English words: press forward to presumptious

300 English words, part 164 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 23 have a page of their own.

English words press forward to presumptious

press forward verb: To proceed or move forward with more urgency, especially when facing adversity.
press gaggle noun: An informal off-camera briefing given by a spokesperson or politician.
press gallery noun: A part of parliament in which members of the press can overlook the events
press-gang noun, verb: A body of men employed to force others (impress them) into military service, especially naval service.
press home verb: To build upon (an advantage).
press in verb: To force something or someone inside something, by physical pressure.
press into service verb: To make someone perform a task or duty, especially one they are not prepared or willing to do; to make something serve a function, especially one it was not...
press junket noun: A promotional event for a film to which media representatives are invited.
press kit noun: A packaged set of promotional and news materials to inform the media about a person, band or product. The kit will often include a CD or demo along with...
press money noun: Alternative form of prest money (“money paid to enlisted men”).
press office noun: A department within a company or organization with responsibility for dealing with the press.
press officer noun: press secretary
press on noun, verb: To persist, to continue to advance.
press one's case verb: To repeat or redouble one's arguments for something.
press one's luck verb: Alternative form of push one's luck.
press out verb: Extinguish by crushing, as a cigar.
press pack noun: Synonym of press kit.
press pass noun: A card or document which grants some type of special privilege to journalists.
press pause verb: To temporarily stop a process.
press pool noun: A group of news organizations pooling their resources in the collection of news. A pool report is then distributed to members of the pool, who are free to...
press pot noun: A cafetière; a French press.
press proof noun: The last proof for correction before sending to press.
press relations noun: The tasks of building, maintaining and exploiting good relationships between an organization and print and broadcast media organizations.
press release noun: An official written statement that is sent to the media so that it can be publicized.
press revise noun: A proof for final revision.
press roll noun: A type of heavy roller, especially as used in papermaking.
press run noun: Alternative form of pressrun.
press secretary noun: A senior advisor who provides advice on how to deal with the news media and helps the employer to maintain a positive public image.
press someone's buttons verb: Alternative form of push someone's buttons.
press stud noun: A snap fastener.
press the flesh verb: To shake hands and socialize, especially in a political gathering.
press the panic button verb: To start to panic.
press time noun: The time when a publication, typically a newspaper, is sent to be published.
press tits verb: To initiate a start-up sequence.
press-to-talk noun: Synonym of push-to-talk.
press-to-transmit noun: Synonym of push-to-talk.
press-up noun: Synonym of push-up (“exercise”).
press wheel noun: A wheel affixed to a press drill (a seed drill) to compact soil in the seeded furrows.
pressable adjective: Capable of being pressed.
pressback noun: A wooden chair of the Victorian period, having a pattern pressed into the crest rail and/or splat by means of a steam press.
pressboard noun: A kind of highly sized rag paper or board, sometimes containing a small admixture of wood pulp.
pressbox noun: Alternative spelling of press box.
Pressburg proper noun /ˈpɹɛs.bɚɡ/: Former name of Bratislava: the capital city of Slovakia.
Pressburger proper noun: A surname.
presscake noun: Alternative form of press cake.
pressdom noun: The world or sphere of the press; journalism generally.
pressed adjective, verb /pɹɛst/: Under strain or deprivation.
pressed duck noun: A traditional French dish consisting of various parts of a duck served in a sauce of its blood and bone marrow, which are extracted by way of a press.
pressed for time adjective: in a hurry, without spare time.
pressed glass noun: A form of glass made by a plunging molten glass into a mold to produce designs.
pressed ham noun: A formed meat product, made from ham offcuts pressed together into a loaf of meat.
pressed rice noun: Synonym of flattened rice.
presser noun: A person, device, or agent that presses or squeezes, as
presser beam noun: Alternative form of pressor beam.
presser foot noun: The part of a sewing machine which rests on the fabric and presses it down upon the table of the machine and against the feed dog.
Pressey proper noun: A surname.
pressfat noun: Alternative form of pressvat.
pressfeeder noun: A person employed to feed material into a printing press.
pressful noun: Enough to fill a press.
pressgang noun, verb: Alternative spelling of press-gang.
pressie noun /ˈpɹɛzi/: A present (gift).
pressin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of pressing.
pressing adjective, noun, verb /ˈpɹɛsɪŋ/: Needing urgent attention.
pressing cloth noun: A cloth used to protect textiles from forming a shine when ironed.
pressing comb noun: Synonym of hot comb.
pressing pad noun: Synonym of pressing cloth.
pressingly adverb: With a sense of urgency, because it is very important.
pressingness noun: urgency
pressiometer noun: A device used to measure the stress in soil under pressure
pressiometric adjective: Relating to pressiometry.
pressiometry noun: measurement with a pressiometer
pression noun /ˈpɹɛʃən/: Pressure or an act of applying pressure.
pressirostral adjective: Of or pertaining to the order Pressirostres, a group of wading birds with flattened beaks, including bustards, plovers, and cariamas.
pressive adjective: pressing; urgent
presskit noun: Alternative form of press kit.
Pressler proper noun: A surname.
pressless adjective: Without a press.
Pressley proper noun: A surname.
pressly adverb: closely; concisely
pressman noun: Someone who operates a printing press.
pressman's hat noun: Synonym of printer's hat.
pressmanship noun: The state or business of a pressman (printing-press operator).
pressmark noun, verb: The logo of a publishing press.
pressmaster noun: A person in charge of a press gang, who was authorized to press recruits into the navy.
Presson proper noun: A surname.
pressor adjective, noun: Synonym of vasopressor.
pressor beam noun: A device that generates a beam that repels other objects; or the beam itself.
pressoreceptor noun: A baroreceptor.
pressotherapy noun: A form of physiotherapy in which external pressure is used to aid the circulation of the blood
pressour noun: A winepress or oil press.
presspack noun, verb: Any of various types of packaging that are sealed using a mechanical press.
pressperson noun: A member of the press; a journalist.
pressroom noun: The room in a public building where press conferences are given
pressrun noun: The number of copies of a publication printed at one time.
presstime noun: Alternative form of press time.
pressurage noun: pressure
pressural adjective: Of or relating to pressure.
pressurant noun: A gas used to drive a fluid through a fluid system.
pressure noun, verb /ˈpɹɛʃə/: A pressing; a force applied to a surface.
pressure altimeter noun: A device which measures the altitude by performing measurement of the ambient pressure and comparing it against a reference pressure at a known altitude, to...
pressure altitude noun: A measure of altitude inferred by the measurement of ambient pressure in differential with a reference pressure at a known altitude.
pressure bandage noun: A tight-fitting or tightly-wrapped bandage for reducing swelling or blood loss from a wound by applying pressure to the injury.
pressure bomb noun: A type of pressure chamber used to build up and hold extreme pressures, pressurizing samples with high-pressure fluids.
pressure cabin noun: A pressurized cabin, e.g. in an aircraft
pressure canner noun: A large pressure cooker capable of holding jars used in canning.
pressure cooker noun: A sealed cooking vessel that allows cooking in greater than atmospheric pressure and at a temperature above the boiling point of water.
pressure cooker bomb noun: An improvised explosive device made by inserting explosive material into a pressure cooker and attaching a blasting cap into the cover of the cooker.
pressure cuff noun: A sphygmomanometer consisting of an inflatable cuff that compresses the forearm.
pressure gauge noun: An apparatus used to measure pressure in a tyre, pressurised tank, boiler etc.
pressure gradient noun: The rate of decrease (gradient) of pressure in space at a fixed time. The term is sometimes used to denote simply the magnitude of the gradient of the...
pressure gradient force noun: The force resulting from a pressure gradient
pressure group noun: An advocacy group.
pressure hull noun: A secondary hull in a submarine, inside the main outer hull, that withstands the outside pressure and has normal atmospheric pressure inside.
pressure injury noun: Synonym of pressure ulcer.
pressure makes diamonds proverb: A situation where the pressure that a person is under makes them demonstrate their potential.
pressure of speech noun: a proclivity to speak with rapidity and intensity without apparent motivation, commonly seen as a marker for a manic episode of bipolar disorder
pressure pad noun: A piece of padding used to relieve soreness caused by constant pressure, such as bedsores.
pressure point noun: A specific small area of the body sensitive to and suitable for therapeutic pressure.
pressure retarded osmosis noun: Alternative form of pressure-retarded osmosis.
pressure ridge noun: An oceanic or coastal area, composed of ice fragments within pack ice, forms as sea ice floes accumulate due to convergence.
pressure-sensitive adjective: Of a material or a device, that responds to applied pressure by adhering, sealing or activating without the need for an external factor like heat, water or...
pressure sore noun: Synonym of pressure ulcer.
pressure suit noun: A sealed, full-body garment, usually with an attachable helmet, which maintains air pressure or mechanical pressure around the body of an astronaut or...
pressure switch noun: A switch that operates an electrical contact when a specified fluid pressure is reached on its input. The switch may be designed to make contact either on...
pressure ulcer noun: An ulcer caused by prolonged pressure on the skin as a person lies in a bed or sits in a chair or wheelchair; preventable with sufficient nursing care.
pressure valve noun: A valve designed to open when subjected to a given amount of pressure. Also used figuratively.
pressure vessel noun: A container designed to maintain a volume at a significantly different pressure to that of ambient.
pressure volume diagram noun: A diagram used to describe corresponding changes in volume and pressure in a system, commonly used in thermodynamics and physiology.
pressure wash verb: Alternative form of pressurewash.
pressure washer noun: A mechanical device that uses a pump to generate a high-pressure stream of water (up to 5000 PSI - residential/commercial and up to 70000 PSI for...
pressure wire noun: Any of a set of wires leading from various points of an electrical system to a central station, where a voltmeter indicates the potential of the system at...
pressured speech noun: speech that is pressured, as in pressure of speech
pressureless adjective: Without pressure or the use of pressure.
pressurelessness noun: Absence of pressure.
pressuremeter noun: A meter constructed to measure the at-rest horizontal earth pressure.
pressuremetric adjective: Relating to pressuremetry.
pressuremetry noun: measurement with a pressuremeter
pressureproof adjective: Resistant to pressure.
pressurer noun: One who or that which exerts pressure.
pressuresome adjective: Characterised or marked by pressure
pressurewash verb: To clean a surface or area using a pressure washer.
pressurewasher noun: Alternative form of pressure washer.
pressuring noun, verb: An act or instance of somebody being pressured.
pressurisation noun: The act or process of increasing pressure within a space.
pressurise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of pressurize.
pressurised adjective, verb: Alternative form of pressurized.
pressurizable adjective: Capable of being pressurized.
pressurization noun: The act or process of increasing pressure within a volume of space.
pressurize verb /ˈpɹɛʃəɹaɪz/: To put (physical) pressure on; to put under pressure.
pressurized adjective, verb: Under pressure.
pressurized water reactor noun: A type of nuclear reactor which uses pressurized light water as a neutron moderator and coolant.
pressurizer noun: A person or thing that pressurizes.
pressuron noun: A hypothetical scalar particle that couples to both gravity and matter.
pressvat noun: A vat used in winemaking to collect the pressed juice.
presswheel noun: Alternative form of press wheel.
presswoman noun: A female pressman.
presswork noun: The operation of a printing press.
pressworker noun: A person employed to press or draw with dies or presses.
pressy noun: Alternative spelling of pressie (“present”).
prest adjective, noun, verb /prɛst/: A payment of wages in advance
prest money noun: Money paid to men when they enlisted into the British service.
Presta proper noun: A surname from Italian.
prestability adjective: Prior to a state of stability.
prestabilization adjective, noun: Prior to stabilization
prestabilize verb: To stabilize prior to some other operation
prestable adjective: payable
prestack adjective, noun: Before stacking, in the context of seismic migration.
prestacked adjective: Stacked in advance.
Prestage proper noun: A surname.
prestained adjective: stained in advance
prestaining noun: staining prior to some other operation.
prestalk adjective: Destined to become part of the stalk of a fruiting body.
prestamp adjective, verb: To stamp in advance.
prestamped adjective: Having been stamped in advance.
prestandard noun: A draft document that may later become a standard.
prestandardization adjective: Prior to standardization.
prestandardize verb: To standardize in advance.
prestandardized adjective, verb: Prior to being standardized.
prestant noun: An organ stop.
prestart adjective, noun: Prior to the beginning of a race
prestarvation adjective: Prior to starvation.
prestarved adjective: starved prior to some other operation
prestate adjective, noun, verb: Prior to status as a state.
prestation noun /pɹɛsˈteɪʃən/: A payment of money; a toll or duty.
prestatistical adjective: Before the development or use of statistics.
Prestatyn proper noun /pɹɛsˈtætɪn/: A coastal town and community with a town council in Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ0682).
Prestbury proper noun: A village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9077).
presteam verb: To steam in advance.
presteel adjective: Before steel.
Presteigne proper noun /pɹɛsˈtiːn/: A town and community in Powys, Wales (and formerly the county town of the ancient county of Radnorshire), situated on the south bank of the River Lugg, on...
Prestel proper noun: A surname
prestellar adjective: Describing the matter and conditions involved in the formation of a star
prestenotic adjective: Prior to the formation of a stenosis
prester noun: A priest or presbyter.
presterilize verb: To sterilize in advance.
presternal adjective: Of or relating to the presternum.
presternite noun: Synonym of presternum.
presternum noun: The anterior or upper part of the sternum; the manubrium.
presteroid adjective: Before taking steroids.
presteroidal adjective: In the era before steroids were available.
prestezza noun: A painting technique which uses a series of fast brushstrokes to create the impression of faces and objects, rather than working out their details
Presti proper noun: A surname.
Prestia proper noun: A surname.
prestidigital adjective: Nimble-fingered; having fingers fit for prestidigitation, or conjuring tricks.
prestidigitate verb: To perform magic with the hands or using sleight of hand.
prestidigitation noun /ˌpɹɛstɪˌdɪd͡ʒɪˈteɪʃən/: A performance of or skill in performing magic or conjuring tricks with the hands.
prestidigitator noun: One who performs feats of prestidigitation; a sleight-of-hand artist.
prestidigitatorial adjective: Of or relating to a prestidigitator.
prestige adjective, noun, verb /pɹɛsˈtiːd͡ʒ/: The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.
prestiged adjective, verb: Of high prestige.
prestigeful adjective: respected, admired
prestigeless adjective: Without prestige.
prestigelessness noun: Absence of prestige.
prestigiation noun: legerdemain; prestidigitation (deception, or juggling)
prestigiator noun: A conjurer; a prestidigitator.
prestigiatory adjective: Relating to prestigiation (conjuring).
prestigious adjective /pɹɛˈstɪd͡ʒəs/: Of high prestige.
prestigiously adverb: In a prestigious manner.
prestigiousness noun: The state or condition of being prestigious.
prestigmal adjective: In front of a stigma
prestimony noun: A fund for the support of a priest, without the title of a benefice.
prestimulate verb: To stimulate in advance
prestimulated adjective: stimulated in advance
prestimulating adjective, verb: That prestimulates
prestimulation adjective, noun: Before stimulation
prestimulatory adjective: Prior to stimulation
prestimulus adjective: Before a stimulus.
prestin noun: A protein in the hairs of the inner ear
prestissimo adjective, adverb, noun /pɹɛˈstɪsɪməʊ/: Extremely fast, the fastest possible tempo.
prestitial adjective: Of a webpage, usually carrying advertising: displayed when the user arrives on a site and before they are shown the desired content.
presto adverb, interjection, noun /ˈpɹɛstəʊ/: Very fast or quickly; a directive for the musician(s) to play in a very quick tempo.
presto change-o interjection: Alternative form of presto chango.
presto changeo interjection: Alternative form of presto chango.
presto chango interjection /ˌpɹɛs.təʊ ˈtʃeɪn.dʒəʊ/: Indicates the suddenness of a change or transformation, as a magic trick in which one object appears to be suddenly transformed into another.
prestomal adjective: anterior to the stoma
Preston proper noun /ˈpɹɛs.tən/: An industrial city in Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5329).
Prestonpans proper noun: A coastal town in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3874).
Prestons proper noun: A suburb of Sydney in the Liverpool council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Prestonsburg proper noun: A city, the county seat of Floyd County, Kentucky, United States.
prestopped adjective: Alternative spelling of pre-stopped.
prestopping noun: The phonological process of preocclusion.
prestorage adjective: Prior to storage.
prestored adjective: stored in advance of another operation
prestorm adjective: Occurring or existing before a storm
prestosuchid noun: Any archosaur in the family Prestosuchidae.
prestraighten verb: To straighten in advance.
prestrained adjective: strained in advance
prestrategic adjective: Before the onset of full strategic nuclear warfare.
prestratification noun: prior stratification
prestreak adjective: Prior to the formation of the primitive streak.
prestrengthen verb: To strengthen in advance.
prestress adjective, verb: To apply stress to structural components in order to produce a tension that counteracts the loads to which the component is subjected in its designed use.
prestressed adjective: having been stressed before use
prestressed concrete noun: concrete with stresses induced in it before use so as to counteract stresses that will be produced by load; often contains stretched steel bars or wires...
prestretch verb: To stretch in advance.
prestriate adjective: In front of the striate cortex of the eye
prestrike adjective: Before a strike (work stoppage as protest).
prestriped adjective: Of a videotape: having the time code pre-recorded onto it.
prestroke adjective, noun: Occurring before a stroke
prestructural adjective: Prior to a structural phase
prestructure verb: To structure in advance
prestructured adjective: structured in advance
prestrung adjective: Strung in advance.
prestudio adjective: Before the time of studios.
prestudy adjective, noun, verb: A small study undertaken before a larger one.
Prestwich proper noun /ˈpɹɛstwɪt͡ʃ/: A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8103).
Prestwick proper noun: A coastal town in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland, which is probably more famous for its airport (OS grid ref NS3526).
Prestwood proper noun: A surname.
prestyloid adjective: anterior to the styloid process
presubgenual adjective: anterior to the subgenual region of the brain
presubicular adjective: Relating to the presubiculum.
presubiculum noun: A rostral part of the parahippocampal gyrus of the guenon.
presubject adjective: Occurring before the subject in a sentence or expression.
presubmission adjective, noun: submission of a work for review or approval prior to publication.
presubmit verb: To submit a work for review or approval prior to publication.
presubocular adjective: In front of, and beneath, the eye (typically of a snake)
presubstantial adjective: Having no physical substance, but having the potential to become substantial.
presuburban adjective: Prior to the development of a suburb.
presuffrage adjective: Before suffrage.
presuicidal adjective: Not yet suicidal; in a condition that will lead to a suicidal state.
presuicide adjective: Occurring before suicide.
presuit adjective /pɹɪˈs(j)ut/: Pertaining to activities occurring prior to the initiation of a lawsuit.
presulfided adjective: Pretreated with sulfur prior to a hydrotreating operation
presulfiding noun: Treatment with sulfur or sulfide prior to some other operation.
presumability noun: The extent to which something can be presumed or relied upon to be true.
presumable adjective: Capable of being presumed, or being presumed as such.
presumably adverb /pɹɪˈzjuːməbli/: Able to be sensibly presumed.
presume verb /pɹɪˈzjuːm/: To be so presumptuous as (to do something) without proper authority or permission [with to (+ infinitive)].
presumed adjective, verb: Appearing to be the most probable, often with some preparations starting to be made for it.
presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome noun: A disorder of the eye, characterized by peripheral atrophic chorioretinal scars, atrophy or scarring adjacent to the optic disc, and maculopathy.
presumedly adverb: In a way that is presumed; expectedly; presumably.
presumer noun: One who presumes, especially in an arrogant way.
presuming adjective, verb: confidently or arrogantly overstepping reasonable bounds.
presumingly adverb: confidently; arrogantly
presumingness noun: The quality of being presuming; confidently or arrogantly overstepping reasonable bounds.
presummer adjective: Before summer.
presummit adjective: Before a summit.
presumption noun /pɹɪˈzʌmp.ʃən/: The act of presuming, or something presumed.
presumption of innocence noun: The precept that someone will not be convicted of a crime unless (the judge, prosecutor, officer) proves guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and is non liquet,...
presumptious adjective: Dated form of presumptuous.

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.