English words: pre-poo to preanesthetic

300 English words, part 150 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 9 have a page of their own.

English words pre-poo to preanesthetic

pre-poo noun: A hair conditioning treatment applied before shampooing.
pre-portion verb: Alternative form of preportion.
pre-portioned adjective, verb: Alternative form of preportioned.
pre-portioning noun, verb: Alternative form of preportioning.
pre-position verb: To position (something) ahead of time. (The objects thus positioned are usually supplies, tools, instruments, weapons, or troops.)
pre-positioned adjective, verb: Having been pre-positioned.
pre-prandial adjective, noun: Alternative form of preprandial.
pre-preg noun: Alternative form of prepreg.
pre-prepare verb: Alternative form of preprepare.
pre-primary adjective: Taking place before primary school.
pre-print noun, verb: Alternative form of preprint.
pre-printed adjective, verb: Alternative form of preprinted.
pre-process verb: Alternative spelling of preprocess.
pre-processed verb: simple past and past participle of pre-process
pre-processes verb: third-person singular simple present indicative of pre-process
pre-production noun: The process of preparing the elements involved in a motion picture, theatrical play, or other performance.
pre-queuosine1 noun: a modified nucleoside that is an intermediate in the production of queuosine from GTP (guanosine triphosphate).
pre-Qur'anic adjective: Before the publication of the Qur'an.
pre-radicalization noun: Conversion to or joining a group, such as a religion or social organization, identification with which subsequently leads to extremism.
Pre-Raphaelite adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to the style called Pre-Raphaelitism.
Pre-Raphaelitism noun: A 19th-century art movement by a group of English artists who sought to reform art by rejecting the academic and idealized style of the Royal Academy, which...
pre-record verb: Alternative form of prerecord.
pre-release adjective: Alternative spelling of prerelease.
pre-render verb: To render (a complex image) in advance.
pre-resurrection adjective: Alternative form of preresurrection.
pre-resurrectional adjective: Alternative form of preresurrectional.
pre-revolution adjective: Alternative form of prerevolution.
pre-revolutionary adjective: Alternative form of prerevolutionary.
pre-rhotic adjective: Alternative spelling of prerhotic.
pre-roll noun: Alternative spelling of preroll.
pre-Roman adjective: Prior to the rise of the Roman Empire.
pre-Romanesque adjective: Pertaining to or characteristic of the art and architecture of the Early Middle Ages in around the 6th to 11th centuries, after the Migration Period and...
pré-salé noun: lamb or mutton from sheep raised in French salt marshes.
pre-salt layer noun: Any of the strata laid down prior to a saline layer (formed from encroachment by a sea), and which hold a significant fraction of the world's oil and gas...
Pre-Samnite adjective: of or pertaining to the civilizations that existed in areas colonized by the Samnites prior to said colonization
pre-school adjective: Alternative spelling of preschool.
pre-scrutiny noun: In electing a pope, the phase before scrutiny, during which ballot papers are prepared and scrutineers are selected.
pre-see verb: To foresee.
pre-sequel noun: Synonym of prequel.
pre-series adjective: Alternative form of preseries.
pre-service adjective: Alternative spelling of preservice.
pre-set verb /pɹiːˈsɛt/: Alternative form of preset.
pre-shared adjective: Alternative form of preshared.
pre-shared key noun: A method used to protect network traffic in WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) networks by requiring that all connected devices use the same manually entered...
pre-shipment adjective: Alternative spelling of preshipment.
pre-slash noun: A subgenre of slash fiction in which a homosexual relationship between two characters has not yet developed or is only implied.
pre-Socratic adjective, noun /ˌpɹiːsɒˈkɹætɪk/: Existing in Ancient Greece before the flourishing of the philosopher Socrates (circa 469–399 BCE).
pre-Soviet adjective: Prior to the formation of the Soviet Union
pre-stellar adjective: Alternative form of prestellar.
pre-stopped adjective: Pre-occluded; marked by the phonological process of preocclusion.
pre-stopping noun: Alternative spelling of prestopping.
pre-stressed adjective: Of a structural member, having stress already applied during the manufacturing process in the opposite direction to the stress expected in use.
pre-study adjective, noun, verb: Alternative form of prestudy.
pre-subject adjective: Alternative form of presubject.
pre-suppose verb: Alternative spelling of presuppose.
pre-surgery adjective: Before surgery.
pre-surgical adjective: Alternative form of presurgical.
pre-symptomatic adjective: Alternative spelling of presymptomatic.
pre-synaptic adjective: Alternative form of presynaptic.
pre-syncope noun: Alternative spelling of presyncope.
pre-T adjective: Not yet having undergone testosterone-based hormone replacement therapy.
pre-tax adjective: Alternative form of pretax.
pre-teach verb: To teach something (an idea, a word) before using it in a real situation.
pre-teen noun: Alternative form of preteen.
pre-teenhood noun: Alternative form of preteenhood.
pre-test noun: Any test done as practice, before an official test.
pre-theistic adjective: Of or relating to a point preceding the development of theism.
pre-theoretical adjective: Arising before any theoretical considerations.
pre-theoreticality noun: The quality of being pre-theoretical.
pre-tin verb: To coat (a metal) with solder or tin alloy prior to soldering or brazing it.
pre-to-post adjective: Relating to the change in a potential consumer's attitude to goods or services as a result of seeing or hearing an advertisement for them.
pre-tonic adjective: Alternative form of pretonic.
pre-tour adjective: Alternative spelling of pretour (intended or designed for or taking place prior to a tour).
pre-tournament adjective, noun: Alternative form of pretournament.
pre-train verb: Alternative form of pretrain.
pre-trained adjective: Alternative spelling of pretrained.
pre-transmission adjective: Alternative form of pretransmission.
pre-treat verb: Alternative form of pretreat.
pre-trial adjective, noun: Alternative form of pretrial.
pre-twist verb: To twist in advance.
Pre-U noun: A school-leaving qualification that is an alternative to A levels.
pre-vaccine adjective: Alternative form of prevaccine.
pre-viewed adjective: Previously viewed; used.
pre-vis noun: Abbreviation of previsualization.
pre-voice verb: Alternative form of prevoice
pre-voiceless adjective: Alternative form of prevoiceless
pre-war adjective /pɹiːˈwɔː/: Before the most recent or significant war in a culture's history.
pre-wedding adjective: Alternative form of prewedding.
pre-workout adjective, adverb, noun: Alternative spelling of preworkout.
preabdomen noun: The enlarged anterior portion of the abdomen of a scorpion or sea scorpion
preabdominal adjective: Relating to the preabdomen
preabelian category noun: Alternative spelling of pre-abelian category.
preablated adjective, verb: ablated prior to some other operation
preablation noun: prior ablation
preabortal adjective: Before abortion (termination of pregnancy).
preabortion adjective: Before abortion (termination of pregnancy).
preabsorb verb: To absorb prior to another process.
preabsorbed adjective: absorbed in advance
preabsorption noun: absorption prior to some other process
preabsorptive adjective: Of or pertaining to preabsorption
preaccelerator noun: Any accelerator that accelerates particles and feeds them to a larger accelerator for further acceleration
preaccept verb: To accept beforehand.
preacceptance adjective, adverb, noun: Relating to events or conditions before acceptance happens.
preacclimation adjective, noun: Prior to becoming acclimated
preaccounting adjective: Prior to accounting.
preaccreditation adjective, noun: Before accreditation.
preaccumulate verb: To accumulate in advance.
preaccumulated adjective: accumulated prior to some other operation
preaccumulation noun: accumulation prior to some other operation
preaccusation noun: previous or prior accusation
preacetabular adjective: in front of the acetabulum
preacetylated adjective: acetylated prior to some other operation
preacetylation noun: acetylation prior to some other operation
preach interjection, noun, verb /pɹiːt͡ʃ/: To give a sermon.
preach down verb: To speak vehemently against; to decry.
preach in the desert verb: To speak to or persuade a nearly nonexistent audience, or to an audience not listening.
preach to deaf ears verb: To attempt to persuade a party that does not wish to listen or cannot be altered in its conviction.
preach to the choir verb: To speak as if to convince a person or group of something they already believe.
preach to the congregation verb: Alternative form of preach to the choir.
preach to the converted verb: Alternative form of preach to the choir.
preach up verb: To speak strongly in praise of.
preach water and drink wine verb: To act hypocritically; to fail to practice what one preaches.
preachable adjective: Capable of being preached.
preachee noun: One who is preached to; the recipient of a sermon.
preacher noun /ˈpɹiːt͡ʃəː/: Someone who preaches a worldview, philosophy, or religion, especially someone who preaches the gospel and especially a clergyman or clergywoman. In a...
preacher bench noun: A piece of gym equipment with a sloping support for the upper arms, used for performing curls.
preacher bird noun: The toucan.
preacher curl noun: A form of bicep curl performed using a barbell and a preacher bench.
preacher's kid syndrome noun: The supposed tendency for the children of clergy to rebel against religion and the church.
preacherdom noun: The realm or sphere of preachers.
preacherese noun: preacherlike diction or terminology.
preacheress noun: A female preacher.
preacherish adjective: Synonym of preacherly.
preacherize verb: To preach; to sermonize.
preacherless adjective: Without a preacher.
preacherlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a preacher.
preacherly adjective: Befitting a preacher.
preacherman noun: A preacher
preachership noun: The role or office of a preacher.
preachification noun: Preaching.
preachify verb: To preach didactically; to sermonize.
preachily adverb: In a preachy manner.
preachin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of preaching.
preachiness noun: The quality of being preachy
preaching noun, verb /ˈpɹiːt͡ʃɪŋ/: The act of delivering a sermon or similar moral instruction.
preaching band noun: Two bands (strips of linen) worn as formal neckwear by members of the Christian clergy.
preaching cross noun: A cross, sometimes surmounting a pulpit, erected outdoors to designate a preaching place.
preaching friar noun: A member of the religious order of the Dominicans.
preaching tabs noun: Synonym of preaching band
preachingly adverb: In a way that preaches.
preachment noun: Preaching; sermonizing.
preachy adjective /ˈpɹit͡ʃi/: Tending toward excessive moralization.
preacidification noun: A prior acidification.
preacidify verb: To acidify in advance.
preacinar adjective: Prior to the formation of an acinus
preacknowledge verb: To acknowledge in advance.
preacknowledgement noun: Alternative form of preacknowledgment.
preacknowledgment noun: acknowledgment in advance
preacquaint verb: To acquaint beforehand.
preacquaintance noun: Previous acquaintance or knowledge.
preacquire verb: To acquire in advance.
preacquired adjective, verb: Acquired beforehand.
preacquisition adjective, noun: Prior to acquisition
preacquittal adjective: Before acquittal.
preact verb: To act or perform beforehand.
preaction adjective, noun /pɹiˈækʃən/: Alternative form of pre-action.
preactivate verb: To activate in advance.
preactivated adjective: activated in advance
preactivation noun: activation in advance
preactive adjective: Relating to action taken as a result of a predicted future activity
preactively adverb: In a preactive manner.
preactivity adjective, noun: Before an activity takes place.
preacute adjective: Prior to the acute phase.
preacutely adverb: Prior to the acute phase.
preacylated adjective: acylated prior to some other operation
preacylation adjective, noun: Prior to acylation
preadamic adjective: Prior to the existence of the Adam (the first man, according to the Bible).
Preadamism noun: The belief that there were human beings who existed before the Biblical Adam.
Preadamite noun: An inhabitant of the Earth before the Biblical Adam.
preadamitic adjective: Alternative form of preadamic.
preadamitical adjective: Alternative form of preadamic.
Preadamitism noun: Synonym of Preadamism.
preadapt verb: To adapt in advance.
preadaptation noun: An adaptation that evolved in an ancestral population, in which it served a different function
preadaptative adjective: prior to adaptation
preadapted adjective: Modified by preadaptation.
preadaptive adjective: Serving as an adaptation for something to occur in the future.
preadded adjective: added in advance
preadditive category noun: A category which is enriched over the category Ab of abelian groups; that is, each hom-set is equipped with an abelian group structure, and composition is...
preaddress verb: To address in advance.
preaddressed adjective: addressed in advance
preadenomatous adjective: Prior to the formation of an adenoma
preadenylated adjective: adenylated prior to some other operation
preadenylylated adjective: adenylylated prior to some other process
preadherence adjective, noun: Prior to adherence.
preadherent adjective: That has not yet adhered (to something).
preadipocyte noun: An undifferentiated fibroblast that can be stimulated to form an adipocyte
preadipocytic adjective: Relating to preadipocytes
preadipose adjective: Describing a cell or tissue that may be stimulated to become adipose
preadjectival adjective: Before an adjective.
preadjectivally adverb: Before an adjective.
preadjust verb: To adjust in advance.
preadjustable adjective: Able to be adjusted in advance.
preadjustment noun: previous adjustment
preadjuvant adjective: Prior to the use of an adjuvant.
preadministration noun: Previous administration.
preadmission adjective, noun: Before admission (to a hospital, university, etc.).
preadmissions adjective: Before an admissions process.
preadmit verb: To admit, or allow to enter, in advance.
preadmittance adjective: Before admittance.
preadmonish verb: To admonish in advance.
preadmonition noun: Previous warning or admonition; forewarning.
preadolescence noun: The period between childhood and adolescence, between the ages of about nine and eleven for girls, and ten and twelve for boys.
preadolescent adjective, noun: Of or relating to preadolescence.
preadopt verb: To adopt in advance.
preadoption adjective, noun: Before adoption.
preadsorb verb: To adsorb prior to some other procedure
preadsorbed adjective: adsorbed in advance
preadsorption noun: Prior adsorption
preadult adjective, noun: Not yet adult.
preadulthood noun: The period of life before adulthood.
preadverbial adjective: Before an adverb.
preadverbially adverb: Before an adverb.
preadvertise verb: To advertise beforehand
preadvertisement noun: advertisement in advance
preadvised adjective: advised in advance
preaerobic adjective: Describing life on Earth that evolved before there was oxygen in the atmosphere
preaestival adjective: Before the summer.
preafternoon adjective: Before the afternoon.
preage verb: To subject (a material) to extreme conditions to simulate the effects of age.
preaggregate verb: To aggregate in advance.
preaggregated adjective: aggregated prior to some other process
preaggregation noun: aggregation performed or produced prior to some other process
preaggressive adjective: Leading up to aggression.
preagonal adjective: That happens immediately before death
preagonic adjective: Synonym of preagonal.
preagricultural adjective: Before the advent of agriculture: before the late paleolithic era.
preagriculturalist noun: A person who lived before the introduction of agriculture
preagriculture adjective: Before the advent of agriculture.
prealar adjective: anterior to an ala (wing)
prealbumin noun: Transthyretin
prealcohol adjective: Before the consumption of alcohol.
prealcoholic noun: One who is not yet an alcoholic.
prealcoholism noun: The period of an individual's life before the onset of alcoholism.
prealgebra noun: A school (in the US, middle school) course that introduces students to concepts needed to learn algebra.
prealgebraic adjective: Before the study of algebra.
prealign verb: To align prior to some other process
prealigned adjective: aligned prior to another operation
prealignment adjective, noun: An alignment prior to some other operation.
prealiquoted adjective: aliquoted prior to some other process
preallable adjective: Preliminary; previous.
preallably adverb: previously or preliminarily
preallocate verb: To set aside before a need arises for a purpose
preallocation noun: allocation in advance
preallot verb: To allot in advance.
preallotment noun: The process of allotting in advance.
preallotted adjective: allotted in advance
prealphabet noun: A writing system that was used before an alphabet, or later developed into an alphabet.
prealphabetic adjective: Before the invention of the alphabet.
prealphabetical adjective: Synonym of prealphabetic.
prealter verb: To alter in advance.
prealternate adjective: Describing the moult that precedes the formation of a birds alternate plumage
preamalgamation adjective: Before amalgamation.
preambassadorial adjective: Before becoming an ambassador.
preambivalent adjective: Of or relating to an early oral stage, prior to recognition of external objects and the development of ambivalent feelings toward them.
preambivalently adverb: During the preambivalent phase.
preamble noun, verb /ˈpɹiːˌambəl/: A short preliminary statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute.
preambular adjective: Having the characteristics of a preamble.
preambulary adjective: Of or pertaining to a preamble; introductory.
preambulate verb: To walk before; figuratively, to precede.
preambulation noun: A walking or going before; precedence.
preambulatory adjective /pɹiːˈæmbjʊlətɹi/: Preceding; acting as a preamble; introductory.
preambulous adjective: Pertaining to a preamble; preliminary, preambular.
preameloblast noun: The precursor of an ameloblast.
preamendment adjective: Before an amendment.
preamp noun, verb: Alternative spelling of pre-amp.
preamplification noun: The use of a preamplifier.
preamplified adjective: amplified in advance of another operation
preamplifier noun: A voltage amplifier for amplifying a low-level input signal; its output is the input to a higher-level amplifier.
preamplify verb: To amplify a low-level input signal, producing an output that can serve as the input to a higher-level amplifier.
preampullary adjective: Before an ampulla, as for example (usually, more specifically) upstream of the ampulla of Vater in the lumen of the duodenum; structures and events that are...
preamputation adjective: Prior to amputation
preamylase noun: A precursor of amylase
preamyloid adjective: Prior to the formation of amyloid tissue
preanaesthetic adjective, noun: Administered prior to an anesthetic.
preanaesthetically adverb: In a preanaesthetic manner
preanaesthetised adjective: anaesthetised in advance
preanal adjective: Situated in front of, or measured from in front of, the anus; anterior to the anus.
preanalyse verb: To carry out preanalysis upon.
preanalysed adjective: Alternative form of preanalyzed.
preanalysis adjective, noun: preliminary analysis
preanalytic adjective: Alternative form of preanalytical.
preanalytical adjective: Describing any procedure that takes place before an analysis.
preanalytically adverb: In a preanalytical manner
preanalyze verb: Alternative form of preanalyse.
preanalyzed adjective: analyzed in advance
preanaphase adjective: That occurs prior to anaphase
preanaphoral adjective: Before the anaphora.
preanesthesia adjective: Alternative form of preanesthetic.
preanesthetic adjective, noun: Alternative form of preanaesthetic.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under P: 63,631 words, in 213 parts.