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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

praise
congratulations 1 kudos noun an expression of approval and commendation; `he always appreciated praise for his work`

praiseworthiness
laudability noun the quality of being worthy of praise

praisworthiness
noun the property of deserving praise

Prajapati
noun god personifying a creative force; equivalent to Brahma

Prakrit
noun any of the vernacular Indic languages of north and central India (as distinguished from Sanskrit) recorded from the 3rd century BC to the 4th century AD

Prakritic
adjective of or relating to Prakrit

praline
noun cookie-sized candy made of brown sugar and butter and pecans

prancer
noun a mettlesome or fiery horse

prandial
adjective of or relating to a meal

prang
noun a crash involving a car or plane

prankishness
rascality noun the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks

prankster
cut-up noun someone who plays practical jokes on others

praseodymium
Pr noun a soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; can be recovered from bastnasite or monazite by an ion-exchange process

prate
prattle noun idle or foolish and irrelevant talk

pratincole
glareole noun Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers

prattler
noun someone who speaks in a childish way

Praunus
genus Praunus noun a genus of Mysidae

pravastatin
Pravachol noun an oral drug (trade name Pravachol) administered to reduce blood cholesterol levels; recommended after nonfatal heart attacks

prawn
shrimp noun any of various edible decapod crustaceans

praxis
noun translating an idea into action; `a hard theory to put into practice`; `differences between theory and praxis of communism`

Praxiteles
noun ancient Greek sculptor (circa 370-330 BC)

praya
noun colonial siphonophore of up to 130 ft long

prayer
noun the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving); `the priest sank to his knees in prayer`

prayer
noun reverent petition to a deity

prayer book
prayerbook noun a book containing prayers

prayer meeting
prayer service noun a service at which people sing hymns and pray together

prayer rug
prayer mat noun a small rug used by Muslims during their devotions

prayer shawl
tallith noun (Judaism) a shawl with a ritually knotted fringe at each corner; worn by Jews at morning prayer

prayer wheel
noun a cylinder with prayers written on it; each revolution counts as uttering the prayers; used especially by Buddhists in Tibet

prayerful
adjective disposed to pray or appearing to pray

praying mantis
praying mantid noun the common mantis

prazosin
Minipress noun antihypertensive drug (trade name Minipress)

pre-Christian
adjective of or relating to or being the time before the beginning of the Christian era

pre-Columbian
adjective of or relating to or originating in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus

pre-eminently
preeminently adverb to a preeminent degree; with superiority or distinction above others; in a preeminent manner; `a wide variety of pre-eminently contemporary scenes`

pre-emptive strike
noun a surprise attack that is launched in order to prevent the enemy from doing it to you

pre-Jurassic
adjective of or relating to or denoting the time before the Jurassic period

Pre-Raphaelite
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the Pre-Raphaelites; `the Pre-Raphaelite painters`

pre-Socratic
noun any philosopher who lived before Socrates

preacher
preacher man noun someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel

preachification
noun moralization delivered tediously in a preachy manner

preachy
adjective inclined to or marked by tedious moralization

Preakness
noun an annual race for three-year-old horses; held at Pimlico in Baltimore, Maryland

preamble
noun a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose)

preanal
adjective situated in front of the anus

prearranged
adjective planned beforehand; `a prearranged signal`

prearrangement
noun something arranged in advance

prebend
noun the stipend assigned by a cathedral to a canon

prebendary
noun a canon who receives a prebend for serving the church

Precambrian
Precambrian eon noun the eon following the Hadean time and preceding the Phanerozoic eon; from about 3,800 million years ago until 544 million years ago

precancerous
adjective of or relating to a growth that is not malignant but is likely to become so if not treated

precarious
shaky adjective not secure; beset with difficulties; `a shaky marriage`

precariously
adverb in a precarious manner; `being a precariously dominant minority is a difficult position for human nature to cope with`

precariousness
noun extreme dangerousness

precast
adjective of structural members especially of concrete; cast into form before being transported to the site of installation

precatory
precative adjective expressing entreaty or supplication; `precatory overtures`

precaution
safeguard noun a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.; `he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution`; `an insurance policy is a good safeguard`; `we let our guard down`

precautionary
precautional adjective taken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure; `gave precautionary advice`; `I would take precautionary steps to keep him away`

precede
verb furnish with a preface or introduction; `She always precedes her lectures with a joke`; `He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution`

precedent
adjective preceding in time, order, or significance

precedented
adjective having or supported or justified by a precedent

precedentedly
adverb with precedent

precedential
adjective having precedence (especially because of longer service); `precedential treatment for senior members of the firm`

preceding(a)
adjective existing or coming before

precentorship
noun the position of precentor

precentral gyrus
noun the convolution of the frontal lobe that is bounded in back by the central sulcus and that contains the motor area

preceptor
noun teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford)

preceptorship
noun the position of preceptor

precession
precedence noun the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)

precession of the equinoxes
noun a slow westward shift of the equinoxes along the plane of the ecliptic caused by precession of the Earth`s axis of rotation

prechlorination
noun chlorination prior to another chemical process

precinct
noun a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes

preciosity
noun the quality of being fastidious or excessively refined

precious
adjective of high worth or cost; `diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds are precious stones`

precious metal
noun any of the less common and valuable metals often used to make coins or jewelry

precipice
noun a very steep cliff

precipitant
noun an agent that causes a precipitate to form

precipitate
noun a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering

precipitately
adverb at breakneck speed; `burst headlong through the gate`

precipitating(a)
adjective bringing on suddenly or abruptly; `the completion of the railroad was the precipitating cause in the extinction of waterborne commerce`

precipitation
noun an unexpected acceleration or hastening; `he is responsible for the precipitation of his own demise`

precipitator
Cottrell precipitator noun removes dust particles from gases by electrostatic precipitation

precipitin
noun an antibody that causes precipitation when it unites with its antigen

precipitous
adjective characterized by precipices; `a precipitous bluff`

precipitously
adverb abruptly; in a precipitous manner; `the mountains rose precipitously from the shore`

precipitousness
steepness noun the property possessed by a slope that is very steep

precise
adjective sharply exact or accurate or delimited; `a precise mind`; `specified a precise amount`; `arrived at the precise moment`

precisely
adverb indicating exactness or preciseness; `he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do`; `it was just as he said--the jewel was gone`; `it has just enough salt`

precisely
on the dot adverb just as it should be; ``Precisely, my lord,` he said`

preciseness
precision noun the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance; `he handled it with the preciseness of an automaton`; `note the meticulous precision of his measurements`

preciseness
noun clarity as a consequence of precision

precision cookie
noun a cookie that is saved permanently on your hard drive

preclinical
presymptomatic adjective of or relating to the early phases of a disease when accurate diagnosis is not possible because symptoms of the disease have not yet appeared

preclinical trial
preclinical test noun a laboratory test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on animal subjects; conducted to gather evidence justifying a clinical trial

preclusive
obviating(a) adjective made impossible

precocial
adjective (of hatchlings) covered with down and having eyes open; capable of leaving the nest within a few days

precocious
adjective appearing or developing early; `precocious flowers appear before the leaves as in some species of magnolias`

precocious dentition
noun teething at an earlier age than expected

precociously
adverb in a precocious manner; `her child behaves precociously`

precociousness
precocity noun intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules