |
| pronunciative | adjective | Of or pertaining to pronunciation., Uttering confidently; dogmatical. |
| pronunciatory | adjective | Of or pertaining to pronunciation; that pronounces. |
| propaedeutics | noun | The preliminary learning connected with any art or science; preparatory instruction. |
| proparoxytone | noun | A word which has the acute accent on the antepenult. |
| prophetically | adverb | In a prophetical manner; by way of prediction. |
| proportioning | present participle & vb. noun | of Proportion |
| proportionate | adjective | Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional., To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate, or to due comparative relation; to proportion; as, to proportionate punishment to crimes. |
| propositional | adjective | Pertaining to, or in the nature of, a proposition; considered as a proposition; as, a propositional sense. |
| proprietaries | plural | of Proprietary |
| proprietorial | adjective | Of or pertaining to ownership; proprietary; as, proprietorial rights. |
| proselytizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Proselytize |
| prosemination | noun | Propagation by seed. |
| prosimetrical | adjective | Consisting both of prose and verse. |
| prosodiacally | adverb | Prosodically. |
| prospectively | adverb | In a prospective manner. |
| prosternation | noun | Dejection; depression. |
| protectionism | noun | The doctrine or policy of protectionists. See Protection, 4. |
| protectionist | noun | One who favors protection. See Protection, 4. |
| protectorless | adjective | Having no protector; unprotected. |
| protectorship | noun | The office of a protector or regent; protectorate. |
| proteinaceous | adjective | Of or related to protein; albuminous; proteid. |
| proterandrous | adjective | Having the stamens come to maturity before the pistil; — opposed to proterogynous. |
| proteranthous | adjective | Having flowers appearing before the leaves; — said of certain plants. |
| proteroglypha | noun pl. | A suborder of serpents including those that have permanently erect grooved poison fangs, with ordinary teeth behind them in the jaws. It includes the cobras, the asps, and the sea snakes. Called also Proteroglyphia. |
| proterogynous | adjective | Having the pistil come to maturity before the stamens; protogynous; — opposed to proterandrous. |
| proterosaurus | noun | An extinct genus of reptiles of the Permian period. Called also Protosaurus. |
| protestantism | noun | The quality or state of being protestant, especially against the Roman Catholic Church; the principles or religion of the Protestants. |
| prothyalosome | noun | Same as Prothyalosoma. |
| protoorganism | noun | An organism whose nature is so difficult to determine that it might be referred to either the animal or the vegetable kingdom. |
| protosilicate | noun | A silicate formed with the lowest proportion of silicic acid, or having but one atom of silicon in the molecule. |
| protosulphide | noun | That one of a series of sulphides of any element which has the lowest proportion of sulphur; a sulphide with but one atom of sulphur in the molecule. |
| protovertebra | noun | One of the primitive masses, or segments, into which the mesoblast of the vertebrate embryo breaks up on either side of the anterior part of the notochord; a mesoblastic, or protovertebral, somite. See Illust. of Ectoderm. |
| protuberation | noun | The act of swelling beyond the surrounding surface. |
| provence rose | The cabbage rose (Rosa centifolia)., A name of many kinds of roses which are hybrids of Rosa centifolia and R. Gallica. | |
| proventriulus | noun | The glandular stomach of birds, situated just above the crop. |
| proverbialism | noun | A proverbial phrase. |
| proverbialist | noun | One who makes much use of proverbs in speech or writing; one who composes, collects, or studies proverbs. |
| proverbialize | verb t. & i. | To turn into a proverb; to speak in proverbs. |
| providentness | noun | The quality or state of being provident; carefulness; prudence; economy. |
| provincialism | noun | A word, or a manner of speaking, peculiar to a province or a district remote from the mother country or from the metropolis; a provincial characteristic; hence, narrowness; illiberality. |
| provincialist | noun | One who lives in a province; a provincial. |
| provinciality | noun | The quality or state of being provincial; peculiarity of language characteristic of a province. |
| provincialize | verb t. | To render provincial. |
| provisionally | adverb | By way of provision for the time being; temporarily. |
| prudentialist | noun | One who is governed by, or acts from, prudential motives. |
| prudentiality | noun | The quality or state of being prudential. |