7-letter words starting with pr
- prepend — (jargon) /pree'pend'/ (by analogy with "append") To prefix or add to the beginning.
- prepill — of the period before the contraceptive pill became available
- preplan — to plan beforehand
- prepone — to reschedule to an earlier day or time: Our Wednesday meeting has been preponed to Tuesday afternoon at 3:00.
- prepose — to place (a grammatical form) before a related grammatical form: The adverb “out” of “put the light out” is preposed in “put out the light.”.
- prepped — preparatory school.
- preppie — a person who is a student at or a graduate of a preparatory school.
- prepreg — material that is pre-impregnated with synthetic resin for further manufacture into reinforced plastic
- prepuce — the fold of skin that covers the head of the penis; foreskin.
- prepupa — an insect in the nonfeeding, inactive stage between the larval period and the pupal period.
- prequel — a literary, dramatic, or filmic work that prefigures a later work, as by portraying the same characters at a younger age.
- prerace — of the period before a race
- preriot — of the period before a riot
- prerock — of the era before rock music
- prerupt — abrupt
- presage — a presentiment or foreboding.
- presale — a sale held in advance of an advertised sale, as for select customers.
- presell — to sell in advance, as before manufacture or construction: to presell a planned house.
- present — being, existing, or occurring at this time or now; current: increasing respect for the present ruler of the small country.
- preship — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- preshow — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- preside — to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
- presift — to sift something preliminarily
- presley — Elvis (Aron) 1935–77, U.S. rock-'n'-roll singer.
- presoak — to soak (laundry) in a liquid containing agents that loosen dirt, remove stains, etc., before washing.
- presold — to sell in advance, as before manufacture or construction: to presell a planned house.
- presong — of the period before a song is sung
- presort — to sort (letters, packages, etc.) by zip code or class before collection or delivery to a post office.
- pressed — fruit juice: squeezed
- presser — a person or thing that presses or applies pressure.
- pressor — causing an increase in blood pressure; causing vasoconstriction.
- prestel — a videotex system in which information could be received via a telephone line and viewed on an adapted television
- prester — (in mythology) a venomous serpent
- preston — a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- presume — to take for granted, assume, or suppose: I presume you're tired after your drive.
- pretape — to record in advance of broadcast
- preteen — Also called preteenager [pree-teen-ey-jer] /priˈtinˌeɪ dʒər/ (Show IPA), preteener. a boy or girl under the age of 13, especially one between the ages of 9 and 12.
- pretell — to predict
- pretend — to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so: to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong.
- preter- — beyond, more than, or exceeding
- preterm — occurring earlier in pregnancy than expected; premature: preterm labor.
- pretest — an advance or preliminary testing or trial, as of a new product.
- pretext — something that is put forward to conceal a true purpose or object; an ostensible reason; excuse: The leaders used the insults as a pretext to declare war.
- pretrim — to trim in advance
- pretype — to foreshadow
- pretzel — a crisp, dry biscuit, usually in the form of a knot or stick, salted on the outside.
- prevail — to be widespread or current; exist everywhere or generally: Silence prevailed along the funeral route.
- prevene — to come before; to anticipate
- prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- preverb — a element before the root of a verb that combines to form a lexical unit, as post- in postdate.