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

premature ventricular contraction
PVC noun irregularity of cardiac rhythm; recurrent occurrences can be a precursor of ventricular fibrillation

prematurely
untimely adverb too soon; in a premature manner; `I spoke prematurely`

prematureness
prematurity noun the state of being premature

premedical
adjective preceding and preparing for the study of medicine; `premedical courses`

premeditated
adjective characterized by deliberate purpose and some degree of planning; `a premeditated crime`

premeditation
noun planning or plotting in advance of acting

premenopausal
adjective prior to menopause

premenstrual
adjective of or relating to or occurring during the period just before menstruation

premenstrual syndrome
PMS noun a syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation

premier
adjective preceding all others in time; `the premiere showing`

premiere
noun the first public performance of a play or movie

premiere
adjective preceding all others in time; `the premiere showing`

premiership
noun the office of premier

premises
noun land and the buildings on it; `bread is baked on the premises`; `the were evicted from the premises`

premium
adjective having or reflecting superior quality or value; `premium gasoline at a premium price`

premium
noun payment for insurance

Premium Bond
noun a government bond that bears no interest or capital gains but enters the holder into lotteries

premolar
bicuspid noun a tooth having two cusps or points; located between the incisors and the molars

Prenanthes
genus Prenanthes noun genus of North American and Asiatic perennial herbs having pinnatisect leaves small heads of drooping yellowish to purple flowers; sometimes includes species often placed in genus Nabalus

Prenanthes purpurea
noun herb of central and southern Europe having purple florets

prenatal
antenatal adjective occurring or existing before birth; `the prenatal period`; `antenatal care`

prenatal diagnosis
noun any of the diagnostic procedures used to determine whether a fetus has a genetic abnormality

prenuptial
premarital adjective relating to events before a marriage; `prenuptial agreement`

preoccupancy
preoccupation noun the act of taking occupancy before someone else does

preoccupation
preoccupancy noun the mental state of being preoccupied by something

preoperative
adjective happening or done before and in preparation for a surgical operation

prepackaged
prepacked adjective prepared and wraped beforehand and ready for sale; `prepackaged foods`

preparation
noun (music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord; `the resolution of one dissonance is often the preparation for another dissonance`

preparation
noun the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose; `preparations for the ceremony had begun`

preparation fire
noun fire delivered on a target in preparation for an assault

preparatory
preparative adjective preceding and preparing for something; `preparatory steps`

preparatory school
prep school noun a private secondary school

prepare
set up 2 ready verb make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; `Get the children ready for school!`; `prepare for war`; `I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill`

prepared
adjective equipped or prepared with necessary intellectual resources; `graduates well equipped to handle such problems`; `equipped to be a scholar`

prepayment
noun payment in advance

preponderance
noun a superiority in numbers or amount; `a preponderance of evidence against the defendant`

preposition
noun a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word

prepositional
adjective of or relating to or formed with a preposition; `prepositional phrase`

prepositional object
object of a preposition noun the object governed by a preposition

prepositional phrase
noun a phrase beginning with a preposition

prepositionally
adverb as a preposition

prepossessing
adjective creating a favorable impression; `strong and vigorous and of prepossessing appearance`

prepossession
noun the condition of being prepossessed; `the king`s prepossession in my favor is very valuable`

preprandial
adjective preceding a meal (especially dinner); `a preprandial drink`

prepuberty
noun a period of two years immediately prior to the onset of puberty when growth and changes leading to sexual maturity occur

prepubescent
prepubertal adjective (especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth

prepuce
foreskin noun a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis

prepupal
adjective of an inactive stage in the development of some insects, between the larval and the pupal stages; `the prepupal stage`

prepyloric vein
vena pylorica noun a tributary of the right gastric vein

prerecorded
adjective recorded at one time for transmission later

prerequisite
adjective required as a prior condition or course of study

prerogative
privilege noun a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right); `suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males`

Pres Young
Lester Willis Young noun United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)

presage
noun a foreboding about what is about to happen

presbyope
noun a person with presbyopia; someone who is farsighted resulting from the progressive loss with aging of the elasticity of the crystalline lens

presbyopia
noun farsightedness resulting from a reduced ability to focus caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens with age

presbyter
noun an elder in the Presbyterian Church

Presbyterian
noun a follower of Calvinism as taught in the Presbyterian Church

Presbyterian Church
noun the Protestant denomination adhering to the views of John Calvin

Presbyterianism
noun the doctrines and practices of the Presbyterian Church: based in Calvinism

presbytery
noun building reserved for the officiating clergy

Presbytes
genus Presbytes noun langurs

preschool
noun an educational institution for children too young for elementary school

preschooler
kindergartner noun a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten

prescience
prevision noun the power to foresee the future

prescient
adjective perceiving the significance of events before they occur; `extraordinarily prescient memoranda on the probable course of postwar relations`-R.H.Rovere

presciently
cannily adverb with foresight; `more presciently than they superiors, these workers grasped the economic situation`

Prescott
noun a town in central Arizona

prescribe
dictate verb issue commands or orders for

prescribed
adjective set down as a rule or guide

prescription
noun directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions; `I tried to follow her prescription for success`

prescription drug
prescription noun a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist; `he told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly`

prescription(a)
adjective available only with a doctor`s written prescription; `a prescription drug`

prescriptive
normative adjective pertaining to giving directives or rules; `prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage`

prescriptive grammar
noun a grammar that is produced by prescriptive linguistics

prescriptive linguistics
noun an account of how a language should be used instead of how it is actually used; a prescription for the `correct` phonology and morphology and syntax and semantics

prescriptivism
noun (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting prescriptive linguistics

preseason
noun a period prior to the beginning of the regular season which is devoted to training and preparation

presence
noun the act of being present

presence chamber
noun room in which a monarch or other great person receives guests, assemblies, etc.

presence of mind
noun self-control in a crisis; ability to say or do the right thing in an emergency

presenile dementia
noun dementia with onset before the age of 65

present
present tense noun a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking

present
verb hand over formally

present participle
noun a participle expressing present action; in English is formed by adding -ing

present perfect
present perfect tense noun a perfective tense used to express action completed in the present; ``I have finished` is an example of the present perfect`

present progressive
present progressive tense noun a tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance

presentable
adjective fit to be seen; `presentable clothes`

presentably
adverb in a presentable manner; `years ago in her white-painted infancy it must have hung presentably on the deck of some luxury liner`

presentation
presentment 2 demonstration noun a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view; `the presentation of new data`; `he gave the customer a demonstration`

presentation
noun formally making a person known to another or to the public

presentational
adjective of or relating to a presentation (especially in psychology or philosophy); `what Whitehead calls `perception in the presentational immediacy``

presentism
noun the doctrine that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (as in the Book of Revelations) are presently in the course of being fulfilled

presentist
noun a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (as in the Book of Revelations) are being fulfilled at the present time

presently
currently adverb at this time or period; now; `he is presently our ambassador to the United Nations`; `currently they live in Connecticut`

presentment
noun an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative

presentness
nowness noun the quality of being the present; `a study of the pastness of the present and...of the presentness of the past`- R.E.Spiller

preservable
adjective capable of being preserved

preservation
noun the activity of protecting something from loss or danger

preservationist
noun someone who advocates the preservation of historical sites or endangered species or natural areas