Words starting with pref
6 letter words starting with pref
- prefab — prefabricated.
- prefer — to set or hold before or above other persons or things in estimation; like better; choose rather than: to prefer beef to chicken.
- prefix — Grammar. an affix placed before a word, base, or another prefix to modify a term's meaning, as by making the term negative, as un- in unkind, by signaling repetition, as re- in reinvent, or by indicating support, as pro- in proabolition. Compatible prefixes can work together, as un- and re- in unrefundable.
- prefix notation — (language) (Or "prefix syntax") One of the possible orderings of functions and operands: in prefix notation the function precedes all its operands. For example, what may normally be written as "1+2" becomes "(+ 1 2)". A few languages (e.g., lisp) have strictly prefix syntax, many more employ prefix notation in combination with infix notation. The opposite, postfix notation, is somewhat rarer.
- prefix syntax — prefix notation
7 letter words starting with pref
- preface — a preliminary statement in a book by the book's author or editor, setting forth its purpose and scope, expressing acknowledgment of assistance from others, etc.
- prefade — to play a recording before fading it for transmission
- prefect — a person appointed to any of various positions of command, authority, or superintendence, as a chief magistrate in ancient Rome or the chief administrative official of a department of France or Italy.
- prefile — relating to an investigation conducted before filing a charge
- prefire — to fire before glazing
8 letter words starting with pref
- prefaced — a preliminary statement in a book by the book's author or editor, setting forth its purpose and scope, expressing acknowledgment of assistance from others, etc.
- prefaded — given a faded or worn look beforehand (as of jeans, etc)
- prefetch — instruction prefetch
- prefight — of the period before a boxing match
- prefixal — Grammar. an affix placed before a word, base, or another prefix to modify a term's meaning, as by making the term negative, as un- in unkind, by signaling repetition, as re- in reinvent, or by indicating support, as pro- in proabolition. Compatible prefixes can work together, as un- and re- in unrefundable.
9 letter words starting with pref
- 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
10 letter words starting with pref
- prefascist — relating to fascist leanings before Fascism was founded in 1919
- prefecture — the office, jurisdiction, territory, or official residence of a prefect.
- preferable — more desirable.
- preferably — more desirable.
- preference — the act of preferring.
11 letter words starting with pref
- prefectship — the position of, or period served as, a prefect
- prefectural — the office, jurisdiction, territory, or official residence of a prefect.
- preferredly — to set or hold before or above other persons or things in estimation; like better; choose rather than: to prefer beef to chicken.
- prefinanced — financed in advance
- prefinished — coated or treated before use or sale: prefinished wood.
12 letter words starting with pref
- prefabricate — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
- prefectorial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a prefect: prefectorial powers.
- preferential — of, relating to, or of the nature of preference: preferential policies.
- prefinancing — financing arranged in advance
- prefloration — the internal arrangement of a flower-bud's petals and sepals before it opens
13 letter words starting with pref
- prefabricated — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
- prefabricator — someone who or an organization that prefabricates
- preferability — more desirable.
- prefiguration — the act of prefiguring.
- prefigurement — to show or represent beforehand by a figure or type; foreshadow.
14 letter words starting with pref
- prefabrication — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
- preferentially — of, relating to, or of the nature of preference: preferential policies.
- preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
15 letter words starting with pref
- preferentialism — the economic system of preference, esp amongst British commonwealth countries
- preferentialist — someone who believes in preferentialism
- preformationism — the belief in the theory of preformation
- preformationist — someone who advocates the theory of preformation
18 letter words starting with pref
- preferred-provider organization — a comprehensive health-care plan offered to corporate employees that allows them to choose their own physicians and hospitals within certain limits. Abbreviation: PPO.
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