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- PREBENDA stipend paid to a canon of a cathedral.
- PREBENDALOf or pertaining to a prebend; prebendary.
- PRECAUTIONPrevious caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent misfortune or to secure good.
- PRECEDETo go before, go in front of.
- PRECEDENTAn act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.
- PRECEPTA rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
- PRECESSIONPrecedence.
- PRECINCTAn enclosed space having defined limits, normally marked by walls.
- PRECIOSITYThe quality of being overly refined in an affected way (often used to describe speech or writing, but also visual art and dress).
- PRECIOUSOf high value or worth.
- PRECIPITATETo make something happen suddenly and quickly.
- PRECISEBoth exact and accurate.
- PRECLUDETo remove the possibility of; to rule out; to prevent or exclude; to render impossible.
- PRECLUSIONThe act of precluding.
- PRECOCIOUSCharacterized by exceptionally early development or maturity.
- PRECONIZETo proclaim in public; especially (of the Pope) to announce the appointment of a bishop.
- PREDACEOUSSurviving by preying on other animals.
- PREDACIOUSAlternative spelling of predaceous.
- PREDACITYThe quality of being predaceous.
- PREDATIONThe preying of one animal on others.
- PREDESTINATETo predestine.
- PREDESTINETo determine the future or the fate of something in advance; to preordain.
- PREDICAMENTA definite class, state or condition.
- PREDICANTPredicating; affirming; declaring; proclaiming.
- PREDICATEThe part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.
- PREDICATIONA proclamation, announcement or preaching.
- PREDICTTo make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or po
- PREDICTIONA statement of what will happen in the future.
- PREDICTIVEUseful in predicting.
- PREDILECTIONA condition of favoring or liking; a tendency towards; proclivity; predisposition.
- PREDOMINATETo dominate, have control, or succeed by superior numbers or size.
- PREFACEA beginning or introductory portion that comes before the main text of a document or book, typically serving to contextualize or explain the writing of the book and sometimes to ac
- PREFECTAn official of Ancient Rome who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.
- PREFIXSomething placed before another A morpheme added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning, for example as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure, re- in reheat, etc.
- PREGNANTCarrying developing offspring within the body.
- PREHENDTo perceive in the manner of Alfred North Whitehead's concept of prehension.
- PREHENSILEAble to take hold of and clasp objects; adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object.
- PREJUDGETo form a judgment of (something) in advance.
- PREJUDICANTInfluenced by prejudice; biased.
- PREJUDICATEPrejudiced, biased.
- PREJUDICEAn adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of the facts.
- PREJUDICIALExhibiting prejudice or bias.
- PRELATEA clergyman of high rank and authority, having jurisdiction over an area or a group of people; normally a bishop.
- PRELATIESThe system of ecclesiastic governance by prelates or bishops; episcopacy, prelacy.
- PRELATIONThe setting of one item above another; preference.
- PRELATYThe system of ecclesiastic governance by prelates or bishops; episcopacy, prelacy.
- PRELECTTo speak publicly; to lecture.
- PRELECTIONA public lecture or reading, especially delivered at a college or university.
- PRELUDEAn introductory or preliminary performance or event.
- PRELUSIONA prelude; something that comes first.
- PRELUSIVEActing as a prelude; preliminary.
- PREMEDITATETo meditate, consider, or plan beforehand; to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand.
- PREMEDITATIONThe act of planning or plotting something in advance, especially a crime.
- PREMISEA proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
- PREPUCEThe foreskin, or retractable fold of tissue covering the glans penis.
- PRESAGEA warning of a future event; an omen.
- PRESCINDTo abstract (from); to dismiss from consideration.
- PRESCIOUSForeknowing; prescient.
- PRESENTRelating to now, for the time being; current.
- PRESENTIALIn-person, on-premises, face-to-face (that is, not involving online, virtual or remote interaction).
- PRESIDETo act as president or chairperson.
- PRESIDENCYThe office or role of president.
- PRESIDENTThe head of state of a republic, sometimes also the head of government as well, particularly the head of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States of Amer
- PRESIDIALBelonging to a province, or being like a province; provincial.
- PRESIDIOA garrisoned place, especially one that is or was once under Spanish control.
- PRESIDIUMA permanent executive committee, used primarily in Communist countries, with the power to act for a larger governing body when the latter is in recess.
- PRESIGNIFYTo intimate or signify beforehand; to presage.
- PRESSIONPressure or an act of applying pressure.
- PRESTIGEThe quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.
- PRESUMETo be so presumptuous as (to do something) without proper authority or permission [with to (+ infinitive)].
- PRESUMPTIONThe act of presuming, or something presumed.
- PRETENDTo speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
- PRETENSEThe action of pretending; false or simulated show or appearance; false or hypocritical assertion or representation.
- PRETENSIVEPretended; feigned.
- PRETENTIOUSMotivated by an inappropriate, excessive, or unjustified desire to impress others.
- PRETZELA toasted bread or cracker usually in the shape of a loose knot.
- PREVAILTo be superior in strength, dominance, influence, or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.
- PREVALENCYprevalence
- PREVALENTWidespread or preferred.
- PREVENTTo stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
- PREVIOUSPrior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.
- PREVISETo foresee.
- PREVISIONAdvance knowledge; foresight.
- PREYThat which is or may be seized by animals to be devoured.
- PRICEThe cost required to gain possession of something.
- PRICKETA candle.
- PRIDIANOf or relating to the day before, or yesterday.
- PRIMAmost important
- PRIMACYThe state or condition of being prime or first, as in time, place, rank, preference etc.
- PRIMAGEA payment made for loading or unloading a ship, or for care of goods during transit by ship.
- PRIMALBeing the first in time or in history.
- PRIMAQUINEA synthetic compound derived from quinoline, used as a medication in the treatment of malaria and pneumocystis pneumonia.
- PRIMAQUINESA synthetic compound derived from quinoline, used as a medication in the treatment of malaria and pneumocystis pneumonia.
- PRIMATEA mammal of the order Primates, comprising of apes (including humans), monkeys, lemurs, tarsiers, lorisids, and galagos.
- PRIMEVALBelonging to the first ages.
- PRIMULAAny plant of the genus Primula; the primroses.
- PRINCEA (male) ruler, a sovereign; a king, monarch.
- PRINCIPALPrimary; most important; first level in importance.
- PRINTOf, relating to, or writing for printed publications.
- PRISAGEA right belonging to the crown of England, of taking two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more: one before and one behind the mast.