English words: pregnant pause to preinvolvement

300 English words, part 157 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 10 have a page of their own.

English words pregnant pause to preinvolvement

pregnant pause noun: A pause that gives the impression that it will be followed by something significant.
pregnantly adverb: In a pregnant manner.
pregnantness noun: Quality of being pregnant.
pregnate verb: To impregnate.
pregnathal adjective: anterior to the jaw (typically, in insects)
pregnation noun: Pregnancy.
pregnatriene noun: A triene derivative of a pregnane.
pregnedioside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
pregnene noun: Any derivative of pregnane having a double bond in the A-ring
pregnenedione noun: An unsaturated diketone derivative of a pregnane.
pregneninolone noun: ethisterone
pregnenolone noun: A steroid prohormone involved in the steroidogenesis of progesterone, mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids, androgens, and estrogens.
pregnercise noun: Physical exercise classes for pregnant women.
prego adjective: Alternative spelling of preggo.
prego roll noun: A steak sandwich made with piri-piri sauce and served on a Portuguese roll.
pregolf adjective: Before playing golf.
pregonite noun: Either of a pair of terminalia anterior to the postgonites of a dipteran
pregonopodal adjective: In front of a gonopod
pregorexia noun: A condition where a pregnant mother is obsessed with being thin.
pregrab noun, verb: A trick where the performer grabs their board/ski prior to a jump, instead of after the take-off, and keeps grabbing onto their device for as long as the...
pregraduate adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to those studies that take place before a student completes a degree course.
pregraduation adjective: Prior to graduation from an academic course.
pregrant adjective: Before the granting of a patent.
pregranular adjective: Prior to the formation of granules
pregranulomatous adjective: prior to the development of a granuloma
pregranulosa noun: A capsule of cells that surrounds the primordial ova in the embryonic ovary
pregravate verb: To bear down; to depress.
pregravid adjective: Prior to pregnancy.
pregrease verb: To grease something prior to use or assembly
pregreasing noun, verb: The greasing of something (especially a bearing) in advance of use
pregrievance adjective: Before a grievance is filed.
pregrill verb: To grill (food) in advance.
pregrind verb: To grind something prior to use or assembly
pregrinding noun, verb: The grinding of something prior to use.
pregroove noun: A premolded spiral groove in an optical disc, used to guide the laser beam when the disc is read or written.
preground adjective: Having been ground in advance.
pregroup verb: To arrange into groups in advance.
pregroupoid noun: A category together with its inversion.
pregrown adjective: grown in advance
pregrowth adjective, noun: A period before growth begins
pregs adjective, noun: Pregnant.
preguidance adjective: Before guidance.
pregummed adjective: gummed in advance
pregustation noun: The act of tasting something beforehand; foretaste.
pregustator noun: A servant employed to taste the food and drink served to another, to ensure its quality and safety.
prehab noun: prehabilitation
prehabilitated adjective: habilitated prior to some other process
prehabilitation noun: A form of strength training that aims to prevent injuries before they can occur
prehabilitative adjective: Relating to, or promoting prehabilitation
prehadron noun: A confined complex of quarks that has some characteristics of a hadron
prehadronic adjective: Of or pertaining to prehadrons.
prehallical adjective: Relating to the prehallux
prehallux noun: An extra first toe, or rudiment of a toe, on the preaxial side of the big toe.
prehand adverb: Beforehand; at an earlier time.
prehandicap adjective: Before the onset of a physical or mental disability.
prehard adjective, noun: prehardened
preharden verb: To harden before machining.
prehardener noun: A solution of chemicals used to harden the gelatin of a photographic emulsion prior to processing.
preharvest adjective: Before a harvest.
preharvested adjective: Prior to harvesting; pre-harvest
preharvesting noun: Tasks carried out in preparation for harvesting, such as checking crop readiness and soil conditions and arranging logistics and storage.
prehatch adjective, verb: Before the hatching of an egg
prehatched adjective: Not yet hatched
prehatching adjective: Before the hatching of an egg.
prehaustorium noun: A structure formed between the root of a parasitic plant and its host that develops into a haustorium
prehead noun: The group of unstressed syllables preceding the head (if present) or nucleus (if there is no head).
preheadache adjective: Before the onset of a headache.
preheader noun: Material that precedes a header.
prehealth noun: Any course of study taken by an undergraduate in preparation for study in healthcare.
prehearing adjective: Before a legal hearing.
preheat noun, verb /pɹiːˈhiːt/: To heat beforehand or in advance, to heat something in preparation for further action.
preheatable adjective: Capable of being preheated.
preheated adjective, verb: heated up beforehand.
preheater noun: An engineering device that preheats a material prior to some other process.
prehellenic adjective: Of or pertaining to Greece before the Hellenic period.
prehemiplegic adjective: Before the onset of hemiplegia.
prehemorrhagic adjective: Prior to hemorrhage
prehend verb /pɹɪˈhɛnd/: To perceive in the manner of Alfred North Whitehead's concept of prehension.
prehendability noun: The quality of being prehendable.
prehendable adjective: Capable of being prehended.
prehensibility noun: The condition of being prehensible
prehensible adjective: Capable of being seized.
prehensile adjective /pɹɪˈhɛn.saɪl/: Able to take hold of and clasp objects; adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object.
prehensilely adverb: In a prehensile way.
prehensility noun: The condition, or extent, of being prehensile.
prehensily adverb: In a prehensile manner.
prehension noun /prɪˈhɛnʃən/: The act of grasping or gripping, especially with the hands.
prehensive adjective: Of or relating to Alfred North Whitehead's concept of prehension.
prehensiveness noun: The quality of being prehensive.
prehensor noun: One who, or that which, takes hold; a grasping limb etc.
prehensorial adjective: Being or relating to a prehensor.
prehensory adjective: Adapted to seize or grasp; prehensile.
preheparinised adjective: Alternative form of preheparinized.
preheparinized adjective: heparinized prior to some other operation
prehepatic adjective: anterior to the liver.
preheritance noun: Transfer of property to relatives or other beneficiaries prior to death.
preheroic adjective: Before becoming a hero.
preherpetic adjective: Prior to the onset of herpes.
prehesternal adjective: Relating to past time earlier than yesterday.
preheterosexual adjective: In a state prior to the development of heterosexuality; related to that state.
prehiatus adjective: Before a hiatus.
prehibernation adjective: Prior to hibernation
prehierarchical adjective: Prior to the formation of a hierarchy
prehilar adjective: Anterior to a hilum.
prehilbert space noun: Alternative form of pre-Hilbert space.
prehire adjective: Occurring before an employee is hired.
prehiring adjective: Before hiring an employee.
prehispanic adjective: Of or pertaining to the period of time before, or during the early part of the 16th century when Spanish explorers arrived and began to colonize the New...
prehist. adjective: Abbreviation of prehistoric.
prehistorian noun: A student of, or expert in prehistory.
prehistoric adjective /ˌpɹiː.hɪsˈtoɹ.ɪk/: Of or relating to the epoch before written record.
prehistoric age noun: Synonym of prehistory: the era before written records.
prehistorical adjective: prehistoric
prehistorically adverb: In a prehistoric manner.
prehistorics noun: The scientific study of prehistory.
prehistory noun: The time before written records in any area of the world; the events and conditions of those times.
Prehn proper noun: A surname from German.
prehnite noun: A mineral, a basic calcium, aluminium and iron aluminosilicate, which occurs in stalactitic aggregates or curved crystals, Ca₂Al₂Si₃O₁₀(OH)₂.
prehnitene noun: 1,2,3,4-tetramethylbenzene, a flammable aromatic hydrocarbon found naturally in coal tar.
prehnitic adjective: Of or relating to prehnite.
prehnitic acid noun /pɹeɪˈnɪtɪk ˈæsɪd/: 1,2,3,5-benzenetetracarboxylic acid (a tetrabasic acid of benzene).
prehodiernal adjective: Relating to past time earlier than today.
preholiday adjective: Before a holiday.
prehominid noun: Any evolutionary ancestor of the hominids.
prehomogeneous adjective: Having an automorphism group with an open orbit.
prehook adjective, noun: Alternative form of pre-hook.
prehormone noun: A substance secreted by glandular tissue that has little or no significant biological activity, but is converted in peripheral tissues into an active hormone.
prehorse adjective: Of relating to the epoch before horses were domesticated.
prehospital adjective: Before a patient is brought to a hospital.
prehospitalization adjective: Prior to hospitalization.
prehospitally adverb: Before a patient's admission to hospital.
prehostility adjective, noun: Prior to hostility.
prehuman adjective, noun: Preceding the advent of modern humanity, Homo sapiens.
prehumiliation adjective: Before humiliation.
prehumous adjective: Before death.
prehumously adverb: Before death.
prehung adjective: Delivered to the customer as installation-ready unit, already attached to its frame.
prehunting adjective: Prior to the start of hunting
prehurricane adjective: Occurring before a hurricane.
prehybridisation noun: Alternative spelling of prehybridization.
prehybridised adjective: Alternative form of prehybridized.
prehybridization adjective, noun: hybridization prior to some other process
prehybridize verb: To hybridize prior to some other process
prehydrate verb: to hydrate in advance (of e.g. exercise, a drought)
prehydrated adjective: hydrated in advance of another process
prehydration noun: hydration prior to some other process
prehydrolysate noun: The product of a prehydrolysis
prehydrolysed adjective: Alternative spelling of prehydrolyzed.
prehydrolysis noun: hydrolysis prior to some other process
prehydrolyzed adjective: hydrolyzed prior to some other operation
prehypertension noun: A blood pressure higher than normal but not high enough to be considered hypertension.
prehypertensive adjective, noun: Having prehypertension (fairly high blood pressure).
prehypertrophic adjective: Prior to the presence of hypertrophy
prehypertrophy noun: A stage just prior to hypertrophy
prehypnosis adjective: Before hypnosis.
prehypnotic adjective: Before hypnosis.
prehypocristid noun: A dental feature anterior to a hypocristid
prehypsarrhythmic adjective: That precedes hypsarrhythmia.
preictal adjective: Before an ictal attack
preictally adverb: Occurring prior to an epileptic seizure.
preicteric adjective: Prior to becoming jaundiced.
preidentified adjective, verb: Identified in advance
preidentify verb: To identify in advance.
preighter noun: A freighter converted from a passenger aircraft.
preignition noun: The premature detonation of a fuel charge in Four-stroke cycle engines.
preileorectal adjective: upstream of the ileorectal region
preilluminate verb: To illuminate in advance.
preillumination noun: Illumination prior to some other process.
preimage noun: For a given function, the set of all elements of the domain that are mapped into a given subset of the codomain; (formally) given a function ƒ : X → Y and a...
preimage attack noun: An attack on a cryptographic hash function that is able to find a preimage for a hash; that is, it is able to determine (faster than by brute force) some...
preimaginal adjective: Prior to the insect imago stage.
preimagine verb: To imagine in advance.
preimago noun: A developmental stage of an insect before imago.
preimbibe verb: To imbibe prior to some other action
preimbibed adjective, verb: imbibed prior to some other action
preimitative adjective: Before the development of true imitative behaviour.
preimmigration adjective: Before immigration.
preimmune adjective: Preceding an immune response
preimmunization noun: immunization in advance of an expected threat
preimmunize verb: To immunize in advance of another treatment
preimmunoadsorption adjective: Prior to immunoadsorption
preimpact adjective: Before an impact.
preimpairment adjective: Before the onset of impairment.
preimperial adjective: Prior to the period of an empire.
preimplant adjective: Before an implant is fitted.
preimplantation adjective: Prior to implantation.
preimplantational adjective: Relating to preimplantation
preimplanted adjective: implanted before some other operation
preimplementation adjective: Prior to implementation
preimpose verb: To impose ahead of time.
preimposition noun: The act of preimposing.
preimpregnated adjective: impregnated prior to some other operation
preimpressionist adjective: Before the rise of impressionism in art.
preimprovement adjective: Before an improvement.
preinactivation adjective: Alternative form of pre-inactivation.
preinaugural adjective: Preceding or in preparation for an inauguration
preinauguration adjective: Preceding an inauguration, often specifically the inauguration of a United States president
preincident adjective: Before the occurrence of an incident.
preincision adjective: Prior to incision
preincisional adjective: Before a surgical incision.
preinclination noun: A prior inclination or leaning.
preincline verb: To incline (influence in a particular direction) in advance.
preinclude verb: To include beforehand.
preinclusion adjective: Before inclusion.
preincorporate verb: To incorporate in advance.
preincorporation adjective: Prior to incorporation.
preincubate verb: (of a cell or culture) to incubate before the treatment started
preincubated adjective, verb: Subjected to preincubation
preincubating noun, verb: incubating in advance
preincubation noun: incubation prior to some other treatment or process
preindependence adjective: Alternative spelling of pre-independence.
preindesignate adjective: Having no sign expressing quantity; indefinite.
preindicate verb: To indicate in advance; to predict or foretell.
preindictment adjective: Before indictment.
preindisposed adjective: Made indisposed beforehand.
preinduce verb: To induce in advance
preinduced adjective, verb: induced prior to some other operation
preinduction adjective, noun: induction prior to some other process
preindustrial adjective: Of or relating to the period before the Industrial Revolution and the global industrialization that followed.
preindustrialization noun: The period before industrialization (both long before and soon before).
preindustrially adverb: Before industrialization.
preindustry adjective: Before industry.
preinfarction adjective: That occurs prior to a myocardial infarction
preinfected adjective: infected in advance
preinfection noun: infection prior to another process
preinfectional adjective: Before infection.
preinfectious adjective: Prior to an infectious phase
preinfective adjective: Synonym of preinfectious.
preinfest verb: To infest with one organism before a reinfestation with another.
preinfestation noun: An infestation with one organism before a second infestation with another.
preinfiltration noun: infiltration prior to some other process
preinflammatory adjective: Prior to inflammation
preinflation adjective, noun: inflation prior to some other process
preinflectional adjective: Before inflection.
preinform verb: To inform in advance.
preinfundibular adjective: In front of an infundibulum
preinfusion noun: Any procedure that proceeds infusion (e.g. the wetting of ground coffee prior to production of espresso).
preingestion noun: prior ingestion
preingestional adjective: Prior to ingestion
preingestive adjective: Prior to ingestion
preinhabitant noun: A prior inhabitant; one who lived in a place previously.
preinitial adjective, noun: The part of a syllable that precedes the initial.
preinitialization noun: A phase prior to initialization, when something is preinitialized.
preinitialize verb: To preprepare (a data structure, etc.) so that it is ready to be initialized.
preinitiated adjective: initiated early
preinitiation noun: initiation in advance or too soon
preinitiator noun: Any material that causes preinitiation
preinject verb: To inject in advance of some other operation.
preinjected adjective, verb: injected prior to another process
preinjection adjective: Before an injection is administered.
preinjurious adjective: Prior to injury.
preinjury adjective: prior to an injury
preinoculate verb: To inoculate in advance.
preinoculation adjective, noun: Prior to inoculation
preinoculum noun: Material added before an inoculum
preinsert verb: To insert in advance.
preinsertion adjective, noun: Prior to insertion
preinsertional adjective: Before an insertion.
preinspect verb: To perform a preliminary inspection of; to look for potential problems with, before an official inspection.
preinspection adjective, noun: Before inspection.
preinstall adjective, verb: To install (software, etc.) in advance.
preinstallation noun: The process or result of preinstalling.
preinstruct verb: To instruct previously; to preteach.
preinstruction adjective: Before being instructed or taught.
preinstructional adjective: Occurring prior to instruction.
preinstructive adjective: Prior to instruction.
preinsular adjective: Anterior to, or located in front of the insula.
preinsulated adjective: Insulated in advance, as at the time of manufacture.
preintegration adjective: prior to integration
preintellectual adjective: Before the development or the use of the intellect.
preintelligence noun: Information obtained in advance, such as the details of a potential customer who has yet to be approached.
preintelligent adjective: Before the development of intelligence.
preinteractive adjective: Before interaction.
preinterchange adjective: Before an interchange.
preintercourse adjective: Before intercourse.
preinterest adjective: Before the addition of interest.
preinterference adjective: Before interference.
preintermission adjective: Before an intermission.
preinterparietal adjective: Relating to a bome attached to the interparietal bone by a suture.
preinterpret verb: To interpret in advance.
preinterpretation noun: The act or result of preinterpreting; an interpreting in advance.
preintervention adjective: Before intervention.
preinterventional adjective: Prior to intervention
preinterventionally adverb: Prior to intervention.
preinterview adjective, verb: Before an interview.
preintestinal adjective: Situated in front of, or anterior to, the intestines.
preintimation noun: Previous intimation; a suggestion beforehand.
preintone verb: To intone in advance.
preintroduction adjective: Before the introduction of something.
preintroductory adjective: Before the introduction of something.
preintubation adjective: Before intubation.
preinvasion adjective: Before an invasion; the state before an invasion.
preinvasive adjective: Before an invasion.
preinvention adjective: Before the invention of something; applied to legal agreements in which an employee agrees to assign to his/her employer the rights to any invention he/she...
preinventory adjective: Prior to an inventory being taken.
preinvestigate verb: To investigate in advance.
preinvestigation adjective, noun: Prior to investigation
preinvestigative adjective: Prior to investigation.
preinvestigatory adjective: Prior to investigation.
preinvolvement noun: Prior involvement.

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.