9-letter words starting with pr
- predation — depredation; plundering.
- predatism — the state of living as a predator or by predation.
- predatory — Zoology. preying upon other organisms for food.
- predebate — occurring or produced before a given debate; of or pertaining to the period leading up to a given debate
- prededuct — preceding deduction, done or carried out prior to a deduction being made
- predefine — to define in advance
- predesign — to design beforehand or in advance
- predevote — predestined, predetermined
- predicant — preaching: a predicant religious order.
- predicate — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
- predictor — a person or thing that predicts.
- predigest — to treat (food) by an artificial process analogous to digestion so that, when taken into the body, it is more easily digestible.
- predikant — a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, esp in South Africa
- predilect — chosen in preference; preferred
- predinner — of, pertaining to, or enjoyed in the period before dinner
- predomain — (theory) A domain with no bottom element.
- preempted — to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy.
- preexilic — of that period of Jewish history preceding the Babylonian Exile (6th cent. b.c.)
- prefabbed — prefabricated.
- prefacial — located anterior to the face
- prefatory — of, relating to, or of the nature of a preface: prefatory explanations.
- preferred — to set or hold before or above other persons or things in estimation; like better; choose rather than: to prefer beef to chicken.
- prefeudal — of the period before the feudal era
- prefigure — to show or represent beforehand by a figure or type; foreshadow.
- prefilled — filled in advance
- prefilter — any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
- preflight — occurring or done before a flight: a preflight briefing of the plane's crew.
- preformat — to format in advance
- preformed — to form beforehand.
- prefreeze — to freeze beforehand
- pregnable — capable of being taken or won by force: a pregnable fortress.
- pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
- pregrowth — the period before something begins to grow
- prehallux — (of some mammals, reptiles, and amphibians) an undeveloped digit growing on the inner side of a hind limb
- prehandle — to handle beforehand
- preharden — to harden beforehand
- preheater — an appliance used to preheat something
- prehensor — a part that grasps
- prehiring — relating to the period before hiring
- preimpose — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- preinform — to supply with information beforehand: He preinformed the newspapers of his decision.
- preinsert — to insert beforehand
- preinvite — to invite (somebody) before others
- prejudice — an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
- prelatess — a female prelate
- prelatial — of, or relating to, a prelate
- prelation — the setting of one above another
- prelatism — prelacy; episcopacy.
- prelatize — to advocate or bring under the authority of prelacy
- prelature — the office of a prelate.