8-letter words containing pr
- preprice — to price in advance
- preprint — an advance printing, usually of a portion of a book or of an article in a periodical.
- prepubis — (in some animals) a bone situated in front of the pubis
- prepunch — to pierce with holes in advance
- prepupal — of the period between the larval and pupal stages
- preradio — before the invention of radio
- prerenal — in front of the kidney
- prerinse — a preliminary rinse before further treatment
- presager — a presentiment or foreboding.
- prescind — to separate or single out in thought; abstract.
- prescore — to record the sound of (a motion picture) before filming.
- prescott — Samuel, 1751–77, U.S. patriot during the American Revolution: rode with Paul Revere and William Dawes to warn Colonists that British troops were marching from Boston, April 18, 1775.
- presence — the state or fact of being present, as with others or in a place.
- presents — being, existing, or occurring at this time or now; current: increasing respect for the present ruler of the small country.
- preserve — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- preshape — to shape beforehand so as to be ready for use
- preshave — a liquid preparation, usually containing alcohol, for applying to the face to dry the skin and beard before shaving with an electric razor.
- presided — to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
- presider — to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
- presidio — a garrisoned fort; military post.
- presleep — of the period immediately before sleep
- preslice — to slice in advance
- presolve — to solve beforehand
- presplit — to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two.
- press on — continue, persevere
- press-up — push-up.
- pressfat — a wine vat
- pressful — the quantity that a press can hold
- pressing — urgent; demanding immediate attention: a pressing need.
- pression — an act of pressing
- pressman — a person who operates or has charge of a printing press.
- pressrun — the running of a printing press for a specific job: The pressrun will take about an hour.
- pressure — the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall.
- prestamp — to stamp in advance
- prestige — reputation or influence arising from success, achievement, rank, or other favorable attributes.
- prestore — Computers. to fix an opening value for (the address of an operand or of a cycle index).
- prestudy — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- presumed — to take for granted, assume, or suppose: I presume you're tired after your drive.
- pretaste — a taste of what may be experienced later
- pretence — pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense.
- pretense — pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense.
- preterit — past (def 12).
- pretexta — praetexta.
- pretonic — a medicine that invigorates or strengthens: a tonic of sulphur and molasses.
- pretoria — a province in the NE Republic of South Africa. 110,450 sq. mi. (286,066 sq. km). Capital: Pretoria.
- pretrain — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- pretreat — to treat in advance or as part of a preliminary treatment: to pretreat wood before staining it.
- pretrial — a proceeding held by a judge, arbitrator, etc., before a trial to simplify the issues of law and fact and stipulate certain matters between the parties, in order to expedite justice and curtail costs at the trial.
- prettier — pleasing or attractive to the eye, as by delicacy or gracefulness: a pretty face.
- pretties — pretty women