| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| preached | imp. & past participle | of Preach |
| preacher | noun | One who preaches; one who discourses publicly on religious subjects., One who inculcates anything with earnestness. |
| preamble | noun | A introductory portion; an introduction or preface, as to a book, document, etc.; specifically, the introductory part of a statute, which states the reasons and intent of the law., To make a preamble to; to preface; to serve as a preamble. |
| preaxial | adjective | Situated in front of any transverse axis in the body of an animal; anterior; cephalic; esp., in front, or on the anterior, or cephalic (that is, radial or tibial) side of the axis of a limb. |
| preative | adjective | Alt. of Preatory |
| preatory | adjective | Suppliant; beseeching. |
| preceded | imp. & past participle | of Precede |
| precinct | noun | The limit or exterior line encompassing a place; a boundary; a confine; limit of jurisdiction or authority; — often in the plural; as, the precincts of a state., A district within certain boundaries; a minor territorial or jurisdictional division; as, an election precinct; a school precinct., A parish or prescribed territory attached to a church, and taxed for its support. |
| precious | adjective | Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone., Of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed; dear; beloved; as, precious recollections., Particular; fastidious; overnice. |
| preclude | verb | To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede., To shut out by anticipative action; to prevent or hinder by necessary consequence or implication; to deter action of, access to, employment of, etc.; to render ineffectual; to obviate by anticipation. |
| precoces | noun pl. | Same as Praecoces. |
| precurse | noun | A forerunning. |
| predecay | noun | Premature decay. |
| predella | noun | The step, or raised secondary part, of an altar; a superaltar; hence, in Italian painting, a band or frieze of several pictures running along the front of a superaltar, or forming a border or frame at the foot of an altarpiece. |
| preelect | verb t. | To elect beforehand. |
| preemtor | noun | One who preempts; esp., one who preempts public land. |
| preening | present participle & vb. noun | of Preen |
| preerect | verb t. | To erect beforehand. |
| preexist | verb i. | To exist previously; to exist before something else. |
| prefaced | imp. & past participle | of Preface |
| prefacer | noun | The writer of a preface. |
| prefixed | imp. & past participle | of Prefix |
| pregnant | adjective | Being with young, as a female; having conceived; great with young; breeding; teeming; gravid; preparing to bring forth., Heavy with important contents, significance, or issue; full of consequence or results; weighty; as, pregnant replies., Full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.; as, a pregnant youth., A pregnant woman., Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt. |
| prehnite | noun | A pale green mineral occurring in crystalline aggregates having a botryoidal or mammillary structure, and rarely in distinct crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. |
| prejudge | verb t. | To judge before hearing, or before full and sufficient examination; to decide or sentence by anticipation; to condemn beforehand. |
| prelatic | adjective | Alt. of Prelatical |
| prelatry | noun | Prelaty; prelacy. |
| prelimit | verb t. | To limit previously. |
| preluded | imp. & past participle | of Prelude |
| preluder | noun | One who, or that which, preludes; one who plays a prelude. |
| premerit | verb t. | To merit or deserve beforehand. |
| premiant | adjective | Serving to reward; rewarding. |
| premices | noun pl. | First fruits. |
| premious | adjective | Rich in gifts. |
| premises | plural | of Premise |
| premised | imp. & past participle | of Premise |
| premiums | plural | of Premium |
| premolar | adjective | Situated in front of the molar teeth., An anterior molar tooth which has replaced a deciduous molar. See Tooth. |
| premorse | adjective | Terminated abruptly, or as it bitten off. |
| prenasal | adjective | Situated in front of the nose, or in front of the nasal chambers. |
| prenatal | adjective | Being or happening before birth. |
| prenomen | noun | See Praenomen. |
| prentice | noun | An apprentice. |
| preorder | verb t. | To order to arrange beforehand; to foreordain. |
| prepare/ | imp. & past participle | of Prepare |
| prepared | adjective | Made fit or suitable; adapted; ready; as, prepared food; prepared questions. |
| preparer | noun | One who, or that which, prepares, fits, or makes ready. |
| prepense | verb t. | To weigh or consider beforehand; to premeditate., To deliberate beforehand., Devised, contrived, or planned beforehand; preconceived; premeditated; aforethought; — usually placed after the word it qualifies; as, malice prepense. |
| prepubic | adjective | Situated in front of, or anterior to, the pubis; pertaining to the prepubis. |
| prepubis | noun | A bone or cartilage, of some animals, situated in the middle line in front of the pubic bones. |
| presaged | imp. & past participle | of Presage |
| presager | noun | One who, or that which, presages; a foreteller; a foreboder. |
| presbyte | noun | Same as Presbyope. |
| prescind | verb t. | To cut off; to abstract., To consider by a separate act of attention or analysis. |
| prescuta | plural | of Prescutum |
| presence | noun | The state of being present, or of being within sight or call, or at hand; — opposed to absence., The place in which one is present; the part of space within one’s ken, call, influence, etc.; neighborhood without the intervention of anything that forbids intercourse., Specifically, neighborhood to the person of one of superior of exalted rank; also, presence chamber., The whole of the personal qualities of an individual; person; personality; especially, the person of a superior, as a sovereign., An assembly, especially of person of rank or nobility; noble company., Port, mien; air; personal appearence. |
| preserve | verb t. | To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect., To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, as sugar, salt, etc.; to season and prepare for remaining in a good state, as fruits, meat, etc.; as, to preserve peaches or grapes., To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve appearances; to preserve silence., To make preserves., To protect game for purposes of sport., That which is preserved; fruit, etc., seasoned and kept by suitable preparation; esp., fruit cooked with sugar; — commonly in the plural., A place in which game, fish, etc., are preserved for purposes of sport, or for food. |
| presided | imp. & past participle | of Preside |
| presider | noun | One who presides. |
| presidio | noun | A place of defense; a fortress; a garrison; a fortress; a garrison or guardhouse. |
| pressing | present participle & vb. noun | of Press, Urgent; exacting; importunate; as, a pressing necessity. |
| pression | noun | The act of pressing; pressure., An endeavor to move. |
| pressive | adjective | Pressing; urgent; also, oppressive; as, pressive taxation. |
| pressmen | plural | of Pressman |
| pressman | noun | One who manages, or attends to, a press, esp. a printing press., One who presses clothes; as, a tailor’s pressman., One of a press gang, who aids in forcing men into the naval service; also, one forced into the service. |
| pressure | noun | The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand., A contrasting force or impulse of any kind; as, the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization., Affliction; distress; grievance., Urgency; as, the pressure of business., Impression; stamp; character impressed., The action of a force against some obstacle or opposing force; a force in the nature of a thrust, distributed over a surface, often estimated with reference to the upon a unit’s area. |
| prestige | verb | Delusion; illusion; trick., Weight or influence derived from past success; expectation of future achievements founded on those already accomplished; force or charm derived from acknowledged character or reputation. |
| presumed | imp. & past participle | of Presume |
| presumer | noun | One who presumes; also, an arrogant person. |
| pretence | adjective | Alt. of Pretenceless, The act of laying claim; the claim laid; assumption; pretension., The act of holding out, or offering, to others something false or feigned; presentation of what is deceptive or hypocritical; deception by showing what is unreal and concealing what is real; false show; simulation; as, pretense of illness; under pretense of patriotism; on pretense of revenging Caesar’s death., That which is pretended; false, deceptive, or hypocritical show, argument, or reason; pretext; feint., Intention; design. |
| pretense | noun | Alt. of Pretence |
| preterit | adjective | Past; — applied to a tense which expresses an action or state as past., Belonging wholly to the past; passed by., The preterit; also, a word in the preterit tense. |
| prettily | adverb | In a pretty manner. |
| previous | adjective | Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness. |