9-letter words starting with pr
- preaccuse — to accuse (someone of something) prior to the specified wrongdoing being committed or prior to having evidence of wrongdoing
- preachify — to preach in an obtrusive or tedious way.
- preachily — in a preachy fashion
- preaching — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
- preaction — the process or state of acting or of being active: The machine is not in action now.
- preactive — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- preadamic — occurring or existing before Adam
- preadjust — that aids in preadjusting, that makes later adjusting easier by advance preparation
- preambled — an introductory statement; preface; introduction. Synonyms: opening, beginning; foreword, prologue, prelude. Antonyms: epilogue, appendix, conclusion, afterword, closing.
- preassign — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
- preassure — to declare earnestly to; inform or tell positively; state with confidence to: She assured us that everything would turn out all right.
- preatomic — of or relating to the period of history preceding the atomic age.
- preattune — to attune in advance or beforehand
- prebattle — existing, occurring or carried out in the period before a battle
- prebiotic — of or relating to chemicals or environmental conditions existing before the development of the first living things.
- prebudget — produced, occurring or implemented prior to the release of the government's Budget
- prebuttal — an argument constructed in anticipation of a criticism: The alderman began his speech with a question-answer style prebuttal.
- precancel — to cancel (a stamp) before placing it on a piece of postal matter.
- precancer — a condition that possesses a tendency to become malignant and develop into a cancer
- precatory — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or expressing entreaty or supplication: precatory overtures.
- precaudal — in front of the tail or caudal vertebrae of an animal
- precedent — Law. a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar or analogous cases.
- preceding — that precedes; previous: Refer back to the footnote on the preceding page.
- precensor — to censor (a film, play, book, etc) before its publication
- precentor — a person who leads a church choir or congregation in singing.
- preceptor — an instructor; teacher; tutor.
- precharge — (storage) The phase in the access cycle of DRAM during which the storage capacitors are charged to the appropriate value.
- prechoose — to choose in advance
- prechosen — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- precieuse — one of the 17th-century literary women of France who affected an extreme care in the use of language.
- precincts — a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental or administrative purposes, or for police protection.
- precipice — a cliff with a vertical, nearly vertical, or overhanging face.
- precisely — definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions.
- precisian — a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, especially in matters of religion.
- precising — a concise summary.
- precision — the state or quality of being precise.
- precisive — characterized by accuracy or exactness: a precisive method of expressing oneself.
- preclimax — a stable community that precedes the full development of the climax community of a given area and that results from local variations in soil and water.
- precluded — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- precocial — (of an animal species) active and able to move freely from birth or hatching and requiring little parental care (opposed to altricial).
- precocity — the state of being or tendency to be precocious.
- precoital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- preconize — to proclaim or commend publicly.
- precooked — to cook (food) partly or completely beforehand, so that it may be cooked or warmed and served quickly at a later time.
- precooker — a device for cooking or partially cooking food in advance of final preparations
- precrease — to provide (e.g. clothing, paper for origami) with a crease or creases in advance
- precrisis — occurring or existing before a crisis; of or pertaining to the period preceding a crisis
- precurrer — a precursor, forerunner
- precursor — a person or thing that precedes, as in a job, a method, etc.; predecessor.
- predacity — predatory; rapacious.