| Word | Definition |
| practicality21 | concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities |
| practitioner16 | someone who practices a learned profession |
| praetorships19 | the office of praetor |
| pragmaticism21 | |
| pragmaticist19 | |
| pragmatistic19 | |
| praiseworthy23 | worthy of high praise |
| pralltriller14 | |
| prankishness21 | the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks |
| praseodymium22 | a soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; can be recovered from bastnasite or monazite by an ion-exchange process |
| praxeologies22 | |
| preabsorbing19 | |
| preachifying26 | speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements |
| preadjusting23 | |
| preadmission17 | |
| preadmitting18 | |
| preallotting15 | |
| preamplifier21 | |
| preannounced17 | |
| preannounces16 | |
| preapproving22 | |
| prearranging16 | arrange beforehand |
| preassembled19 | to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings |
| preassigning16 | |
| prebendaries17 | a canon who receives a prebend for serving the church |
| prebreakfast23 | |
| precanceling19 | |
| precancelled19 | |
| precancerous18 | of or relating to a growth that is not malignant but is likely to become so if not treated |
| precariously19 | in a precarious manner |
| precedencies19 | status established in order of importance or urgency |
| precensoring17 | |
| precentorial16 | |
| preceptorial18 | |
| preceptories18 | |
| precessional16 | |
| preciosities16 | the quality of being fastidious or excessively refined |
| preciousness16 | the quality possessed by something with a great price or value |
| precipitable20 | |
| precipitance20 | the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning |
| precipitancy23 | the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning |
| precipitants18 | an agent that causes a precipitate to form |
| precipitated19 | bring about abruptly |
| precipitates18 | a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering |
| precipitator18 | removes dust particles from gases by electrostatic precipitation |
| precisionist16 | |
| preclearance18 | |
| preclusively22 | |
| precociously21 | in a precocious manner |
| precognition17 | knowledge of an event before it occurs |
| precognitive20 | foreseeing the future |
| precomputing21 | |
| preconceived22 | conceive beforehand |
| preconceives21 | conceive beforehand |
| preconcerted19 | previously arranged or agreed on |
| preconciliar18 | |
| precondition17 | an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else |
| preconscious18 | |
| predeceasing18 | die before; die earlier than |
| predecessors17 | one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office) |
| prededucting19 | |
| predeparture17 | |
| predesignate16 | |
| predestinate15 | foreordain by divine will or decree |
| predestining16 | decree or determine beforehand |
| predetermine17 | determine beforehand |
| prediabetics19 | |
| predicaments19 | a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one |
| predications17 | (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument |
| predictively23 | |
| predigesting17 | digest (food) beforehand |
| predigestion16 | |
| predilection17 | a predisposition in favor of something |
| predischarge21 | |
| prediscovery23 | |
| predisposing18 | make susceptible |
| prednisolone15 | a glucocorticoid (trade names Pediapred or Prelone) used to treat inflammatory conditions |
| predominance19 | the state of being predominant over others |
| predominancy22 | |
| predominated18 | be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance |
| predominates17 | be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance |
| preeclampsia20 | abnormal state of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and fluid retention and albuminuria; can lead to eclampsia if untreated |
| preeclamptic22 | |
| preemergence19 | |
| preeminences18 | high status importance owing to marked superiority |
| preeminently19 | to a preeminent degree; with superiority or distinction above others; in a preeminent manner |
| preemptively24 | |
| preestablish19 | |
| preexempting26 | |
| preexistence23 | existing in a former state or previous to something else |
| prefabricate21 | to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings |
| preferential17 | manifesting partiality |
| prefinancing20 | |
| preflighting22 | |
| prefocussing20 | |
| preformation19 | a theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cell |
| preformatted20 | |
| preformulate19 | |
| pregnability20 | |
| pregnenolone15 | |
| prehardening19 | |
| prehensility20 | |
| prehistorian17 | |
| prehistories17 | the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word |
| preignitions15 | |
| preinaugural15 | |
| preinduction17 | |
| preinforming20 | |
| preinserting15 | |
| preinterview20 | |
| prejudgments25 | a judgment reached before the evidence is available |
| prelapsarian16 | of or relating to the time before the Fall of Adam and Eve |
| prelaunching20 | |
| prelibations16 | |
| preliterates14 | |
| premalignant17 | |
| premaritally19 | |
| premarketing21 | |
| premaxillary26 | |
| premeasuring17 | |
| premeditated18 | consider, ponder, or plan (an action) beforehand |
| premeditates17 | consider, ponder, or plan (an action) beforehand |
| premeditator17 | |
| premenstrual16 | of or relating to or occurring during the period just before menstruation |
| premierships21 | the office of premier |
| premigration17 | |
| premodifying24 | |
| premoistened17 | |
| premonishing20 | |
| premonitions16 | a feeling of evil to come |
| premunitions16 | |
| prenominated17 | |
| prenominates16 | |
| prenotifying21 | |
| prenumbering19 | |
| preobtaining17 | |
| preoccupancy25 | the mental state of being preoccupied by something |
| preoccupying24 | engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively |
| preoperative19 | happening or done before and in preparation for a surgical operation |
| preordaining16 | foreordain or determine beforehand |
| preovulatory20 | |
| prepackaging24 | |
| preparations16 | the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose |
| preparatives19 | |
| preparedness17 | the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action) |
| preponderant17 | having superior power and influence |
| preponderate17 | weigh more heavily |
| preportioned17 | |
| prepositions16 | 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 |
| prepossessed17 | possess beforehand |
| prepossesses16 | possess beforehand |
| preposterous16 | incongruous;inviting ridicule |
| prepotencies18 | the state of being predominant over others |
| preppinesses18 | |
| preprimaries18 | |
| preprocessed19 | |
| preprocesses18 | |
| preprocessor18 | |
| preprogramed20 | |
| prepuberties18 | a period of two years immediately prior to the onset of puberty when growth and changes leading to sexual maturity occur |
| prepubescent20 | (especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth |
| prepurchased22 | |
| prepurchases21 | |
| prequalified27 | |
| prequalifies26 | |
| prerecession16 | |
| prerecording18 | record before presentation, as of a broadcast |
| preregisters15 | |
| prerehearsal17 | |
| prereleasing15 | |
| prerequiring24 | |
| prerequisite23 | something that is required in advance |
| prerogatived19 | |
| prerogatives18 | a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right) |
| presbyterate19 | |
| presbyterial19 | |
| presbyterian19 | a follower of Calvinism as taught in the Presbyterian Church |
| presbyteries19 | building reserved for the officiating clergy |
| prescheduled21 | |
| preschedules20 | |
| preschoolers19 | a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten |
| prescreening17 | |
| prescription18 | directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions |
| prescriptive21 | pertaining to giving directives or rules |
| preselecting17 | |
| preselection16 | |
| presentation14 | the activity of formally presenting something (as a prize or reward) |
| presentative17 | |
| presentenced17 | |
| presentences16 | |
| presentiment16 | a feeling of evil to come |
| presentments16 | an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative |
| preservation17 | the activity of protecting something from loss or danger |
| preservative20 | a chemical compound that is added to protect against decay or decomposition |
| preshrinking22 | |
| presidencies17 | the tenure of a president |
| presidential15 | relating to a president or presidency |
| presignaling16 | |
| presignalled16 | |
| presignified19 | |
| presignifies18 | |
| preslaughter18 | |
| prespecified22 | |
| prespecifies21 | |
| pressureless14 | |
| pressurising15 | increase the pressure on a gas or liquid |
| pressurizers23 | |
| pressurizing24 | increase the pressure on a gas or liquid |
| presterilize23 | |
| prestressing15 | |
| prestructure16 | |
| presumptions18 | an assumption that is taken for granted |
| presumptuous18 | excessively forward |
| presupposing19 | take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand |
| presurveying21 | |
| presweetened18 | |
| pretensioned15 | |
| pretermitted17 | disregard intentionally or let pass |
| pretreatment16 | |
| prettinesses14 | the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman) |
| prevaricated20 | be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information |
| prevaricates19 | be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information |
| prevaricator19 | a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly |
| preveniently20 | |
| preventative20 | remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease |
| preventively23 | |
| previousness17 | |
| previsionary20 | |
| previsioning18 | |
| pridefulness18 | a feeling of self-respect and personal worth |
| priestliness14 | |
| priggishness19 | exaggerated and arrogant properness |
| primateships21 | the office of primate |
| primitivisms21 | a wild or unrefined state |
| primitivists19 | |
| primogenitor17 | an ancestor in the direct line |
| primordially20 | |
| princeliness16 | |
| principality21 | territory ruled by a prince |
| printability19 | |
| printmakings21 | artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreens |
| prioritizing24 | assign a priority to |
| prissinesses14 | |
| privatdocent20 | |
| privatdozent27 | |
| privateering18 | |
| prizefighter30 | a professional boxer |
| prizewinners26 | |
| prizewinning27 | holding first place in a contest |
| probabilisms20 | a Roman Catholic system of casuistry that when expert opinions differ an actor can follow any solidly probable opinion that he wishes even though some different opinion might be more probable |
| probabilists18 | |
| probationary19 | under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon |
| probationers16 | a nurse in training who is undergoing a trial period |
| problematics20 | |
| proboscidean19 | massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk |
| proboscidian19 | massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk |
| procarbazine27 | an antineoplastic drug used to treat Hodgkin's disease |
| procathedral20 | |
| procedurally20 | |
| processional16 | religious music used in a procession |
| processioned17 | |
| proclamation18 | a formal public statement |
| proclivities19 | a natural inclination |
| proconsulate16 | the position of proconsul |
| procreations16 | the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring |
| proctodaeums19 | |
| proctologies17 | the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the colon or rectum or anus |
| proctologist17 | a doctor specializing in diseases of the rectum and anus |
| proctorships21 | the position of proctor |
| procurations16 | |
| procurements18 | the act of getting possession of something |
| prodigiously19 | to a prodigious degree |
| productional17 | |
| productively23 | in a productive way |
| productivity23 | the quality of being productive or having the power to produce |
| profanations17 | blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character |
| professional17 | a person engaged in one of the learned professions |
| professorate17 | |
| professorial17 | relating to or characteristic of professors |
| professoriat17 | |
| proficiently22 | in a proficient manner |
| profiteering18 | make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods |
| profiteroles17 | a small hollow pastry that is typically filled with cream and covered with chocolate |
| profligacies20 | the trait of spending extravagantly |
| profligately21 | in a dissolute way |
| profoundness18 | extremeness of degree |
| profundities18 | wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound |
| progesterone15 | a steroid hormone (trade name Lipo-Lutin) produced in the ovary; prepares and maintains the uterus for pregnancy |
| progestogens16 | any of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone |
| proglottides16 | |
| prognathisms20 | the condition of being prognathous; the condition of having a projecting jaw |
| programmable21 | |
| programmatic21 | |
| programmings20 | setting an order and time for planned events |
| progressions15 | a series with a definite pattern of advance |
| progressives18 | a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going |
| prohibitions19 | a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages |
| projectional23 | |
| projectively29 | |
| prolegomenon17 | a preliminary discussion inserted at the beginning of a book or treatise |
| proletarians14 | a member of the working class (not necessarily employed) |
| proletariats14 | a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages |
| proliferated18 | grow rapidly |
| proliferates17 | grow rapidly |
| prolifically22 | |
| prolificness19 | |
| prologuizing25 | write or speak a prologue |
| prolongation15 | the act of prolonging something |
| promontories16 | a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) |
| promptitudes19 | the characteristic of doing things without delay |
| promptnesses18 | the characteristic of doing things without delay |
| promulgating18 | state or announce |
| promulgation17 | a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen |
| promulgators17 | (law) one who promulgates laws (announces a law as a way of putting it into execution) |
| pronephroses19 | |
| pronominally19 | |
| pronouncedly20 | |
| pronucleuses16 | the nucleus of the ovum or sperm after fertilization but before they fuse to form the nucleus of the zygote |
| proofreaders18 | someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections |
| proofreading19 | read for errors |
| propaedeutic19 | a course that provides an introduction to an art or science (or to more advanced study generally) |
| propagandist18 | a person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government |
| propagandize27 | subject to propaganda |
| propagations17 | the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions |
| propensities16 | an inclination to do something |
| propernesses16 | correct or appropriate behavior |
| propertyless19 | of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers; - G.B.Shaw |
| prophetesses19 | a woman prophet |
| prophethoods23 | |
| prophylactic26 | remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease |
| propitiating17 | make peace with |
| propitiation16 | the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity |
| propitiators16 | |
| propitiatory19 | having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation |
| propitiously19 | in an auspicious manner |
| proportional16 | one of the quantities in a mathematical proportion |
| proportioned17 | give pleasant proportions to |
| propositions16 | (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false |
| propoxyphene31 | a mildly narcotic analgesic drug (trade name Darvon) related to methadone but less addictive |
| propranolols16 | |
| proprietress16 | a woman proprietor |
| prorogations15 | discontinuation of the meeting (of a legislative body) without dissolving it |
| prosauropods17 | |
| proscription18 | a decree that prohibits something |
| proscriptive21 | |
| prosecutable18 | |
| prosecutions16 | the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior |
| proselytised18 | convert to another faith or religion |
| proselytises17 | convert to another faith or religion |
| proselytisms19 | the practice of proselytizing |
| proselytized27 | convert to another faith or religion |
| proselytizer26 | |
| proselytizes26 | convert to another faith or religion |
| prosobranchs21 | |
| prosodically20 | |
| prosopopoeia18 | representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature |
| prospectuses18 | a formal written offer to sell securities (filed with the SEC) that sets forth a plan for a (proposed) business enterprise |
| prosperities16 | an economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment |
| prosperously19 | in the manner of prosperous people |
| prostacyclin21 | |
| prosthetists17 | an expert in prosthetics |
| prostituting15 | sell one's body; exchange sex for money |
| prostitution14 | offering sexual intercourse for pay |
| prostitutors14 | |
| prostrations14 | an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion |
| protactinium18 | a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead |
| protagonists15 | a person who backs a politician or a team etc. |
| protectively22 | in a protective manner |
| protectorate16 | a state or territory partly controlled by (but not a possession of) a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs; protectorates are established by treaty |
| protectories16 | |
| proteinurias14 | the presence of excessive protein (chiefly albumin but also globulin) in the urine; usually a symptom of kidney disorder |
| protensively20 | |
| proteoglycan20 | |
| protestation14 | a formal and solemn declaration of objection |
| prothalamion19 | a song in celebration of a marriage |
| prothalamium21 | a song in celebration of a marriage |
| prothalluses17 | |
| prothonotary20 | |
| prothrombins21 | a protein in blood plasma that is the inactive precursor of thrombin |
| protocolling17 | |
| protohistory20 | the study humans prior to the invention of writing |
| protomartyrs19 | |
| protonations14 | |
| protonematal16 | |
| protophloems21 | |
| protoplanets16 | |
| protoplasmic20 | |
| prototrophic21 | |
| prototypical21 | representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned |
| protozoology27 | the branch of zoology that studies protozoans |
| protractions16 | the consequence of being lengthened in duration |
| protrusively20 | |
| protuberance18 | something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings |
| proudhearted19 | |
| provableness19 | |
| proveniences19 | where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence |
| proverbially22 | in the manner of something that has become a byword |
| providential18 | peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention |
| provincially22 | by the province; through the province |
| provisionals17 | |
| provisionary20 | under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon |
| provisioners17 | a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army |
| provisioning18 | supply with provisions |
| provocateurs19 | a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts |
| provocations19 | unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment |
| provocatives22 | |
| prudentially18 | |
| prussianised15 | |
| prussianises14 | |
| prussianized24 | |
| prussianizes23 | |
| Word | Definition |
| practicable19 | usable for a specific purpose |
| practicably22 | in a practicable manner; so as to be feasible |
| practically20 | almost; nearly |
| praelecting16 | |
| praemunires15 | |
| praesidiums16 | a permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in session |
| praetorians13 | a member of the Praetorian Guard |
| praetorship18 | the office of praetor |
| pragmatical18 | of or concerning the theory of pragmatism |
| pragmatisms18 | (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value |
| pragmatists16 | an adherent of philosophical pragmatism |
| pratincoles15 | Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers |
| prattlingly17 | |
| prayerfully22 | |
| preabsorbed18 | |
| preaccusing18 | |
| preachified22 | speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements |
| preachifies21 | speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements |
| preachiness18 | |
| preachingly22 | |
| preachments20 | a sermon on a moral or religious topic |
| preadapting17 | |
| preadaptive19 | |
| preadjusted22 | |
| preadmitted17 | |
| preadopting17 | |
| preallotted14 | |
| prealtering14 | |
| preannounce15 | |
| preapplying21 | |
| preapproved21 | |
| preapproves20 | |
| prearranged15 | arrange beforehand |
| prearranges14 | arrange beforehand |
| preassigned15 | |
| preassuring14 | |
| preattuning14 | |
| preaverring17 | |
| prebiblical19 | |
| prebiologic18 | |
| preblessing16 | |
| preboarding17 | |
| prebuilding17 | |
| precalculus17 | |
| precanceled18 | |
| precautions15 | a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc. |
| precedences18 | status established in order of importance or urgency |
| precensored16 | |
| precessions15 | the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone |
| precharging20 | |
| prechecking25 | |
| prechilling19 | |
| prechoosing19 | |
| precipitant17 | an agent that causes a precipitate to form |
| precipitate17 | a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering |
| precipitins17 | an antibody that causes precipitation when it unites with its antigen |
| precipitous17 | done with very great haste and without due deliberation; - Shakespeare; - Arthur Geddes |
| preciseness15 | clarity as a consequence of precision |
| precleaning16 | |
| preclearing16 | |
| preclinical17 | 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 |
| preclusions15 | the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively |
| precocities17 | intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules |
| precolonial15 | |
| precomputed20 | |
| precomputer19 | |
| precomputes19 | |
| preconceive20 | conceive beforehand |
| preconcerts17 | |
| preconizing25 | |
| preconquest24 | |
| precreasing16 | |
| precritical17 | |
| predacities16 | |
| predeceased17 | die before; die earlier than |
| predeceases16 | die before; die earlier than |
| predecessor16 | one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office) |
| prededucted18 | |
| predefining18 | |
| predelivery20 | |
| predestined15 | decree or determine beforehand |
| predestines14 | decree or determine beforehand |
| prediabetes16 | |
| prediabetic18 | |
| predicables18 | |
| predicament18 | a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one |
| predicating17 | make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition |
| predication16 | (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument |
| predicative19 | of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence |
| predicatory19 | |
| predictable18 | capable of being foretold |
| predictably21 | in a predictable manner or to a predictable degree |
| predictions16 | the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) |
| predigested16 | digest (food) beforehand |
| predisposed17 | make susceptible |
| predisposes16 | make susceptible |
| prednisones14 | 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 |
| predoctoral16 | |
| predominant16 | most frequent or common |
| predominate16 | be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance |
| predrilling15 | |
| predynastic19 | |
| preelecting16 | |
| preelection15 | |
| preelectric17 | |
| preemergent16 | |
| preeminence17 | high status importance owing to marked superiority |
| preemptions17 | the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject |
| preenacting16 | |
| preerecting16 | |
| preexciting23 | |
| preexempted25 | |
| preexistent20 | existing previously or before something |
| preexisting21 | exist beforehand or prior to a certain point in time |
| preexposing23 | |
| prefectural18 | of or relating to a prefecture |
| prefectures18 | the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire) |
| preferences18 | a strong liking |
| preferments18 | the act of preferring |
| prefiguring18 | imagine or consider beforehand |
| prefinanced19 | |
| prefinances18 | |
| preflighted21 | |
| prefocusing19 | |
| prefocussed19 | |
| prefocusses18 | |
| prefranking21 | |
| prefreezing26 | |
| prefreshman21 | |
| prefrontals16 | |
| pregnancies16 | the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus |
| prehandling18 | |
| prehardened18 | |
| preheadache22 | |
| prehensions16 | the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) |
| prehistoric18 | belonging to or existing in times before recorded history |
| prehominids19 | |
| preignition14 | |
| preimposing18 | |
| preinformed19 | |
| preinserted14 | |
| preinvasion16 | |
| preinviting17 | |
| prejudgment24 | a judgment reached before the evidence is available |
| prejudicial23 | (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury |
| prejudicing24 | disadvantage by prejudice |
| prelaunched19 | |
| prelaunches18 | |
| prelections15 | |
| prelibation15 | |
| preliminary18 | a minor match preceding the main event |
| prelimiting16 | |
| preliterary16 | |
| preliterate13 | not yet having acquired the ability to read and write |
| prelocating16 | |
| preluncheon18 | |
| prelusively19 | |
| premarketed20 | |
| premarriage16 | |
| prematurely18 | (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation |
| prematurity18 | the state of being premature |
| premaxillae22 | |
| premaxillas22 | |
| premeasured16 | |
| premeasures15 | |
| premedieval19 | |
| premeditate16 | consider, ponder, or plan (an action) beforehand |
| premiership20 | the office of premier |
| premodified20 | |
| premodifies19 | |
| premoistens15 | |
| premonished19 | |
| premonishes18 | |
| premonition15 | a feeling of evil to come |
| premonitory18 | warning of future misfortune |
| premunition15 | |
| prenominate15 | |
| prenotified17 | |
| prenotifies16 | |
| prenumbered18 | |
| preobtained16 | |
| preoccupied20 | engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively |
| preoccupies19 | engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively |
| preordained15 | foreordain or determine beforehand |
| preordering15 | |
| prepackaged23 | prepared and wrapped beforehand and ready for sale |
| prepackages22 | |
| preparation15 | the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose |
| preparative18 | preceding and preparing for something |
| preparators15 | |
| preparatory18 | preceding and preparing for something |
| prepayments20 | payment in advance |
| preplanning16 | |
| preplanting16 | |
| preportions15 | |
| preposition15 | 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 |
| prepositive18 | |
| prepotently18 | |
| preprandial16 | preceding a meal (especially dinner) |
| preprepared18 | |
| preprinting16 | |
| preprograms18 | |
| prepubertal17 | (especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth |
| prepunching21 | |
| prepurchase20 | |
| prerecorded17 | record before presentation, as of a broadcast |
| preregister14 | |
| prereleased14 | |
| prereleases13 | |
| prerequired23 | |
| prerequires22 | |
| prerogative17 | a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right) |
| preromantic17 | |
| presbyopias20 | a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45 |
| presbyopics22 | |
| preschedule19 | |
| preschooler18 | a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten |
| presciences17 | the power to foresee the future |
| presciently18 | with foresight |
| prescinding17 | |
| prescreened16 | |
| prescribers17 | |
| prescribing18 | issue commands or orders for |
| preselected16 | |
| presentable15 | fit to be seen |
| presentably18 | in a presentable manner |
| presentence15 | |
| presentient13 | |
| presentisms15 | the doctrine that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (as in the Book of Revelations) are presently in the course of being fulfilled |
| presentment15 | an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative |
| presentness13 | the quality of being the present; - R.E.Spiller |
| preservable18 | capable of being preserved |
| presettling14 | |
| preshipping21 | |
| preshrunken20 | |
| presignaled15 | |
| pressboards16 | |
| pressurised14 | increase the pressure on a gas or liquid |
| pressurises13 | increase the pressure on a gas or liquid |
| pressurized23 | increase the pressure on a gas or liquid |
| pressurizer22 | |
| pressurizes22 | increase the pressure on a gas or liquid |
| prestamping18 | |
| prestigeful17 | |
| prestigious14 | having an illustrious reputation; respected |
| prestissimo15 | (of tempo) as fast as possible |
| prestressed14 | |
| prestresses13 | |
| presumingly19 | |
| presumption17 | an assumption that is taken for granted |
| presumptive20 | having a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance |
| presupposed18 | take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand |
| presupposes17 | take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand |
| presurveyed20 | |
| presweetens16 | |
| presynaptic20 | |
| pretendedly18 | |
| pretensions13 | a false or unsupportable quality |
| pretentious13 | making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction |
| preterminal15 | |
| pretraining14 | |
| pretreating14 | |
| pretrimming18 | |
| prettifiers16 | |
| prettifying20 | make more beautiful |
| prevalences18 | the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread |
| prevalently19 | |
| prevaricate18 | be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information |
| preventable18 | capable of being prevented; - A.L.Guerard |
| preventible18 | |
| preventions16 | the act of preventing |
| preventives19 | remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease |
| previsional16 | |
| previsioned17 | |
| previsiting17 | |
| preweighing21 | |
| prewrapping21 | |
| prewritings17 | |
| pricelessly18 | |
| prickliness19 | the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines |
| priestesses13 | a woman priest |
| priesthoods17 | the body of ordained religious practitioners |
| priestliest13 | associated with the priesthood or priests |
| primalities15 | the property of being a prime number |
| primateship20 | the office of primate |
| primatology19 | the branch of zoology that studies primates |
| primenesses15 | |
| primiparous17 | of or relating to a woman who has given birth only once |
| primitively21 | with reference to the origin or beginning |
| primitivism20 | a wild or unrefined state |
| primitivist18 | |
| primitivity21 | |
| princeliest15 | rich and superior in quality |
| princelings16 | a petty or insignificant prince who rules some unimportant principality |
| princeships20 | |
| principally20 | for the most part |
| printmakers19 | an artist who designs and makes prints |
| printmaking20 | artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreens |
| prioritized23 | assign a priority to |
| prioritizes22 | assign a priority to |
| prismatoids16 | a polyhedron whose vertices all lie in one or the other of two parallel planes; the faces that lie in those planes are the bases of the prismatoid |
| privateered17 | |
| privateness16 | the condition of being concealed or hidden |
| privatising17 | change from governmental to private control or ownership |
| privatively22 | |
| privatizing26 | change from governmental to private control or ownership |
| privileging18 | bestow a privilege upon |
| prizefights29 | a boxing match between professional boxers for a cash prize |
| prizewinner25 | |
| proabortion15 | |
| probabilism19 | a Roman Catholic system of casuistry that when expert opinions differ an actor can follow any solidly probable opinion that he wishes even though some different opinion might be more probable |
| probabilist17 | |
| probability20 | 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 |
| probational15 | |
| probationer15 | a nurse in training who is undergoing a trial period |
| probenecids18 | a uricosuric drug that reduces the level of uric acid in the blood; used to treat gout |
| problematic19 | open to doubt or debate |
| proboscides18 | the human nose (especially when it is large) |
| proboscises17 | the human nose (especially when it is large) |
| procambiums21 | |
| procaryotes18 | a unicellular organism having cells lacking membrane-bound nuclei; bacteria are the prime example but also included are blue-green algae and actinomycetes and mycoplasma |
| procedurals16 | |
| proceedings17 | (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked |
| procephalic22 | |
| procercoids18 | |
| processable17 | |
| processible17 | |
| processions15 | (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost |
| proclaimers17 | |
| proclaiming18 | declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles |
| proconsular15 | of or relating to or typical of a proconsul |
| procreating16 | have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant |
| procreation15 | the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring |
| procreative18 | producing new life or offspring |
| procreators15 | |
| procrustean15 | of or relating to the mythical giant Procrustes or the mode of torture practiced by him |
| proctitides16 | |
| proctitises15 | inflammation of the rectum; marked by bloody stools and a frequent urge to defecate; frequently associated with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis |
| proctodaeum18 | |
| proctodeums18 | |
| proctologic18 | |
| proctorship20 | the position of proctor |
| procuration15 | |
| procurators15 | a person authorized to act for another |
| procurement17 | the act of getting possession of something |
| procuresses15 | a woman pimp |
| prodigality18 | the trait of spending extravagantly |
| productions16 | the act or process of producing something |
| proestruses13 | |
| profanation16 | blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character |
| profanatory19 | profaning or tending to desecrate |
| profaneness16 | an attitude of irreverence or contempt for a divinity |
| profanities16 | vulgar or irreverent speech or action |
| professedly20 | with pretense or intention to deceive |
| professions16 | the body of people in a learned occupation |
| proficiency23 | the quality of having great facility and competence |
| proficients18 | |
| profiteered17 | make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods |
| profiterole16 | a small hollow pastry that is typically filled with cream and covered with chocolate |
| profligates17 | a dissolute man in fashionable society |
| profoundest17 | showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth |
| profuseness16 | the property of being extremely abundant |
| progenitors14 | an ancestor in the direct line |
| progestogen15 | any of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone |
| proglottids15 | |
| prognathism19 | the condition of being prognathous; the condition of having a projecting jaw |
| prognathous17 | having a projecting lower jaw |
| prognostics16 | a sign of something about to happen |
| programings17 | setting an order and time for planned events |
| programmers18 | a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs |
| programming19 | setting an order and time for planned events |
| progressing15 | develop in a positive way |
| progression14 | a series with a definite pattern of advance |
| progressive17 | a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going |
| prohibiting19 | command against |
| prohibition18 | a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages |
| prohibitive21 | tending to discourage (especially of prices) |
| prohibitory21 | tending to discourage (especially of prices) |
| proinsulins13 | |
| projectable24 | |
| projectiles22 | a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled |
| projections22 | a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations |
| prokaryotes20 | a unicellular organism having cells lacking membrane-bound nuclei; bacteria are the prime example but also included are blue-green algae and actinomycetes and mycoplasma |
| prokaryotic22 | having cells that lack membrane-bound nuclei |
| prolegomena16 | a preliminary discussion inserted at the beginning of a book or treatise |
| proletarian13 | a member of the working class (not necessarily employed) |
| proletariat13 | a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages |
| proletaries13 | |
| proliferate16 | grow rapidly |
| prolificacy23 | the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth |
| prolificity21 | |
| prolixities20 | boring verbosity |
| prolocutors15 | |
| prologizing24 | write or speak a prologue |
| prologuized24 | write or speak a prologue |
| prologuizes23 | write or speak a prologue |
| promenaders16 | |
| promenading17 | march in a procession |
| promethiums20 | a soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group having no stable isotope; was discovered in radioactive form as a fission product of uranium |
| prominences17 | the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent |
| prominently18 | in a prominent way |
| promiscuity20 | indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations |
| promiscuous17 | not selective of a single class or person |
| promisingly19 | in an auspicious manner |
| promotional15 | of or relating to serving as publicity |
| promptbooks23 | the copy of the playscript used by the prompter |
| promptitude18 | the characteristic of doing things without delay |
| promulgated17 | state or announce |
| promulgates16 | state or announce |
| promulgator16 | (law) one who promulgates laws (announces a law as a way of putting it into execution) |
| pronenesses13 | being disposed to do something |
| pronouncers15 | |
| pronouncing16 | speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way |
| proofreader17 | someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections |
| propagandas17 | information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause |
| propagating17 | transmit from one generation to the next |
| propagation16 | the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions |
| propagative19 | characterized by propagation or relating to propagation |
| propagators16 | someone who propagates plants (as under glass) |
| propellants15 | any substance that propels |
| propellents15 | any substance that propels |
| prophesiers18 | an authoritative person who divines the future |
| prophesying22 | predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration |
| prophethood22 | |
| prophetical20 | foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention |
| prophylaxes28 | |
| prophylaxis28 | the prevention of disease |
| propinquity27 | the property of being close together |
| propionates15 | |
| propitiated16 | make peace with |
| propitiates15 | make peace with |
| propitiator15 | |
| proplastids16 | |
| proportions15 | the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole |
| proposition15 | (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false |
| propounders16 | |
| propounding17 | put forward, as of an idea |
| propraetors15 | |
| propranolol15 | |
| proprietary18 | an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits |
| proprieties15 | correct or appropriate behavior |
| proprietors15 | (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business |
| propulsions15 | a propelling force |
| prorogating15 | |
| prorogation14 | discontinuation of the meeting (of a legislative body) without dissolving it |
| prosaically18 | in a matter-of-fact manner |
| prosauropod16 | |
| prosceniums17 | the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain) |
| prosciuttos15 | Italian salt-cured ham usually sliced paper thin |
| proscribers17 | |
| proscribing18 | command against |
| prosecuting16 | conduct a prosecution in a court of law |
| prosecution15 | the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior |
| prosecutors15 | a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state |
| proselyting17 | |
| proselytise16 | convert to another faith or religion |
| proselytism18 | the practice of proselytizing |
| proselytize25 | convert to another faith or religion |
| proseminars15 | |
| prosinesses13 | commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting |
| prosobranch20 | |
| prospecting18 | search for something desirable |
| prospective20 | of or concerned with or related to the future |
| prospectors17 | someone who explores an area for mineral deposits |
| prostatisms15 | |
| prostatitis13 | inflammation of the prostate gland characterized by perineal pain and irregular urination and (if severe) chills and fever |
| prosthetics18 | the branch of medicine dealing with the production and use of artificial body parts |
| prosthetist16 | an expert in prosthetics |
| prostituted14 | sell one's body; exchange sex for money |
| prostitutes13 | a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money |
| prostitutor13 | |
| prostrating14 | get into a prostrate position, as in submission |
| prostration13 | an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion |
| protagonist14 | a person who backs a politician or a team etc. |
| protectants15 | |
| protections15 | the activity of protecting someone or something |
| protectoral15 | |
| protectress15 | |
| proteinases13 | any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis |
| proteinuria13 | the presence of excessive protein (chiefly albumin but also globulin) in the urine; usually a symptom of kidney disorder |
| proteolyses16 | |
| proteolysis16 | the hydrolysis of proteins into peptides and amino acids by cleavage of their peptide bonds |
| proteolytic18 | of or relating to proteolysis |
| protestants13 | an adherent of Protestantism |
| prothalamia18 | a song in celebration of a marriage |
| prothallium18 | |
| prothoraces18 | the anterior part of an insect's thorax; bears the first pair of legs |
| prothoracic20 | |
| prothoraxes23 | the anterior part of an insect's thorax; bears the first pair of legs |
| prothrombin20 | a protein in blood plasma that is the inactive precursor of thrombin |
| protocoling16 | |
| protocolled16 | |
| protogalaxy24 | |
| protohumans18 | |
| protomartyr18 | |
| protonating14 | |
| protonation13 | |
| protonemata15 | |
| protonotary16 | |
| protopathic20 | |
| protophloem20 | |
| protoplanet15 | |
| protoplasms17 | the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus) |
| protoplasts15 | a biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts |
| protosteles13 | |
| protostelic15 | |
| protostomes15 | |
| prototrophs18 | |
| prototrophy21 | |
| prototyping19 | |
| protoxylems25 | |
| protractile15 | able to be extended |
| protracting16 | lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer |
| protraction15 | the consequence of being lengthened in duration |
| protractive18 | |
| protractors15 | drafting instrument used to draw or measure angles |
| protreptics17 | |
| protrusible15 | capable of being thrust forward, as the tongue |
| protrusions13 | something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings |
| protuberant15 | curving outward |
| proudnesses14 | |
| provascular18 | |
| provenances18 | where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence |
| provenience18 | where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence |
| providences19 | the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University |
| providently20 | in a provident manner |
| provincials18 | (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order |
| provisional16 | under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon |
| provisioned17 | supply with provisions |
| provisioner16 | a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army |
| provitamins18 | vitamin precursor; a substance that is converted into a vitamin in animal tissues |
| provocateur18 | a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts |
| provocation18 | unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment |
| provocative21 | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy; ; ; - Anthony Trollope |
| provokingly24 | in a provocative manner |
| proximately25 | |
| proximities22 | the property of being close together |
| prudishness17 | excessive or affected modesty |
| pruriencies15 | feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness |
| prussianise13 | |
| prussianize22 | |
| Word | Definition |
| practicals16 | |
| practicers16 | |
| practicing17 | carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions |
| practicums18 | |
| practising15 | engage in a rehearsal (of) |
| praelected15 | |
| praemunire14 | |
| praenomens14 | the first name of a citizen of ancient Rome |
| praenomina14 | the first name of a citizen of ancient Rome |
| praesidium15 | a permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in session |
| praetorial12 | of or relating to a Roman praetor |
| praetorian12 | a member of the Praetorian Guard |
| pragmatics17 | the study of language use |
| pragmatism17 | (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value |
| pragmatist15 | an adherent of philosophical pragmatism |
| prankishly22 | |
| pranksters16 | someone who plays practical jokes on others |
| pratincole14 | Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers |
| praxeology23 | |
| preabsorbs16 | |
| preaccused17 | |
| preaccuses16 | |
| preachiest17 | inclined to or marked by tedious moralization |
| preachment19 | a sermon on a moral or religious topic |
| preadapted16 | |
| preadjusts20 | |
| preadopted16 | |
| prealtered13 | |
| preapplied17 | |
| preapplies16 | |
| preapprove19 | |
| prearrange13 | arrange beforehand |
| preassigns13 | |
| preassured13 | |
| preassures12 | |
| preattuned13 | |
| preattunes12 | |
| preaverred16 | |
| prebendary18 | a canon who receives a prebend for serving the church |
| prebidding17 | |
| prebilling15 | |
| prebinding16 | |
| preblessed15 | |
| preblesses14 | |
| preboarded16 | |
| preboiling15 | |
| prebooking19 | |
| prebudgets16 | |
| precalculi16 | |
| precancels16 | |
| precancers16 | |
| precarious14 | affording no ease or reassurance |
| precasting15 | |
| precaution14 | a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc. |
| precedence17 | status established in order of importance or urgency |
| precedency20 | status established in order of importance or urgency |
| precedents15 | an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time |
| precensors14 | |
| precenting15 | |
| precentors14 | the musical director of a choir |
| preceptive19 | |
| preceptors16 | teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford) |
| preceptory19 | |
| precessing15 | move in a gyrating fashion |
| precession14 | the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone |
| precharged19 | |
| precharges18 | |
| prechecked24 | |
| prechilled18 | |
| prechooses17 | |
| preciosity17 | the quality of being fastidious or excessively refined |
| preciouses14 | |
| preciously17 | extremely |
| precipices18 | a very steep cliff |
| precipitin16 | an antibody that causes precipitation when it unites with its antigen |
| precisians14 | |
| precisions14 | the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance |
| precleaned15 | |
| precleared15 | |
| precluding16 | keep from happening or arising; make impossible |
| preclusion14 | the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively |
| preclusive17 | made impossible |
| precocious16 | characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude) |
| precollege15 | |
| precompute18 | |
| preconcert16 | |
| preconized24 | |
| preconizes23 | |
| precontact16 | |
| precookers18 | |
| precooking19 | cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long |
| precooling15 | |
| precreased15 | |
| precreases14 | |
| precursors14 | a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction) |
| precursory17 | warning of future misfortune |
| precutting15 | |
| predaceous15 | hunting and killing other animals for food |
| predacious15 | hunting and killing other animals for food |
| predations13 | an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding |
| predatisms15 | |
| predecease15 | die before; die earlier than |
| prededucts16 | |
| predefined17 | |
| predefines16 | |
| predestine13 | decree or determine beforehand |
| predicable17 | |
| predicants15 | |
| predicated16 | make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition |
| predicates15 | (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula |
| predicting16 | make a prediction about; tell in advance |
| prediction15 | the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) |
| predictive18 | of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions |
| predictors15 | someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) |
| predigests14 | digest (food) beforehand |
| predinners13 | |
| predispose15 | make susceptible |
| prednisone13 | 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 |
| predrilled14 | |
| preediting14 | |
| preelected15 | |
| preembargo17 | |
| preeminent14 | greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement |
| preempting17 | acquire for oneself before others can do so |
| preemption16 | the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject |
| preemptive19 | designed or having the power to deter or prevent an anticipated situation or occurrence |
| preemptors16 | someone who acquires land by preemption |
| preenacted15 | |
| preerected15 | |
| preethical17 | |
| preexcited22 | |
| preexcites21 | |
| preexempts23 | |
| preexisted20 | exist beforehand or prior to a certain point in time |
| preexposed22 | |
| preexposes21 | |
| prefabbing20 | |
| prefascist17 | |
| prefecture17 | the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire) |
| preferable17 | more desirable than another |
| preferably20 | more readily or willingly |
| preference17 | a strong liking |
| preferment17 | the act of preferring |
| preferrers15 | |
| preferring16 | like better; value more highly |
| prefigured17 | imagine or consider beforehand |
| prefigures16 | imagine or consider beforehand |
| prefinance17 | |
| prefixions22 | |
| preflights19 | |
| prefocused18 | |
| prefocuses17 | |
| preformats17 | |
| preforming18 | form into a shape resembling the final, desired one |
| prefranked20 | |
| prefreezes24 | |
| prefrontal15 | anterior to a frontal structure |
| prefunding17 | |
| pregenital13 | |
| pregnantly16 | |
| pregrowths19 | |
| preguiding15 | |
| prehandled17 | |
| prehandles16 | |
| prehardens16 | |
| preharvest18 | |
| preheaters15 | |
| preheating16 | heat beforehand |
| prehensile15 | adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object |
| prehension15 | the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) |
| prehistory18 | the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word |
| preholiday19 | |
| prehominid18 | |
| preimposed17 | |
| preimposes16 | |
| preinforms17 | |
| preinserts12 | |
| preinvited16 | |
| preinvites15 | |
| prejudgers21 | |
| prejudging22 | judge beforehand, especially without sufficient evidence |
| prejudiced23 | disadvantage by prejudice |
| prejudices22 | a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation |
| prelatisms14 | |
| prelatures12 | prelates collectively |
| prelecting15 | |
| prelection14 | |
| prelectors14 | |
| prelimited15 | |
| preloading14 | |
| prelocated15 | |
| prelocates14 | |
| prelogical15 | |
| prelusions12 | |
| premarital14 | relating to events before a marriage |
| premarkets18 | |
| prematures14 | |
| premaxilla21 | |
| premeasure14 | |
| premedical17 | preparing for the study of medicine |
| premeiotic16 | |
| premiering15 | be performed for the first time |
| premoisten14 | |
| premolding16 | |
| premycotic21 | |
| prenatally15 | |
| prenotions12 | |
| prenticing15 | |
| prenumbers16 | |
| prenuptial14 | relating to events before a marriage |
| preobtains14 | |
| preopening15 | |
| preoptions14 | |
| preordains13 | foreordain or determine beforehand |
| preordered14 | |
| prepackage21 | |
| prepacking21 | |
| preparator14 | |
| preparedly18 | |
| prepasting15 | |
| prepayment19 | payment in advance |
| prepensely17 | |
| preplacing17 | |
| preplanned15 | |
| preportion14 | |
| prepossess14 | possess beforehand |
| prepotency19 | the state of being predominant over others |
| preppiness16 | |
| prepricing17 | |
| preprimary19 | |
| preprinted15 | |
| preprocess16 | |
| preprogram17 | |
| prepuberal16 | |
| prepuberty19 | a period of two years immediately prior to the onset of puberty when growth and changes leading to sexual maturity occur |
| prepunched20 | |
| prepunches19 | |
| prequalify27 | |
| prerecords15 | record before presentation, as of a broadcast |
| prerelease12 | |
| prerequire21 | |
| prerinsing13 | |
| presageful16 | |
| presbyopes19 | a person with presbyopia; someone who is farsighted resulting from the progressive loss with aging of the elasticity of the crystalline lens |
| presbyopia19 | a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45 |
| presbyopic21 | able to see distant objects clearly |
| presbyters17 | an elder in the Presbyterian Church |
| presbytery20 | building reserved for the officiating clergy |
| preschools17 | an educational institution for children too young for elementary school |
| prescience16 | the power to foresee the future |
| prescinded16 | |
| prescoring15 | |
| prescreens14 | |
| prescribed17 | issue commands or orders for |
| prescriber16 | |
| prescribes16 | issue commands or orders for |
| prescripts16 | prescribed guide for conduct or action |
| preseasons12 | a period prior to the beginning of the regular season which is devoted to training and preparation |
| preselects14 | |
| preselling13 | |
| presentees12 | |
| presenters12 | someone who presents a message of some sort (as a petition or an address or a check or a memorial etc.) |
| presenting13 | give an exhibition of to an interested audience |
| presentism14 | the doctrine that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (as in the Book of Revelations) are presently in the course of being fulfilled |
| presentist12 | a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) are being fulfilled at the present time |
| preservers15 | a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture |
| preservice17 | |
| preserving16 | keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last |
| presetting13 | |
| presettled13 | |
| presettles12 | |
| preshaping18 | |
| preshipped20 | |
| preshowing19 | |
| preshrinks19 | |
| presidency18 | the tenure of a president |
| presidents13 | an executive officer of a firm or corporation |
| presidiary16 | |
| presidiums15 | a permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in session |
| presifting16 | |
| presignals13 | |
| presignify19 | |
| preslicing15 | |
| presoaking17 | |
| presolving16 | |
| presorting13 | |
| prespecify22 | |
| pressboard15 | |
| pressgangs14 | |
| pressingly16 | in a pressing manner |
| pressmarks18 | a mark consisting of characters written on a book; used to indicate shelf location |
| pressrooms14 | |
| pressuring13 | to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means : |
| pressurise12 | increase the pressure on a gas or liquid |
| pressurize21 | increase the pressure on a gas or liquid |
| pressworks19 | |
| prestamped17 | |
| presternum14 | |
| prestorage13 | |
| prestoring13 | |
| presumable16 | capable of being inferred on slight grounds |
| presumably19 | by reasonable assumption |
| presumedly18 | |
| presummits16 | |
| presuppose16 | take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand |
| presurgery16 | |
| presurveys18 | |
| presweeten15 | |
| pretasting13 | |
| pretelling13 | |
| pretenders13 | a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title) |
| pretending14 | the act of giving a false appearance |
| pretension12 | a false or unsupportable quality |
| preterites12 | a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense |
| pretermits14 | disregard intentionally or let pass |
| pretesting13 | |
| pretexting20 | |
| pretheater15 | |
| pretorians12 | |
| pretrained13 | |
| pretreated13 | |
| pretrimmed17 | |
| prettified16 | make more beautiful |
| prettifier15 | |
| prettifies15 | make more beautiful |
| prettiness12 | the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman) |
| preuniting13 | |
| prevailers15 | |
| prevailing16 | be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance |
| prevalence17 | the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread |
| prevalents15 | |
| prevaluing16 | |
| prevenient15 | in anticipation |
| preventers15 | |
| preventing16 | keep from happening or arising; make impossible |
| prevention15 | the act of preventing |
| preventive18 | remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease |
| previewers18 | |
| previewing19 | watch (a movie or play) before it is released to the general public |
| previously18 | at an earlier time or formerly |
| previsions15 | a prophetic vision (as in a dream) |
| previsited16 | |
| prevocalic19 | |
| prewarming18 | |
| prewarning16 | |
| prewashing19 | |
| preweaning16 | |
| preweighed20 | |
| preworking20 | |
| prewrapped20 | |
| prewriting16 | |
| prickliest18 | very irritable |
| pridefully19 | |
| priesthood16 | the body of ordained religious practitioners |
| priestlier12 | associated with the priesthood or priests |
| priggeries14 | |
| priggishly20 | in a priggish manner |
| primatials14 | |
| primaveras17 | |
| primevally20 | |
| primiparae16 | (obstetrics) woman who has been delivered of a child for the first time |
| primiparas16 | (obstetrics) woman who has been delivered of a child for the first time |
| primitives17 | a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization |
| primnesses14 | excessive or affected modesty |
| primordial15 | having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state |
| primordium17 | an organ in its earliest stage of development; the foundation for subsequent development |
| princedoms17 | the dignity or rank or position of a prince |
| princekins18 | |
| princelets14 | |
| princelier14 | rich and superior in quality |
| princeling15 | a petty or insignificant prince who rules some unimportant principality |
| princeship19 | |
| princesses14 | a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign) |
| principals16 | the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated |
| principium18 | |
| principled17 | based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of rightness or morality |
| principles16 | a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct |
| printeries12 | |
| printheads16 | |
| printmaker18 | an artist who designs and makes prints |
| prioresses12 | the superior of a group of nuns |
| priorities12 | status established in order of importance or urgency |
| prioritize21 | assign a priority to |
| priorships17 | the office of prior |
| prismatoid15 | a polyhedron whose vertices all lie in one or the other of two parallel planes; the faces that lie in those planes are the bases of the prismatoid |
| prismoidal15 | |
| prissiness12 | |
| pristinely15 | |
| privateers15 | an officer or crew member of a privateer |
| privations15 | a state of extreme poverty |
| privatised16 | change from governmental to private control or ownership |
| privatises15 | change from governmental to private control or ownership |
| privatisms17 | |
| privatists15 | |
| privatives18 | |
| privatized25 | change from governmental to private control or ownership |
| privatizes24 | change from governmental to private control or ownership |
| privileged17 | bestow a privilege upon |
| privileges16 | a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all |
| prizefight28 | a boxing match between professional boxers for a cash prize |
| proactions14 | |
| probations14 | a trial period during which your character and abilities are tested to see whether you are suitable for work or for membership |
| probenecid17 | a uricosuric drug that reduces the level of uric acid in the blood; used to treat gout |
| probiotics16 | a beneficial bacterium found in the intestinal tract of healthy mammals; often considered to be a plant |
| procambial18 | |
| procambium20 | |
| procaryote17 | a unicellular organism having cells lacking membrane-bound nuclei; bacteria are the prime example but also included are blue-green algae and actinomycetes and mycoplasma |
| procedural15 | of or relating to procedure |
| procedures15 | a particular course of action intended to achieve a result |
| proceeders15 | |
| proceeding16 | (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked |
| procercoid17 | |
| processers14 | |
| processing15 | preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure |
| procession14 | (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost |
| processors14 | a business engaged in processing agricultural products and preparing them for market |
| proclaimed17 | declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles |
| proclaimer16 | |
| proclitics16 | |
| proclivity20 | a natural inclination |
| proconsuls14 | an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power |
| procreated15 | have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant |
| procreates14 | have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant |
| procreator14 | |
| procryptic21 | |
| proctodaea15 | |
| proctodeum17 | |
| proctology18 | the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the colon or rectum or anus |
| proctorial14 | |
| proctoring15 | watch over (students taking an exam, to prevent cheating) |
| procumbent18 | having stems that trail along the ground without putting down roots |
| procurable16 | capable of being obtained |
| procurator14 | a person authorized to act for another |
| prodigally17 | to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree |
| prodigious14 | so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe |
| prodromata15 | |
| producible17 | |
| production15 | the act or process of producing something |
| productive18 | producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly) |
| proenzymes26 | any of a group of compounds that are inactive precursors of enzymes and require some change (such as the hydrolysis of a fragment that masks an active enzyme) to become active |
| professing16 | an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion |
| profession15 | the body of people in a learned occupation |
| professors15 | someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university |
| profferers18 | |
| proffering19 | present for acceptance or rejection |
| proficient17 | having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude |
| profilings16 | recording a person's behavior and analyzing psychological characteristics in order to predict or assess their ability in a certain sphere or to identify a particular group of people |
| profitable17 | yielding material gain or profit |
| profitably20 | in a productive way |
| profiteers15 | someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply) |
| profitless15 | without profit or reward; - D.D.Eisenhower; - Shakespeare |
| profitwise18 | |
| profligacy21 | the trait of spending extravagantly |
| profligate16 | a dissolute man in fashionable society |
| profounder16 | showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth |
| profoundly19 | to a great depth psychologically |
| profundity19 | wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound |
| profusions15 | the property of being extremely abundant |
| progenitor13 | an ancestor in the direct line |
| progestins13 | any of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone |
| proglottid14 | |
| proglottis13 | |
| prognosing14 | |
| prognostic15 | a sign of something about to happen |
| programers15 | |
| programing16 | setting an order and time for planned events |
| programmed18 | arrange a program of or for |
| programmer17 | a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs |
| programmes17 | an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event |
| progressed14 | develop in a positive way |
| progresses13 | gradual improvement or growth or development |
| prohibited18 | command against |
| proinsulin12 | |
| projectile21 | a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled |
| projecting22 | communicate vividly |
| projection21 | a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations |
| projective24 | |
| projectors21 | an optical device for projecting a beam of light |
| prokaryote19 | a unicellular organism having cells lacking membrane-bound nuclei; bacteria are the prime example but also included are blue-green algae and actinomycetes and mycoplasma |
| prolactins14 | gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition |
| prolamines14 | a simple protein found in plants |
| prolapsing15 | slip or fall out of place, as of body parts |
| prolocutor14 | |
| prologists13 | |
| prologized23 | write or speak a prologue |
| prologizes22 | write or speak a prologue |
| prologuing14 | |
| prologuize22 | write or speak a prologue |
| prolongers13 | |
| prolonging14 | lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer |
| prolusions12 | a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book |
| promenaded16 | march in a procession |
| promenader15 | |
| promenades15 | a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year |
| promethium19 | a soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group having no stable isotope; was discovered in radioactive form as a fission product of uranium |
| prominence16 | the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent |
| promissory17 | relating to or having the character of a promise |
| promontory17 | a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) |
| promotable16 | |
| promotions14 | a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution |
| promptbook22 | the copy of the playscript used by the prompter |
| promptness16 | the characteristic of doing things without delay |
| promulgate15 | state or announce |
| promulging16 | |
| pronations12 | rotation of the hands and forearms so that the palms face downward |
| pronatores12 | |
| pronephric19 | |
| pronephroi17 | |
| pronephros17 | |
| pronghorns16 | fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns |
| pronominal14 | a phrase that functions as a pronoun |
| pronounced15 | speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way |
| pronouncer14 | |
| pronounces14 | speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way |
| pronuclear14 | |
| pronucleus14 | the nucleus of the ovum or sperm after fertilization but before they fuse to form the nucleus of the zygote |
| proofreads16 | read for errors |
| proofrooms17 | |
| propagable17 | |
| propaganda16 | information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause |
| propagated16 | transmit from one generation to the next |
| propagates15 | transmit from one generation to the next |
| propagator15 | someone who propagates plants (as under glass) |
| propagules15 | |
| propellant14 | any substance that propels |
| propellent14 | any substance that propels |
| propellers14 | a mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water |
| propelling15 | cause to move forward with force |
| propellors14 | a mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water |
| propending16 | |
| propensity17 | an inclination to do something |
| properdins15 | |
| properness14 | correct or appropriate behavior |
| propertied15 | owning land or securities as a principal source of revenue |
| properties14 | something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone |
| prophecies19 | knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) |
| prophesied18 | predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration |
| prophesier17 | an authoritative person who divines the future |
| prophesies17 | predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration |
| prophetess17 | a woman prophet |
| propionate14 | |
| propitiate14 | make peace with |
| propitious14 | presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success |
| proplastid15 | |
| propolises14 | |
| proponents14 | a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea |
| proportion14 | the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole |
| propositus14 | the person immediately affected by or concerned with an action |
| propounded16 | put forward, as of an idea |
| propounder15 | |
| propraetor14 | |
| propretors14 | |
| proprietor14 | (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business |
| propulsion14 | a propelling force |
| propulsive17 | having the power to propel |
| propylaeum19 | |
| propylenes17 | a flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum; used in organic synthesis |
| propylites17 | |
| prorations12 | the proportional limitation of production or distribution of something (e.g. crude oil or natural gas) to some fractional part of the total capacity of each producer |
| prorogated14 | |
| prorogates13 | |
| proroguing14 | hold back to a later time |
| prosateurs12 | |
| proscenium16 | the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain) |
| prosciutti14 | |
| prosciutto14 | Italian salt-cured ham usually sliced paper thin |
| proscribed17 | command against |
| proscriber16 | |
| proscribes16 | command against |
| prosecting15 | |
| prosectors14 | |
| prosecuted15 | conduct a prosecution in a court of law |
| prosecutes14 | conduct a prosecution in a court of law |
| prosecutor14 | a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state |
| proselyted16 | |
| proselytes15 | a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism |
| proseminar14 | |
| prosimians14 | primitive primates having large ears and eyes and characterized by nocturnal habits |
| prosodical15 | |
| prosodists13 | |
| prospected17 | search for something desirable |
| prospector16 | someone who explores an area for mineral deposits |
| prospectus16 | a formal written offer to sell securities (filed with the SEC) that sets forth a plan for a (proposed) business enterprise |
| prospering15 | make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance |
| prosperity17 | an economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment |
| prosperous14 | in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich |
| prostatism14 | |
| prostheses15 | corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body |
| prosthesis15 | corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body |
| prosthetic17 | of or relating to prosthetics |
| prostitute12 | a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money |
| prostomial14 | |
| prostomium16 | |
| prostrated13 | get into a prostrate position, as in submission |
| prostrates12 | get into a prostrate position, as in submission |
| protamines14 | a simple protein found in fish sperm; rich in arginine; simpler in composition than globulin or albumin; counteracts the anticoagulant effect of heparin |
| protectant14 | |
| protecters14 | |
| protecting15 | shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage |
| protection14 | the activity of protecting someone or something |
| protective17 | intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind |
| protectors14 | a person who cares for persons or property |
| protectory17 | |
| proteinase12 | any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis |
| protending14 | |
| protensive15 | |
| protestant12 | an adherent of Protestantism |
| protesters12 | a person who dissents from some established policy |
| protesting13 | utter words of protest |
| protestors12 | |
| prothallia15 | |
| prothallus15 | |
| protistans12 | free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes |
| protocoled15 | |
| protoderms15 | |
| protohuman17 | |
| protonated13 | |
| protonates12 | |
| protonemal14 | |
| protoplasm16 | the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus) |
| protoplast14 | a biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts |
| protostars12 | |
| protostele12 | |
| protostome14 | |
| prototroph17 | |
| prototypal17 | representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned |
| prototyped18 | |
| prototypes17 | a standard or typical example |
| prototypic19 | representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned |
| protoxides20 | |
| protoxylem24 | |
| protozoans21 | any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic |
| protozoons21 | any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic |
| protracted15 | lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer |
| protractor14 | drafting instrument used to draw or measure angles |
| protreptic16 | |
| protruding14 | extend out or project in space |
| protrusion12 | something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings |
| protrusive15 | thrusting outward |
| proustites12 | |
| provenance17 | where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence |
| provenders16 | food for domestic livestock |
| proverbial17 | of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb |
| proverbing18 | |
| providence18 | the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University |
| provincial17 | (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order |
| proviruses15 | cDNA copy of the RNA genome of a retrovirus; the genetic material of a virus as incorporated into and able to replicate with the genome of a host cell |
| provisions15 | a stock or supply of foods |
| provitamin17 | vitamin precursor; a substance that is converted into a vitamin in animal tissues |
| provolones15 | |
| proximally24 | |
| prudential13 | arising from or characterized by prudence especially in business matters |
| pruriences14 | feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness |
| pruriently15 | in a prurient manner |
| prurituses12 | an intense itching sensation that can have various causes (as by allergies or infection or lymphoma or jaundice etc.) |
| prussiates12 | |
| Word | Definition |
| practical15 | concerned with actual use or practice |
| practiced16 | carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions |
| practicer15 | |
| practices15 | a customary way of operation or behavior |
| practicum17 | |
| practised14 | engage in a rehearsal (of) |
| practises13 | engage in a rehearsal (of) |
| praecipes15 | |
| praefects16 | |
| praelects13 | |
| praenomen13 | the first name of a citizen of ancient Rome |
| praesidia12 | |
| pragmatic16 | an imperial decree that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land |
| prankster15 | someone who plays practical jokes on others |
| pratfalls14 | a fall onto your buttocks |
| pratingly15 | |
| pratiques20 | |
| prattlers11 | someone who speaks in a childish way |
| prattling12 | speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly |
| prayerful17 | disposed to pray or appearing to pray |
| preabsorb15 | |
| preaccuse15 | |
| preachers16 | someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel |
| preachier16 | inclined to or marked by tedious moralization |
| preachify22 | speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements |
| preachily19 | |
| preaching17 | an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service) |
| preacting14 | |
| preadapts14 | |
| preadjust19 | |
| preadmits14 | |
| preadopts14 | |
| preadults12 | |
| preallots11 | |
| prealters11 | |
| preambled16 | make a preliminary introduction, usually to a formal document |
| preambles15 | a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose) |
| prearming14 | |
| preassign12 | |
| preassure11 | |
| preatomic15 | |
| preattune11 | |
| preaudits12 | |
| prebaking18 | |
| prebattle13 | |
| prebendal14 | |
| prebidden15 | |
| prebilled14 | |
| prebiotic15 | |
| prebirths16 | |
| preboards14 | |
| preboiled14 | |
| prebooked18 | |
| prebought17 | |
| prebudget15 | |
| prebuilds14 | |
| prebuying17 | |
| precancel15 | |
| precancer15 | |
| precative16 | expressing entreaty or supplication |
| precatory16 | expressing entreaty or supplication |
| precaudal14 | |
| precedent14 | an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time |
| preceding15 | be earlier in time; go back further |
| precensor13 | |
| precented14 | |
| precentor13 | the musical director of a choir |
| preceptor15 | teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford) |
| precessed14 | move in a gyrating fashion |
| precesses13 | move in a gyrating fashion |
| precharge17 | |
| prechecks22 | |
| prechills16 | |
| prechoose16 | |
| prechosen16 | |
| precieuse13 | |
| precincts15 | a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes |
| precipice17 | a very steep cliff |
| precisely16 | indicating exactness or preciseness |
| precisest13 | sharply exact or accurate or delimited |
| precisian13 | |
| precising14 | make a summary (of) |
| precision13 | the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance |
| precleans13 | |
| preclears13 | |
| precluded15 | keep from happening or arising; make impossible |
| precludes14 | keep from happening or arising; make impossible |
| precocial15 | (of hatchlings) covered with down and having eyes open; capable of leaving the nest within a few days |
| precocity18 | intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules |
| precoding15 | |
| precoital13 | |
| preconize22 | |
| precooked18 | cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long |
| precooker17 | |
| precooled14 | cooled in advance |
| precrease13 | |
| precrisis13 | |
| precuring14 | |
| precursor13 | a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction) |
| predacity17 | |
| predating13 | be earlier in time; go back further |
| predation12 | an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding |
| predatism14 | |
| predators12 | someone who attacks in search of booty |
| predatory15 | characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding |
| predeaths15 | |
| predebate14 | |
| prededuct15 | |
| predefine15 | |
| predellas12 | |
| predicant14 | |
| predicate14 | (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula |
| predicted15 | make a prediction about; tell in advance |
| predictor14 | someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) |
| predigest13 | digest (food) beforehand |
| predinner12 | |
| predrills12 | |
| predrying16 | |
| preedited13 | |
| preelects13 | |
| preempted16 | acquire for oneself before others can do so |
| preemptor15 | someone who acquires land by preemption |
| preenacts13 | |
| preerects13 | |
| preexcite20 | |
| preexempt22 | |
| preexilic20 | |
| preexists18 | exist beforehand or prior to a certain point in time |
| preexpose20 | |
| prefabbed19 | |
| prefacers16 | |
| prefacing17 | furnish with a preface or introduction |
| prefading16 | |
| prefatory17 | serving as an introduction or preface |
| preferred15 | like better; value more highly |
| preferrer14 | |
| prefeudal15 | |
| prefigure15 | imagine or consider beforehand |
| prefiling15 | |
| prefilled15 | |
| prefiring15 | |
| prefixing22 | attach a prefix to |
| prefixion21 | |
| preflight18 | |
| preformat16 | |
| preformed17 | form into a shape resembling the final, desired one |
| prefranks18 | |
| prefreeze23 | |
| prefrozen23 | |
| prefunded16 | |
| pregnable14 | |
| pregnancy17 | the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus |
| pregrowth18 | |
| preguided14 | |
| preguides13 | |
| prehandle15 | |
| preharden15 | |
| preheated15 | heat beforehand |
| preheater14 | |
| prehiring15 | |
| prehumans16 | |
| preimpose15 | |
| preinform16 | |
| preinsert11 | |
| preinvite14 | |
| prejudged21 | judge beforehand, especially without sufficient evidence |
| prejudger20 | |
| prejudges20 | judge beforehand, especially without sufficient evidence |
| prejudice21 | a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation |
| prelacies13 | prelates collectively |
| prelatism13 | |
| prelature11 | prelates collectively |
| prelaunch16 | |
| prelected14 | |
| prelector13 | |
| prelimits13 | |
| preloaded13 | |
| prelocate13 | |
| preluders12 | |
| preludial12 | |
| preluding13 | serve as a prelude or opening to |
| prelusion11 | |
| prelusive14 | |
| prelusory14 | |
| premarket17 | |
| premature13 | born after a gestation period of less than the normal time |
| premedics16 | |
| premerger14 | |
| premiered14 | be performed for the first time |
| premieres13 | the first public performance of a play or movie |
| premising14 | set forth beforehand, often as an explanation |
| premisses13 | a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn |
| premixing21 | |
| premodern14 | |
| premodify20 | |
| premolars13 | a tooth having two cusps or points; located between the incisors and the molars |
| premolded15 | |
| premonish16 | |
| prenomens13 | |
| prenomina13 | |
| prenotify17 | |
| prenotion11 | |
| prenticed14 | |
| prentices13 | works for an expert to learn a trade |
| prenumber15 | |
| preobtain13 | |
| preoccupy20 | engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively |
| preoption13 | |
| preordain12 | foreordain or determine beforehand |
| preorders12 | |
| prepacked20 | prepared and wrapped beforehand and ready for sale |
| preparers13 | |
| preparing14 | make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc |
| prepasted14 | |
| prepastes13 | |
| prepaving17 | |
| prepaying17 | pay for something before receiving it |
| preplaced16 | |
| preplaces15 | |
| prepotent13 | |
| preppiest15 | |
| prepriced16 | |
| preprices15 | |
| preprints13 | |
| prepueblo15 | |
| preputial13 | |
| prerecord14 | record before presentation, as of a broadcast |
| prerectal13 | |
| prereform16 | |
| prereturn11 | |
| prereview17 | |
| prerinsed12 | |
| prerinses11 | |
| presagers12 | |
| presaging13 | indicate by signs |
| presbyope18 | a person with presbyopia; someone who is farsighted resulting from the progressive loss with aging of the elasticity of the crystalline lens |
| presbyter16 | an elder in the Presbyterian Church |
| preschool16 | an educational institution for children too young for elementary school |
| prescient13 | perceiving the significance of events before they occur; -R.H.Rovere |
| prescinds14 | |
| prescored14 | |
| prescores13 | |
| prescreen13 | |
| prescribe15 | issue commands or orders for |
| prescript15 | prescribed guide for conduct or action |
| preseason11 | a period prior to the beginning of the regular season which is devoted to training and preparation |
| preselect13 | |
| presences13 | the state of being present; current existence |
| presented12 | give an exhibition of to an interested audience |
| presentee11 | |
| presenter11 | someone who presents a message of some sort (as a petition or an address or a check or a memorial etc.) |
| presently14 | in the near future |
| preserved15 | keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last |
| preserver14 | a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture |
| preserves14 | fruit preserved by cooking with sugar |
| presettle11 | |
| preshaped17 | |
| preshapes16 | |
| preshowed18 | |
| preshrank18 | |
| preshrink18 | |
| preshrunk18 | |
| president12 | an executive officer of a firm or corporation |
| presiders12 | |
| presidial12 | |
| presiding13 | act as president |
| presidios12 | a fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings |
| presidium14 | a permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in session |
| presifted15 | |
| presignal12 | |
| presliced14 | |
| preslices13 | |
| presoaked16 | |
| presolved15 | |
| presolves14 | |
| presorted12 | |
| pressgang13 | |
| pressings12 | the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure |
| pressmark17 | a mark consisting of characters written on a book; used to indicate shelf location |
| pressroom13 | |
| pressruns11 | |
| pressured12 | to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means : |
| pressures11 | the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit) |
| presswork18 | |
| prestamps15 | |
| presterna11 | |
| prestiges12 | a high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc. |
| prestored12 | |
| prestores11 | |
| prestress11 | |
| prestrike15 | |
| presumers13 | |
| presuming14 | take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof |
| presummit15 | |
| presurvey17 | |
| pretaping14 | |
| pretasted12 | |
| pretastes11 | |
| pretences13 | a false or unsupportable quality |
| pretended13 | make believe with the intent to deceive |
| pretender12 | a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title) |
| pretenses11 | the act of giving a false appearance |
| preterite11 | a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense |
| preterits11 | a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense |
| pretermit13 | disregard intentionally or let pass |
| pretested12 | |
| pretexted19 | |
| pretorial11 | of or relating to a Roman praetor |
| pretorian11 | of or relating to a Roman praetor |
| pretrains11 | |
| pretravel14 | |
| pretreats11 | |
| pretrials11 | (law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than in criminal cases |
| prettiest11 | pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing |
| prettying15 | |
| prettyish17 | |
| pretyping17 | |
| preunions11 | |
| preunited12 | |
| preunites11 | |
| prevailed15 | be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance |
| prevailer14 | |
| prevalent14 | most frequent or common |
| prevalued15 | |
| prevalues14 | |
| prevented15 | keep from happening or arising; make impossible |
| preventer14 | |
| preverbal16 | |
| previable16 | |
| previewed18 | watch (a movie or play) before it is released to the general public |
| previewer17 | |
| prevising15 | warn in advance or beforehand; give an early warning |
| prevision14 | a prophetic vision (as in a dream) |
| previsits14 | |
| previsors14 | |
| prewarmed17 | |
| prewarned15 | |
| prewashed18 | |
| prewashes17 | |
| preweighs18 | |
| prewiring15 | |
| preworked19 | |
| priapisms15 | condition in which the penis is continually erect; usually painful and seldom with sexual arousal |
| priapuses13 | (classical mythology) god of male procreative power and guardian of gardens and vineyards |
| priceable15 | |
| priceless13 | having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth |
| prickiest17 | |
| prickings18 | the act of puncturing with a small point |
| pricklier17 | very irritable |
| prickling18 | a somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles |
| priedieus12 | |
| priedieux19 | |
| priestess11 | a woman priest |
| priesting12 | |
| priggisms15 | |
| primacies15 | the state of being first in importance |
| primality16 | the property of being a prime number |
| primaries13 | a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen |
| primarily16 | for the most part |
| primatals13 | |
| primatial13 | |
| primavera16 | |
| primeness13 | |
| primipara15 | (obstetrics) woman who has been delivered of a child for the first time |
| primitive16 | a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization |
| primordia14 | an organ in its earliest stage of development; the foundation for subsequent development |
| primroses13 | any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads |
| princedom16 | the dignity or rank or position of a prince |
| princekin17 | |
| princelet13 | |
| princesse13 | |
| principal15 | the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated |
| principia15 | |
| principle15 | a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct |
| princocks19 | |
| princoxes20 | |
| printable13 | fit for publication because free of material that is morally or legally objectionable |
| printhead15 | |
| printings12 | text handwritten in the style of printed matter |
| printless11 | |
| printouts11 | the output of a computer in printed form |
| priorates11 | |
| priorship16 | the office of prior |
| prismatic15 | of or relating to or resembling or constituting a prism |
| prismoids14 | a prismatoid whose bases are polygons having the same number of sides and whose other faces are trapezoids or parallelograms |
| prisoners11 | a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war |
| prisoning12 | |
| prissiest11 | exaggeratedly proper |
| pristanes11 | |
| privacies16 | the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others |
| privateer14 | an officer or crew member of a privateer |
| privately17 | kept private or confined to those intimately concerned |
| privatest14 | confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy |
| privation14 | a state of extreme poverty |
| privatise14 | change from governmental to private control or ownership |
| privatism16 | |
| privatist14 | |
| privative17 | |
| privatize23 | change from governmental to private control or ownership |
| privilege15 | a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all |
| privities14 | |
| proaction13 | |
| proactive16 | descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently |
| probables15 | an applicant likely to be chosen |
| probating14 | put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence |
| probation13 | a trial period during which your character and abilities are tested to see whether you are suitable for work or for membership |
| probative16 | tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation |
| probatory16 | tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation |
| probingly17 | |
| probiotic15 | a beneficial bacterium found in the intestinal tract of healthy mammals; often considered to be a plant |
| probities13 | complete and confirmed integrity; having strong moral principles |
| proboscis15 | the human nose (especially when it is large) |
| procaines13 | a white crystalline powder (trade name Ethocaine) administered near nerves as a local anesthetic in dentistry and medicine |
| procambia17 | |
| procedure14 | a particular course of action intended to achieve a result |
| proceeded15 | continue talking; he continued, |
| proceeder14 | |
| processed14 | subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition |
| processer13 | |
| processes13 | a particular course of action intended to achieve a result |
| processor13 | a business engaged in processing agricultural products and preparing them for market |
| prochoice18 | |
| prochurch21 | |
| proclaims15 | declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles |
| proclises13 | |
| proclisis13 | |
| proclitic15 | |
| proconsul13 | an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power |
| procreant13 | |
| procreate13 | have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant |
| proctitis13 | inflammation of the rectum; marked by bloody stools and a frequent urge to defecate; frequently associated with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis |
| proctodea14 | |
| proctored14 | watch over (students taking an exam, to prevent cheating) |
| procurals13 | the act of getting possession of something |
| procurers13 | someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce) |
| procuress13 | a woman pimp |
| procuring14 | get by special effort |
| prodigals13 | a recklessly extravagant consumer |
| prodigies13 | an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration |
| prodromal14 | symptomatic of the onset of an attack or a disease |
| prodromes14 | an early symptom that a disease is developing or that an attack is about to occur |
| prodromic16 | symptomatic of the onset of an attack or a disease |
| producers14 | someone who manufactures something |
| producing15 | bring forth or yield |
| proenzyme25 | any of a group of compounds that are inactive precursors of enzymes and require some change (such as the hydrolysis of a fragment that masks an active enzyme) to become active |
| proestrus11 | |
| profamily19 | |
| profanely17 | with curses |
| profaners14 | |
| profaning15 | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality |
| profanity17 | vulgar or irreverent speech or action |
| professed15 | practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about |
| professes14 | practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about |
| professor14 | someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university |
| proffered18 | present for acceptance or rejection |
| profferer17 | |
| profilers14 | |
| profiling15 | recording a person's behavior and analyzing psychological characteristics in order to predict or assess their ability in a certain sphere or to identify a particular group of people |
| profiteer14 | someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply) |
| profiters14 | |
| profiting15 | derive a benefit from |
| profluent14 | |
| profounds15 | |
| profusely17 | in an abundant manner |
| profusion14 | the property of being extremely abundant |
| profusive17 | |
| progenies12 | the immediate descendants of a person |
| progerias12 | a rare abnormality marked by premature aging (grey hair and wrinkled skin and stooped posture) in a child |
| progestin12 | any of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone |
| prognosed13 | |
| prognoses12 | a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop |
| prognosis12 | a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop |
| programed15 | arrange a program of or for |
| programer14 | |
| programme16 | an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event |
| prohibits16 | command against |
| projected21 | communicate vividly |
| projector20 | an optical device for projecting a beam of light |
| prolactin13 | gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition |
| prolamine13 | a simple protein found in plants |
| prolamins13 | |
| prolapsed14 | slip or fall out of place, as of body parts |
| prolapses13 | the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus) |
| prolapsus13 | the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus) |
| prolately14 | |
| prolepses13 | anticipating and answering objections in advance |
| prolepsis13 | anticipating and answering objections in advance |
| proleptic15 | |
| proletary14 | |
| prolixity21 | boring verbosity |
| prologing13 | |
| prologist12 | |
| prologize21 | write or speak a prologue |
| prologued13 | |
| prologues12 | an introduction to a play |
| prolonged13 | lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer |
| prolonger12 | |
| prolonges12 | a rope fitted with a hook and used for towing a gun carriage |
| prolusion11 | a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book |
| prolusory14 | of or relating to or having the character of a prolusion |
| promenade14 | a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year |
| prometric15 | |
| prominent13 | having a quality that thrusts itself into attention |
| promisees13 | a person to whom a promise is made |
| promisers13 | a person who makes a promise |
| promising14 | make a promise or commitment |
| promisors13 | a person who makes a promise |
| promodern14 | |
| promoters13 | someone who is an active supporter and advocate |
| promoting14 | contribute to the progress or growth of |
| promotion13 | a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution |
| promotive16 | tending to further or encourage |
| prompters15 | someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech |
| promptest15 | according to schedule or without delay; on time |
| prompting16 | persuasion formulated as a suggestion |
| promulged15 | |
| promulges14 | |
| pronating12 | turn the forearm or the hand so that the palm is directed downwards |
| pronation11 | rotation of the hands and forearms so that the palms face downward |
| pronators11 | a muscle that produces or assists in pronation |
| proneness11 | being disposed to do something |
| pronephra16 | |
| pronghorn15 | fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns |
| pronounce13 | speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way |
| pronuclei13 | the nucleus of the ovum or sperm after fertilization but before they fuse to form the nucleus of the zygote |
| proofread15 | read for errors |
| proofroom16 | |
| propagate14 | transmit from one generation to the next |
| propagule14 | |
| propelled14 | cause to move forward with force |
| propeller13 | a mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water |
| propellor13 | a mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water |
| propended15 | |
| propenols13 | |
| properdin14 | |
| properest13 | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness |
| prophages17 | |
| prophases16 | the first stage of meiosis |
| prophasic18 | |
| prophetic18 | foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention |
| propining14 | |
| proponent13 | a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea |
| proponing14 | |
| proposals13 | something proposed (such as a plan or assumption) |
| proposers13 | someone who advances a suggestion or proposal |
| proposing14 | make a proposal, declare a plan for something |
| propositi13 | the person immediately affected by or concerned with an action |
| propounds14 | put forward, as of an idea |
| propretor13 | |
| propriety16 | correct or appropriate behavior |
| proptoses13 | |
| proptosis13 | |
| propylaea16 | |
| propylene16 | a flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum; used in organic synthesis |
| propylite16 | |
| prorating12 | make a proportional settlement or distribution |
| proration11 | the proportional limitation of production or distribution of something (e.g. crude oil or natural gas) to some fractional part of the total capacity of each producer |
| proreform16 | |
| prorogate12 | |
| prorogued13 | hold back to a later time |
| prorogues12 | hold back to a later time |
| prosaical13 | |
| prosaisms13 | |
| prosaists11 | |
| prosateur11 | |
| proscenia13 | the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain) |
| proscribe15 | command against |
| prosected14 | |
| prosector13 | |
| prosecute13 | conduct a prosecution in a court of law |
| proselyte14 | a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism |
| prosimian13 | primitive primates having large ears and eyes and characterized by nocturnal habits |
| prosiness11 | commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting |
| prosodies12 | the patterns of stress and intonation in a language |
| prosodist12 | |
| prosomata13 | |
| prospects15 | the possibility of future success |
| prospered14 | make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance |
| prostates11 | a firm partly muscular chestnut sized gland in males at the neck of the urethra; produces a viscid secretion that is the fluid part of semen |
| prostatic13 | relating to the prostate gland |
| prostomia13 | |
| prostrate11 | get into a prostrate position, as in submission |
| prostyles14 | |
| protamine13 | a simple protein found in fish sperm; rich in arginine; simpler in composition than globulin or albumin; counteracts the anticoagulant effect of heparin |
| protamins13 | |
| proteases11 | any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis |
| protected14 | shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage |
| protecter13 | |
| protector13 | a person who cares for persons or property |
| protegees12 | a woman protege |
| proteides12 | |
| proteinic13 | |
| protended13 | |
| proteomes13 | the full complement of proteins produced by a particular genome |
| proteomic15 | |
| proteoses11 | |
| protested12 | utter words of protest |
| protester11 | a person who dissents from some established policy |
| protestor11 | |
| proteuses11 | (Greek mythology) a prophetic god who served Poseidon; was capable of changing his shape at will |
| prothalli14 | |
| protheses14 | |
| prothesis14 | |
| prothetic16 | |
| prothorax21 | the anterior part of an insect's thorax; bears the first pair of legs |
| protistan11 | free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes |
| protistic13 | |
| protocols13 | (computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data |
| protoderm14 | |
| protonate11 | |
| protonema13 | |
| protopods14 | |
| protostar11 | |
| prototype16 | a standard or typical example |
| protoxide19 | |
| protoxids19 | |
| protozoal20 | of or relating to the Protozoa |
| protozoan20 | any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic |
| protozoic22 | of or relating to the Protozoa |
| protozoon20 | any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic |
| protracts13 | lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer |
| protruded13 | extend out or project in space |
| protrudes12 | extend out or project in space |
| proudness12 | |
| proustite11 | |
| provender15 | food for domestic livestock |
| proverbed17 | |
| provident15 | providing carefully for the future |
| providers15 | someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity |
| providing16 | give something useful or necessary to |
| provinces16 | the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation |
| provision14 | a stipulated condition |
| provisoes14 | a stipulated condition |
| provisory17 | subject to a proviso |
| provokers18 | someone who deliberately foments trouble |
| provoking19 | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) |
| provolone14 | |
| prowesses14 | a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation |
| proxemics22 | the study of spatial distances between individuals in different cultures and situations |
| proximate20 | closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects |
| proximity23 | the property of being close together |
| prudences14 | discretion in practical affairs |
| prudently15 | in a prudent manner |
| pruderies12 | excessive or affected modesty |
| prudishly18 | in a prudish manner |
| prunellas11 | small genus of perennial mostly Eurasian having terminal spikes of small purplish or white flowers |
| prunelles11 | |
| prunellos11 | |
| prurience13 | feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness |
| pruriency16 | feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness |
| prussiate11 | |
| Word | Definition |
| practice14 | a customary way of operation or behavior |
| practise12 | engage in a rehearsal (of) |
| praecipe14 | |
| praedial11 | |
| praefect15 | |
| praelect12 | |
| praetors10 | an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic |
| prairies10 | a treeless grassy plain |
| praisers10 | |
| praising11 | express approval of |
| pralines10 | cookie-sized candy made of brown sugar and butter and pecans |
| prancers12 | a mettlesome or fiery horse |
| prancing13 | to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others |
| prandial11 | of or relating to a meal |
| pranging12 | crash |
| pranking15 | dress or decorate showily or gaudily |
| prankish17 | naughtily or annoyingly playful |
| pratfall13 | a fall onto your buttocks |
| pratique19 | |
| prattled11 | speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly |
| prattler10 | someone who speaks in a childish way |
| prattles10 | idle or foolish and irrelevant talk |
| prawners13 | |
| prawning14 | fish for prawns |
| praxises17 | translating an idea into action |
| preached16 | deliver a sermon |
| preacher15 | someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel |
| preaches15 | deliver a sermon |
| preacted13 | |
| preadapt13 | |
| preadmit13 | |
| preadopt13 | |
| preadult11 | |
| preallot10 | |
| prealter10 | |
| preamble14 | a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose) |
| preapply17 | |
| prearmed13 | |
| preaudit11 | |
| preavers13 | |
| preaxial17 | |
| prebaked17 | |
| prebakes16 | |
| prebasal12 | |
| prebends13 | the stipend assigned by a cathedral to a canon |
| prebills12 | |
| prebinds13 | |
| prebirth15 | |
| prebless12 | |
| preboard13 | |
| preboils12 | |
| prebooks16 | |
| prebound13 | |
| prebuild13 | |
| prebuilt12 | |
| precasts12 | |
| precavae15 | |
| precaval15 | |
| preceded14 | be earlier in time; go back further |
| precedes13 | be earlier in time; go back further |
| precents12 | |
| precepts14 | rule of personal conduct |
| precheck21 | |
| prechill15 | |
| prechose15 | |
| precieux19 | |
| precinct14 | a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes |
| precious12 | characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for |
| precipes14 | |
| precised13 | make a summary (of) |
| preciser12 | sharply exact or accurate or delimited |
| precises12 | a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory |
| precited13 | |
| preclean12 | |
| preclear12 | |
| preclude13 | keep from happening or arising; make impossible |
| precoded14 | |
| precodes13 | |
| precooks16 | cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long |
| precools12 | |
| precrash15 | |
| precured13 | |
| precures12 | |
| predated12 | be earlier in time; go back further |
| predates11 | be earlier in time; go back further |
| predator11 | someone who attacks in search of booty |
| predawns14 | |
| predeath14 | |
| predella11 | |
| predicts13 | make a prediction about; tell in advance |
| predraft14 | |
| predried12 | |
| predries11 | |
| predrill11 | |
| predusks15 | |
| preedits11 | |
| preelect12 | |
| preemies12 | an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation |
| preempts14 | a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding |
| preenact12 | |
| preeners10 | |
| preening11 | clean with one's bill |
| preerect12 | |
| preexist17 | exist beforehand or prior to a certain point in time |
| prefaced16 | furnish with a preface or introduction |
| prefacer15 | |
| prefaces15 | a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book |
| prefaded15 | (of fabric or clothing) having been given a faded (weathered) appearance by artificial means |
| prefades14 | |
| prefects15 | a chief officer or chief magistrate |
| prefight17 | |
| prefiled14 | |
| prefiles13 | |
| prefired14 | |
| prefires13 | |
| prefixal20 | |
| prefixed21 | attach a prefix to |
| prefixes20 | an affix that is added in front of the word |
| preflame15 | |
| prefocus15 | |
| preforms15 | form into a shape resembling the final, desired one |
| prefrank17 | |
| prefroze22 | |
| prefunds14 | |
| pregames13 | |
| preggers12 | |
| pregnant11 | carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life |
| preguide12 | |
| preheats13 | heat beforehand |
| prehuman15 | |
| prejudge19 | judge beforehand, especially without sufficient evidence |
| prelates10 | a senior clergyman and dignitary |
| prelatic12 | |
| prelects12 | |
| prelegal11 | |
| prelimit12 | |
| prelives13 | |
| preloads11 | |
| preluded12 | serve as a prelude or opening to |
| preluder11 | |
| preludes11 | something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows |
| prelunch15 | |
| premedic15 | |
| premiere12 | the first public performance of a play or movie |
| premiers12 | the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom |
| premised13 | set forth beforehand, often as an explanation |
| premises12 | land and the buildings on it |
| premiums14 | payment for insurance |
| premixed20 | |
| premixes19 | a commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients |
| premolar12 | a tooth having two cusps or points; located between the incisors and the molars |
| premolds13 | |
| premoral12 | |
| premorse12 | |
| prenames12 | |
| prenatal10 | occurring or existing before birth |
| prenomen12 | |
| prentice12 | works for an expert to learn a trade |
| preorder11 | |
| preowned14 | |
| prepacks18 | |
| prepared13 | make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc |
| preparer12 | |
| prepares12 | make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc |
| prepaste12 | |
| prepaved16 | |
| prepaves15 | |
| prepense12 | |
| preplace14 | |
| preplans12 | |
| preplant12 | |
| preppier14 | |
| preppies14 | |
| preppily17 | |
| prepping15 | |
| prepregs13 | |
| prepress12 | |
| preprice14 | |
| preprint12 | |
| prepubes14 | |
| prepubis14 | |
| prepuces14 | a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris |
| prepunch17 | |
| prepupae14 | |
| prepupal14 | of an inactive stage in the development of some insects, between the larval and the pupal stages |
| prepupas14 | |
| prequels19 | |
| preradio11 | |
| prerenal10 | |
| prerinse10 | |
| presaged12 | indicate by signs |
| presager11 | |
| presages11 | a foreboding about what is about to happen |
| presales10 | |
| prescind13 | |
| prescore12 | |
| presells10 | |
| presence12 | the state of being present; current existence |
| presents10 | the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech |
| preserve13 | a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone |
| preshape15 | |
| preships15 | |
| preshown16 | |
| preshows16 | |
| presided12 | act as president |
| presider11 | |
| presides11 | act as president |
| presidia11 | |
| presidio11 | a fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings |
| presifts13 | |
| presleep12 | |
| preslice12 | |
| presoaks14 | |
| presolve13 | |
| presorts10 | |
| presplit12 | |
| pressers10 | |
| pressing11 | the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure |
| pressman12 | someone whose occupation is printing |
| pressmen12 | someone whose occupation is printing |
| pressors10 | any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure |
| pressrun10 | |
| pressure10 | the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit) |
| prestamp14 | |
| presters10 | |
| prestige11 | a high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc. |
| prestore10 | |
| presumed13 | take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof |
| presumer12 | |
| presumes12 | take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof |
| pretaped13 | |
| pretapes12 | |
| pretaste10 | |
| preteens10 | a preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age) |
| pretells10 | |
| pretence12 | a false or unsupportable quality |
| pretends11 | the enactment of a pretense |
| pretense10 | the act of giving a false appearance |
| preterit10 | a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense |
| preterms12 | |
| pretests10 | |
| pretexts17 | something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason |
| pretrain10 | |
| pretreat10 | |
| pretrial10 | (law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than in criminal cases |
| pretrims12 | |
| prettied11 | |
| prettier10 | pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing |
| pretties10 | |
| prettify16 | make more beautiful |
| prettily13 | in a pretty manner |
| pretyped16 | |
| pretypes15 | |
| pretzels19 | glazed and salted cracker typically in the shape of a loose knot |
| preunion10 | |
| preunite10 | |
| prevails13 | be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance |
| prevalue13 | |
| prevents13 | keep from happening or arising; make impossible |
| preverbs15 | |
| previews16 | an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future |
| previous13 | just preceding something else in time or order |
| prevised14 | warn in advance or beforehand; give an early warning |
| previses13 | warn in advance or beforehand; give an early warning |
| previsit13 | |
| previsor13 | |
| prevuing14 | |
| prewarms15 | |
| prewarns13 | |
| preweigh17 | |
| prewired14 | |
| prewires13 | |
| preworks17 | |
| prewraps15 | |
| priapean12 | |
| priapism14 | condition in which the penis is continually erect; usually painful and seldom with sexual arousal |
| priciest12 | having a high price |
| prickers16 | a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf |
| prickets16 | a sharp metal spike to hold a candle |
| prickier16 | |
| pricking17 | the act of puncturing with a small point |
| prickled17 | cause a prickling sensation |
| prickles16 | a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf |
| prideful14 | having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; ; ; ; ; ; ; - W.L.Shirer |
| priedieu11 | |
| priested11 | |
| priestly13 | associated with the priesthood or priests |
| priggery15 | |
| prigging13 | |
| priggish15 | exaggeratedly proper |
| priggism14 | |
| prilling11 | |
| primages13 | |
| primatal12 | |
| primates12 | an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings |
| primeros12 | |
| primeval15 | having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state |
| primines12 | |
| primings13 | the act of making something ready |
| primmest14 | affectedly dainty or refined |
| primming15 | assume a prim appearance |
| primness12 | excessive or affected modesty |
| primping15 | careful or finicky grooming |
| primrose12 | any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads |
| primulas12 | any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads |
| primuses12 | the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland |
| princely15 | rich and superior in quality |
| princess12 | a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign) |
| principe14 | an island in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of Sao Tome and Principe |
| principi14 | |
| princock18 | |
| prinkers14 | |
| prinking15 | dress very carefully and in a finicky manner |
| printers10 | someone whose occupation is printing |
| printery13 | |
| printing11 | text handwritten in the style of printed matter |
| printout10 | the output of a computer in printed form |
| priorate10 | |
| prioress10 | the superior of a group of nuns |
| priories10 | religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress |
| priority13 | status established in order of importance or urgency |
| priseres10 | |
| prismoid13 | a prismatoid whose bases are polygons having the same number of sides and whose other faces are trapezoids or parallelograms |
| prisoned11 | |
| prisoner10 | a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war |
| prissier10 | exaggeratedly proper |
| prissies10 | |
| prissily13 | in a prissy manner |
| prissing11 | |
| pristane10 | |
| pristine10 | completely free from dirt or contamination |
| privater13 | confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy |
| privates13 | external sex organ |
| priviest13 | hidden from general view or use |
| probable14 | an applicant likely to be chosen |
| probably17 | with considerable certainty; without much doubt |
| probands13 | |
| probangs13 | |
| probated13 | put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence |
| probates12 | a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate |
| problems14 | a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved |
| procaine12 | a white crystalline powder (trade name Ethocaine) administered near nerves as a local anesthetic in dentistry and medicine |
| procarps14 | |
| proceeds13 | the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property |
| prochain15 | |
| prochein15 | |
| proclaim14 | declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles |
| proctors12 | someone who supervises (an examination) |
| procural12 | the act of getting possession of something |
| procured13 | get by special effort |
| procurer12 | someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce) |
| procures12 | get by special effort |
| prodders12 | |
| prodding13 | a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something |
| prodigal12 | a recklessly extravagant consumer |
| prodrome13 | an early symptom that a disease is developing or that an attack is about to occur |
| prodrugs12 | |
| produced14 | bring forth or yield |
| producer13 | someone who manufactures something |
| produces13 | fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market |
| products13 | commodities offered for sale |
| proemial12 | |
| proettes10 | |
| profaned14 | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality |
| profaner13 | characterized by profanity or cursing |
| profanes13 | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality |
| proffers16 | a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection |
| profiled14 | write about |
| profiler13 | |
| profiles13 | an analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics |
| profited14 | derive a benefit from |
| profiter13 | |
| proforma15 | |
| profound14 | showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth |
| progeria11 | a rare abnormality marked by premature aging (grey hair and wrinkled skin and stooped posture) in a child |
| proggers12 | |
| progging13 | |
| prognose11 | |
| prograde12 | |
| programs13 | a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished |
| progress11 | gradual improvement or growth or development |
| prohibit15 | command against |
| projects19 | any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted |
| prolabor12 | |
| prolamin12 | |
| prolapse12 | the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus) |
| prolific15 | intellectually productive |
| prolines10 | an amino acid that is found in many proteins (especially collagen) |
| prolixly20 | |
| prologed12 | |
| prologue11 | an introduction to a play |
| prolonge11 | a rope fitted with a hook and used for towing a gun carriage |
| prolongs11 | lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer |
| promines12 | |
| promised13 | make a promise or commitment |
| promisee12 | a person to whom a promise is made |
| promiser12 | a person who makes a promise |
| promises12 | a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future |
| promisor12 | a person who makes a promise |
| promoing13 | |
| promoted13 | contribute to the progress or growth of |
| promoter12 | someone who is an active supporter and advocate |
| promotes12 | contribute to the progress or growth of |
| prompted15 | give an incentive for action |
| prompter14 | someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech |
| promptly17 | with little or no delay |
| promulge13 | |
| pronated11 | turn the forearm or the hand so that the palm is directed downwards |
| pronates10 | turn the forearm or the hand so that the palm is directed downwards |
| pronator10 | a muscle that produces or assists in pronation |
| pronging12 | |
| pronotum12 | |
| pronouns10 | a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase |
| proofers13 | |
| proofing14 | make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset |
| propanes12 | colorless gas found in natural gas and petroleum; used as a fuel |
| propends13 | |
| propenes12 | a flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum; used in organic synthesis |
| propenol12 | |
| propense12 | |
| propenyl15 | |
| properer12 | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness |
| properly15 | in the right manner |
| property15 | something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone |
| prophage16 | |
| prophase15 | the first stage of meiosis |
| prophecy20 | knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) |
| prophesy18 | predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration |
| prophets15 | the second of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures |
| propined13 | |
| propines12 | |
| propjets19 | an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine |
| propolis12 | |
| proponed13 | |
| propones12 | |
| proposal12 | something proposed (such as a plan or assumption) |
| proposed13 | make a proposal, declare a plan for something |
| proposer12 | someone who advances a suggestion or proposal |
| proposes12 | make a proposal, declare a plan for something |
| propound13 | put forward, as of an idea |
| propping15 | support by placing against something solid or rigid |
| proprium14 | |
| propylic17 | |
| propylon15 | |
| prorated11 | make a proportional settlement or distribution |
| prorates10 | make a proportional settlement or distribution |
| prorogue11 | hold back to a later time |
| prosaism12 | |
| prosaist10 | |
| prosects12 | |
| prosiest10 | lacking wit or imagination |
| prosodic13 | of or relating to the rhythmic aspect of language or to the suprasegmental phonemes of pitch and stress and juncture and nasalization and voicing |
| prosomal12 | |
| prosomas12 | |
| prospect14 | the possibility of future success |
| prospers12 | make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance |
| prossies10 | |
| prostate10 | a firm partly muscular chestnut sized gland in males at the neck of the urethra; produces a viscid secretion that is the fluid part of semen |
| prosties10 | |
| prostyle13 | marked by columniation having free columns in a portico only across the opening to the structure |
| protamin12 | |
| protases10 | |
| protasis10 | |
| protatic12 | |
| proteans10 | |
| protease10 | any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis |
| protects12 | shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage |
| protegee11 | a woman protege |
| proteges11 | a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career |
| proteide11 | |
| proteids11 | |
| proteins10 | any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes |
| protends11 | |
| proteome12 | the full complement of proteins produced by a particular genome |
| proteose10 | |
| protests10 | a formal and solemn declaration of objection |
| protists10 | free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes |
| protiums12 | genus of chiefly tropical American trees having fragrant wood and yielding gum elemi |
| protocol12 | (computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data |
| protonic12 | |
| protopod13 | |
| protoxid18 | |
| protozoa19 | in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers |
| protract12 | lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer |
| protrade11 | |
| protrude11 | extend out or project in space |
| protyles13 | |
| proudest11 | feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride |
| proudful14 | |
| prounion10 | |
| provable15 | capable of being demonstrated or proved; ; ; - Walter Bagehot |
| provably18 | in an obvious and provable manner |
| provenly16 | |
| proverbs15 | an Old Testament book consisting of proverbs from various Israeli sages (including Solomon) |
| provided15 | give something useful or necessary to |
| provider14 | someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity |
| provides14 | give something useful or necessary to |
| province15 | the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation |
| proviral13 | |
| provirus13 | cDNA copy of the RNA genome of a retrovirus; the genetic material of a virus as incorporated into and able to replicate with the genome of a host cell |
| provisos13 | a stipulated condition |
| provoked18 | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) |
| provoker17 | someone who deliberately foments trouble |
| provokes17 | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) |
| provosts13 | a high-ranking university administrator |
| prowlers13 | someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions |
| prowling14 | move about in or as if in a predatory manner |
| proxemic21 | |
| proximal19 | situated nearest to point of attachment or origin |
| prudence13 | discretion in practical affairs |
| pruinose10 | |
| prunable12 | |
| prunella10 | small genus of perennial mostly Eurasian having terminal spikes of small purplish or white flowers |
| prunelle10 | |
| prunello10 | |
| prunuses10 | a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions |
| prurient10 | characterized by lust |
| prurigos11 | chronic inflammatory disease of the skin characterized by blister capped papules and intense itching |
| pruritic12 | |
| pruritus10 | an intense itching sensation that can have various causes (as by allergies or infection or lymphoma or jaundice etc.) |
| pryingly17 | in a curious and prying manner |
| Word | Definition |
| practic13 | |
| praetor9 | an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic |
| prairie9 | a treeless grassy plain |
| praised10 | express approval of |
| praiser9 | |
| praises9 | an expression of approval and commendation |
| prajnas16 | |
| praline9 | cookie-sized candy made of brown sugar and butter and pecans |
| pranced12 | to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others |
| prancer11 | a mettlesome or fiery horse |
| prances11 | a proud stiff pompous gait |
| pranged11 | crash |
| pranked14 | dress or decorate showily or gaudily |
| praters9 | an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker |
| prating10 | speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly |
| prattle9 | idle or foolish and irrelevant talk |
| prawned13 | fish for prawns |
| prawner12 | |
| prayers12 | the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving) |
| praying13 | address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer |
| preachy17 | inclined to or marked by tedious moralization |
| preacts11 | |
| preaged11 | |
| preamps13 | |
| preanal9 | situated in front of the anus |
| prearms11 | |
| preaver12 | |
| prebade12 | |
| prebake15 | |
| prebend12 | the stipend assigned by a cathedral to a canon |
| prebids12 | |
| prebill11 | |
| prebind12 | |
| preboil11 | |
| prebook15 | |
| preboom13 | |
| prebuys14 | |
| precast11 | of structural members especially of concrete; cast into form before being transported to the site of installation |
| precava14 | receives blood from the head and arms and chest and empties into the right atrium of the heart; formed from the azygos and both brachiocephalic veins |
| precede12 | be earlier in time; go back further |
| precent11 | |
| precept13 | rule of personal conduct |
| precess11 | move in a gyrating fashion |
| precipe13 | |
| precise11 | sharply exact or accurate or delimited |
| precode12 | |
| precook15 | cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long |
| precool11 | |
| precoup13 | |
| precure11 | |
| precuts11 | |
| predate10 | be earlier in time; go back further |
| predawn13 | |
| predial10 | |
| predict12 | make a prediction about; tell in advance |
| predive13 | |
| predusk14 | |
| preedit10 | |
| preeing10 | |
| preemie11 | an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation |
| preempt13 | a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding |
| preened10 | clean with one's bill |
| preener9 | |
| prefabs14 | a prefabricated structure |
| preface14 | a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book |
| prefade13 | |
| prefect14 | a chief officer or chief magistrate |
| prefers12 | like better; value more highly |
| prefile12 | |
| prefire12 | |
| preform14 | form into a shape resembling the final, desired one |
| prefund13 | |
| pregame12 | |
| preheat12 | heat beforehand |
| prelacy14 | prelates collectively |
| prelate9 | a senior clergyman and dignitary |
| prelect11 | |
| prelife12 | |
| prelims11 | written matter preceding the main text of a book |
| preload10 | |
| prelude10 | something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows |
| premade12 | |
| premeal11 | |
| premeds12 | |
| premeet11 | |
| premier11 | the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom |
| premies11 | an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation |
| premise11 | a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn |
| premiss11 | a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn |
| premium13 | payment for insurance |
| premixt18 | |
| premold12 | |
| premolt11 | |
| premune11 | |
| prename11 | |
| prenoon9 | |
| preoral9 | |
| prepack17 | |
| prepaid12 | pay for something before receiving it |
| prepare11 | make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc |
| prepave14 | |
| prepays14 | pay for something before receiving it |
| prepill11 | |
| preplan11 | |
| prepped14 | |
| preppie13 | |
| prepreg12 | |
| prepuce13 | a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris |
| prepupa13 | |
| prequel18 | |
| prerace11 | |
| preriot9 | |
| prerock15 | |
| presage10 | a foreboding about what is about to happen |
| presale9 | |
| presell9 | |
| present9 | the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech |
| presets9 | |
| preship14 | |
| preshow15 | |
| preside10 | act as president |
| presift12 | |
| presoak13 | |
| presold10 | |
| presong10 | |
| presort9 | |
| pressed10 | exert pressure or force to or upon |
| presser9 | |
| presses9 | the state of demanding notice or attention |
| pressor9 | any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure |
| prester9 | |
| prestos9 | |
| presume11 | take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof |
| pretape11 | |
| preteen9 | a preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age) |
| pretell9 | |
| pretend10 | the enactment of a pretense |
| preterm11 | |
| pretest9 | |
| pretext16 | something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason |
| pretold10 | |
| pretors9 | an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic |
| pretrim11 | |
| pretype14 | |
| pretzel18 | glazed and salted cracker typically in the shape of a loose knot |
| prevail12 | be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance |
| prevent12 | keep from happening or arising; make impossible |
| preverb14 | |
| preview15 | an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future |
| previse12 | warn in advance or beforehand; give an early warning |
| prevued13 | |
| prevues12 | an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future |
| prewarm14 | |
| prewarn12 | |
| prewash15 | |
| prewire12 | |
| prework16 | |
| preworn12 | |
| prewrap14 | |
| prexies16 | the head administrative officer of a college or university |
| preyers12 | |
| preying13 | profit from in an exploitatory manner |
| priapic13 | overly concerned with masculinity and male sexuality |
| priapus11 | (classical mythology) god of male procreative power and guardian of gardens and vineyards |
| pricers11 | |
| pricier11 | having a high price |
| pricily14 | |
| pricing12 | the evaluation of something in terms of its price |
| pricked16 | make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn |
| pricker15 | a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf |
| pricket15 | a sharp metal spike to hold a candle |
| prickle15 | a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf |
| prickly18 | very irritable |
| priding11 | be proud of |
| priests9 | a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders |
| prigged12 | |
| prilled10 | |
| primacy16 | the state of being first in importance |
| primage12 | |
| primary14 | a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen |
| primate11 | a senior clergyman and dignitary |
| primely14 | |
| primero11 | |
| primers11 | an introductory textbook |
| primine11 | |
| priming12 | the act of making something ready |
| primmed14 | assume a prim appearance |
| primmer13 | affectedly dainty or refined |
| primped14 | dress or groom with elaborate care |
| primsie11 | |
| primula11 | any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads |
| princes11 | a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign) |
| princox18 | |
| prinked14 | dress very carefully and in a finicky manner |
| prinker13 | |
| printed10 | put into print |
| printer9 | someone whose occupation is printing |
| priorly12 | |
| prisere9 | |
| prising10 | to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; : |
| prisons9 | a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment |
| prissed10 | |
| prisses9 | |
| prithee12 | |
| privacy17 | the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others |
| private12 | an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines |
| privets12 | any of various Old World shrubs having smooth entire leaves and terminal panicles of small white flowers followed by small black berries; many used for hedges |
| privier12 | hidden from general view or use |
| privies12 | a room or building equipped with one or more toilets |
| privily15 | confidentially or in secret |
| privity15 | |
| prizers18 | |
| prizing19 | hold dear |
| proband12 | |
| probang12 | |
| probate11 | a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate |
| probers11 | |
| probing12 | question or examine thoroughly and closely |
| probits11 | |
| probity14 | complete and confirmed integrity; having strong moral principles |
| problem13 | a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved |
| procarp13 | |
| proceed12 | continue talking; he continued, |
| process11 | a particular course of action intended to achieve a result |
| proctor11 | someone who supervises (an examination) |
| procure11 | get by special effort |
| prodded12 | to push against gently |
| prodder11 | |
| prodigy14 | an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration |
| prodrug11 | |
| produce12 | fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market |
| product12 | commodities offered for sale |
| proette9 | |
| profane12 | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality |
| profess12 | practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about |
| proffer15 | a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection |
| profile12 | an analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics |
| profits12 | the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) |
| profuse12 | produced or growing in extreme abundance |
| progeny13 | the immediate descendants of a person |
| progged12 | |
| progger11 | |
| program12 | a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished |
| project18 | any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted |
| projets16 | |
| prolans9 | |
| prolate9 | having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter |
| prolegs10 | |
| proline9 | an amino acid that is found in many proteins (especially collagen) |
| prologs10 | a computer language designed in Europe to support natural language processing |
| prolong10 | lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer |
| promine11 | |
| promise11 | a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future |
| promoed12 | |
| promote11 | contribute to the progress or growth of |
| prompts13 | a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken) |
| pronate9 | turn the forearm or the hand so that the palm is directed downwards |
| pronely12 | |
| pronged11 | having prongs or tines; usually used in combination |
| pronota9 | |
| pronoun9 | a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase |
| proofed13 | make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset |
| proofer12 | (used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand |
| propane11 | colorless gas found in natural gas and petroleum; used as a fuel |
| propels11 | cause to move forward with force |
| propend12 | |
| propene11 | a flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum; used in organic synthesis |
| propers11 | |
| prophet14 | an authoritative person who divines the future |
| propine11 | |
| propjet18 | an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine |
| propman13 | member of the stage crew in charge of properties |
| propmen13 | member of the stage crew in charge of properties |
| propone11 | |
| propose11 | make a proposal, declare a plan for something |
| propped14 | support by placing against something solid or rigid |
| propria11 | |
| propyla14 | |
| propyls14 | the monovalent organic group C3H7- obtained from propane |
| prorate9 | make a proportional settlement or distribution |
| prosaic11 | not fanciful or imaginative |
| prosect11 | |
| prosers9 | |
| prosier9 | lacking wit or imagination |
| prosily12 | in a prosy manner |
| prosing10 | |
| prosody13 | the patterns of stress and intonation in a language |
| prosoma11 | |
| prosper11 | make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance |
| prosses9 | an athlete who plays for pay |
| prossie9 | |
| prostie9 | |
| protean9 | taking on different forms |
| proteas9 | any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones |
| protect11 | shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage |
| protege10 | a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career |
| proteid10 | |
| protein9 | any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes |
| protend10 | |
| protest9 | a formal and solemn declaration of objection |
| proteus9 | (Greek mythology) a prophetic god who served Poseidon; was capable of changing his shape at will |
| protist9 | free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes |
| protium11 | genus of chiefly tropical American trees having fragrant wood and yielding gum elemi |
| protons9 | a stable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron |
| protyle12 | |
| protyls12 | |
| prouder10 | feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride |
| proudly13 | with pride; in a proud manner |
| proverb14 | a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people |
| provers12 | |
| provide13 | give something useful or necessary to |
| proving13 | be shown or be found to be |
| proviso12 | a stipulated condition |
| provoke16 | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) |
| provost12 | a high-ranking university administrator |
| prowess12 | a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation |
| prowest12 | |
| prowled13 | move about in or as if in a predatory manner |
| prowler12 | someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions |
| proxies16 | a person authorized to act for another |
| proximo18 | in or of the next month after the present |
| prudent10 | careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment |
| prudery13 | excessive or affected modesty |
| prudish13 | exaggeratedly proper |
| pruners9 | a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs |
| pruning10 | something that has been pruned off of a plant |
| prurigo10 | chronic inflammatory disease of the skin characterized by blister capped papules and intense itching |
| prussic11 | |
| prutoth12 | |
| prythee15 | |
| Word | Definition |
| praams10 | |
| prahus11 | |
| praise8 | an expression of approval and commendation |
| prajna15 | |
| prance10 | a proud stiff pompous gait |
| prangs9 | a crash involving a car or plane |
| pranks12 | acting like a clown or buffoon |
| prases8 | |
| prated9 | speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly |
| prater8 | an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker |
| prates8 | idle or foolish and irrelevant talk |
| prawns11 | any of various edible decapod crustaceans |
| praxes15 | translating an idea into action |
| praxis15 | translating an idea into action |
| prayed12 | address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer |
| prayer11 | the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving) |
| preach13 | deliver a sermon |
| preact10 | |
| preamp12 | |
| prearm10 | |
| prebid11 | |
| prebuy13 | |
| precis10 | a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory |
| precut10 | |
| predry12 | |
| preens8 | clean with one's bill |
| prefab13 | a prefabricated structure |
| prefer11 | like better; value more highly |
| prefix18 | an affix that is added in front of the word |
| prelaw11 | |
| prelim10 | a minor match preceding the main event |
| preman10 | |
| premed11 | |
| premen10 | |
| premie10 | an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation |
| premix17 | a commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients |
| preops10 | |
| prepay13 | pay for something before receiving it |
| preppy15 | |
| preset8 | set in advance |
| presto8 | (of tempo) very fast |
| prests8 | |
| pretax15 | |
| pretor8 | an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic |
| pretty11 | pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing |
| prevue11 | an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future |
| prewar11 | existing or belonging to a time before a war |
| prexes15 | |
| preyed12 | profit from in an exploitatory manner |
| preyer11 | |
| prezes17 | |
| priapi10 | |
| priced11 | determine the price of |
| pricer10 | |
| prices10 | the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold) |
| pricey13 | having a high price |
| pricks14 | insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous |
| pricky17 | |
| prided10 | be proud of |
| prides9 | a feeling of self-respect and personal worth |
| priers8 | |
| priest8 | a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders |
| prills8 | |
| primal10 | serving as an essential component |
| primas10 | used primarily as eating apples |
| primed11 | insert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing |
| primer10 | an introductory textbook |
| primes10 | a number that has no factor but itself and 1 |
| primly13 | in a prissy manner |
| primos10 | the principal part of a duet (especially a piano duet) |
| primps12 | dress or groom with elaborate care |
| primus10 | the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland |
| prince10 | a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign) |
| prinks12 | dress very carefully and in a finicky manner |
| prints8 | the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication |
| prions8 | (microbiology) an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid; thought to be the agent responsible for scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the nervous system |
| priors8 | the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot |
| priory11 | religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress |
| prised9 | to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; : |
| prises8 | to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; : |
| prisms10 | a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms |
| prison8 | a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment |
| prissy11 | exaggeratedly proper |
| privet11 | any of various Old World shrubs having smooth entire leaves and terminal panicles of small white flowers followed by small black berries; many used for hedges |
| prized18 | hold dear |
| prizer17 | of superior grade |
| prizes17 | something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery |
| probed11 | question or examine thoroughly and closely |
| prober10 | |
| probes10 | an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities |
| probit10 | |
| proems10 | |
| profit11 | the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) |
| progun9 | |
| projet15 | |
| prolan8 | |
| proleg9 | |
| proles8 | a member of the working class (not necessarily employed) |
| prolix15 | tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length |
| prolog9 | a computer language designed in Europe to support natural language processing |
| promos10 | |
| prompt12 | a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken) |
| prongs9 | a pointed projection |
| pronto8 | in a punctual manner |
| proofs11 | any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something |
| propel10 | cause to move forward with force |
| proper10 | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness |
| propyl13 | the monovalent organic group C3H7- obtained from propane |
| prosed9 | |
| proser8 | |
| proses8 | ordinary writing as distinguished from verse |
| prosit8 | |
| prosos8 | |
| protea8 | any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones |
| protei8 | |
| proton8 | a stable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron |
| protyl11 | |
| proved12 | be shown or be found to be |
| proven11 | be shown or be found to be |
| prover11 | |
| proves11 | someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university |
| prowar11 | |
| prower11 | |
| prowls11 | the act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner) |
| prudes9 | a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum |
| pruned9 | cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of |
| pruner8 | a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs |
| prunes8 | dried plum |
| prunus8 | a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions |
| prutah11 | |
| prutot8 | |
| pryers11 | |
| prying12 | offensive inquisitiveness |