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9-letter words containing pr

  • pre-image — a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
  • pre-incan — of or relating to the period preceding the Incan empire in Peru.
  • pre-lease — to sign or grant a lease on (a building, apartment, etc.) in advance of construction: Agents have preleased more than 60 percent of the new building.
  • pre-loved — previously used or owned; secondhand.
  • pre-model — a standard or example for imitation or comparison.
  • pre-offer — to present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: He offered me a cigarette.
  • pre-order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
  • pre-owned — previously owned; used; secondhand: a sale of preowned furs.
  • pre-quote — to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
  • pre-ready — completely prepared or in fit condition for immediate action or use: troops ready for battle; Dinner is ready.
  • pre-roman — of or relating to the ancient or modern city of Rome, or to its inhabitants and their customs and culture: Roman restaurants.
  • pre-trial — occurring before a trial
  • preabsorb — to absorb beforehand or in advance
  • preaccuse — to accuse (someone of something) prior to the specified wrongdoing being committed or prior to having evidence of wrongdoing
  • preachify — to preach in an obtrusive or tedious way.
  • preachily — in a preachy fashion
  • preaching — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
  • preaction — the process or state of acting or of being active: The machine is not in action now.
  • preactive — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
  • preadamic — occurring or existing before Adam
  • preadjust — that aids in preadjusting, that makes later adjusting easier by advance preparation
  • preambled — an introductory statement; preface; introduction. Synonyms: opening, beginning; foreword, prologue, prelude. Antonyms: epilogue, appendix, conclusion, afterword, closing.
  • preassign — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
  • preassure — to declare earnestly to; inform or tell positively; state with confidence to: She assured us that everything would turn out all right.
  • preatomic — of or relating to the period of history preceding the atomic age.
  • preattune — to attune in advance or beforehand
  • prebattle — existing, occurring or carried out in the period before a battle
  • prebiotic — of or relating to chemicals or environmental conditions existing before the development of the first living things.
  • prebudget — produced, occurring or implemented prior to the release of the government's Budget
  • prebuttal — an argument constructed in anticipation of a criticism: The alderman began his speech with a question-answer style prebuttal.
  • precancel — to cancel (a stamp) before placing it on a piece of postal matter.
  • precancer — a condition that possesses a tendency to become malignant and develop into a cancer
  • precatory — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or expressing entreaty or supplication: precatory overtures.
  • precaudal — in front of the tail or caudal vertebrae of an animal
  • precedent — Law. a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar or analogous cases.
  • preceding — that precedes; previous: Refer back to the footnote on the preceding page.
  • precensor — to censor (a film, play, book, etc) before its publication
  • precentor — a person who leads a church choir or congregation in singing.
  • preceptor — an instructor; teacher; tutor.
  • precharge — (storage)   The phase in the access cycle of DRAM during which the storage capacitors are charged to the appropriate value.
  • prechoose — to choose in advance
  • prechosen — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
  • precieuse — one of the 17th-century literary women of France who affected an extreme care in the use of language.
  • precincts — a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental or administrative purposes, or for police protection.
  • precipice — a cliff with a vertical, nearly vertical, or overhanging face.
  • precisely — definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions.
  • precisian — a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, especially in matters of religion.
  • precising — a concise summary.
  • precision — the state or quality of being precise.
  • precisive — characterized by accuracy or exactness: a precisive method of expressing oneself.
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