(phonetics) Produced by striking organs together, for example, smacking the lips or gnashing the teeth.
Characterized by percussion; caused by or related to the action of striking or pounding something.
noun
(phonetics) A percussive phone.
perfective
perfective
adj
(grammar) Of, or relative to, the perfect tense or perfective aspect.
(obsolete) Tending to make perfect, or to bring to perfection.
noun
(grammar) a perfective verb form
perfervent
perfervour
periovular
periovular
adj
(anatomy) Surrounding an ovary
(pathology) About the time of ovulation
periuvular
periuvular
adj
(anatomy) Around the uvula.
perivenous
perivenous
adj
(medicine) Surrounding a vein.
permansive
permansive
adj
(linguistics, of an aspect) permanent, stative, maintaining the same state
permeative
permeative
adj
Tending to permeate.
permissive
permissive
adj
(biology) That allows the replication of viruses.
(of a footpath, bridleway or similar) Open to the public by permission of the landowner.
Giving permission, or predisposed to give it; lenient.
permixtive
perorative
perorative
adj
Of or relating to peroration.
perovskite
perovskite
noun
(mineralogy) A minor accessory mineral, CaTiO₃, occurring in basic rocks, as orthorhombic crystals.
perryville
perryville
Proper noun
A in Alaska
A city in Arkansas
A city in Kentucky
A town in Maryland
A city in Missouri
persevered
persevered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of persevere
perseveres
perseveres
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of persevere
persistive
persistive
adj
(obsolete) persistent
persuasive
persuasive
adj
Able to persuade; convincing.
noun
That which persuades; incitement.
pervadence
perversely
perversely
adv
In a perverse manner.
perversion
perversion
noun
(geometry) Tendril perversion.
A sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance.
Distortion or corruption of the original course, meaning, or state of something.
The action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement.
The state of being perverted; depravity; vice.
perversite
perversity
perversity
noun
A perverse act.
The quality of being perverse.
perversive
perversive
adj
Tending to pervert.
perverting
perverting
verb
present participle of pervert
pervertive
perviously
perviously
adv
In a pervious manner.
pervulgate
pervulgate
verb
(obsolete) To publish.
picorivera
pinaverdol
ploverlike
ploverlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a plover.
plurivalve
polygroove
pontevedra
pontevedra
Proper noun
The capital city of the province of the same name, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain.
A province in the southwest of Galicia
portentive
portentive
adj
portentous; presaging or foreshadowing
portglaive
postverbal
postverbal
adj
(linguistics) Occurring after a verb.
poxviruses
poxviruses
noun
plural of poxvirus
praefervid
prattville
prattville
Proper noun
A city in the U.S. state of that is the of
A in
A in
A former in that was founded in 1873 and largely abandoned in 1878.
preadvance
preadvised
preadvised
adj
advised in advance
preadviser
preapprove
preapprove
verb
(transitive) To approve beforehand, before execution or implementation.
preaverred
prebelieve
prebeloved
prebeloved
adj
beloved in advance
precanvass
preceptive
preceptive
adj
(law) Of, pertaining to, or based on precepts
instructive; didactic
preclusive
preclusive
adj
Serving to preclude.
preconvert
preconvert
verb
To convert prior to some other process
preconvict
precursive
precursive
adj
Being a style of handwriting that can later be developed into cursive.
Preceding; introductory; precursory.
predeceive
predeliver
predeliver
verb
(transitive) To deliver in advance.
predeprive
prederived
predeserve
predevelop
predevelop
verb
(transitive) To develop in advance.
predevised
predictive
predictive
adj
(computing) Describing a predictor.
(medicine) Expressing the expected accuracy of a statistical measure or of a diagnostic test.
Useful in predicting.
noun
(grammar) A conditional statement that includes a prediction in the dependent clause (e.g. "if it rains, the game will be cancelled", "give her an inch and she'll take a mile.").
(statistics) Simulated data generated from a statistical model, based on the estimates for the real data.
predivided
predivider
predivider
noun
(electronics) Synonym of prescaler
predivorce
predivorce
adj
Before a divorce.
predriving
preemptive
preemptive
adj
(bridge, of a high-level bid) Intended to interfere with an opponent's bidding.
Made so as to deter an anticipated unpleasant situation.
Of or relating to preemption.
preenvelop
preestival
preevading
preevasion
preevident
preforgave
preforgive
preharvest
preharvest
adj
Before a harvest.
prehensive
prehensive
adj
(philosophy) Of or relating to Alfred North Whitehead's concept of prehension.
preimprove
preinvited
preinvolve
preobserve
preobviate
preobvious
preprovide
preprovide
verb
To provide beforehand.
preprovoke
prereceive
preremoval
preremoved
preresolve
preresolve
verb
To resolve beforehand; to predetermine.
prerevenge
prereverse
prerevised
prerevival
prerevival
adj
Before a revival.
presentive
presentive
adj
Bringing a conception or notion directly before the mind; presenting an object to the memory of imagination.
preservers
preservers
noun
plural of preserver
preserving
preserving
noun
preservation
verb
present participle of preserve
preslavery
preslavery
adj
Prior to a historical period of slavery.
presolving
presolving
noun
To transform a mathematical problem into an equivalent problem that is hopefully easier to solve.
presylvian
presylvian
adj
(anatomy) Anterior to the Sylvian fissure of the brain
pretensive
pretensive
adj
(chiefly US) Pretentious.
(now rare) Pretended; feigned.
prevacated
prevailers
prevailers
noun
plural of prevailer
prevailing
prevailing
adj
Predominant; of greatest force.
Prevalent, common, widespread.
verb
present participle of prevail
prevalence
prevalence
noun
(epidemiology) The total number of cases of a disease in a given statistical population at a given time, divided by the number of individuals in that population.
The quality or condition of being prevalent; wide extension or spread.
prevalency
prevalency
noun
prevalence
prevalidly
prevaluing
prevenance
prevenance
noun
A going before; anticipation in sequence or order.
prevenancy
prevenancy
noun
(obsolete) The act of anticipating another's wishes, desires, etc., by way of favour or courtesy; obligingness.
prevenient
prevenient
adj
Relating to prevenience; anticipatory.
preventing
preventing
verb
present participle and gerund of prevent
prevention
prevention
noun
(medicine) Any measure intended to limit health-related risks (such as information campaigns, vaccination, early diagnosis etc.).
(obsolete) Anticipation; especially, anticipation of needs, wishes, hazards and risks
(obsolete) The act of going, or state of being, before.
The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting.
precaution; forethought.
preventive
preventive
adj
(obsolete) Going before; preceding.
Carried out to deter military aggression.
Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to.
Slowing the development of an illness; prophylactic.
noun
(dated) A thing that prevents, hinders, or acts as an obstacle to.
(nonstandard) A thing that slows the development of an illness.
A contraceptive, especially a condom.
preventral
preventral
noun
In snakes, any of a set of scales positioned anterior to the ventral scales and are wider than they are long, but not coming into contact with the paraventral row of dorsal scales on either side of the body.
preventure
preversing
preversion
prevesical
prevesical
adj
(anatomy) In front of a bladder, especially the urinary bladder.
prevetoing
previdence
previewing
previewing
verb
present participle of preview
previolate
previously
previously
adv
(now archaic, with present-tense constructions) First; beforehand, in advance.
(television) Recapitulating the preceding episodes of a series.
(with past-tense constructions) At an earlier time.
previsible
previsible
adj
(uncommon) foreseeable
previsibly
previsitor
prevocalic
prevocalic
adj
(phonetics) Immediately preceding a vowel or vowel sound
prevocally
prevocally
adv
Synonym of prevocalically
prevoyance
primaveral
primaveral
adj
Relating to or characteristic of early spring.
primaveras
primaveras
noun
plural of primavera
primaveria
primevally
primevally
adv
In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally.
primeverin
primitives
primitives
noun
plural of primitive
prineville
prineville
Proper noun
a city in Oregon, USA
privateers
privateers
noun
plural of privateer
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of privateer
privatized
privatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of privatize
priviledge
privileged
privileged
adj
(law) Not subject to legal discovery due to a protected status.
Having special privileges.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of privilege
privileger
privileger
noun
One who confers a privilege.
privileges
privileges
noun
plural of privilege
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of privilege
processive
processive
adj
Going forward, advancing, progressive
procursive
procursive
adj
(medicine) Running forward, as the patient does in certain forms of epilepsy.
prodivorce
productive
productive
adj
(linguistics, of an affix or word construction rule) Consistently applicable to any of an open set of words.
(medicine) Of a cough, producing mucus or sputum from the respiratory tract.
(medicine) Of inflammation, producing new tissue.
Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile.
Of, or relating to the creation of goods or services.
Yielding good or useful results; constructive.
professive
proflavine
proflavine
noun
(organic chemistry) A disinfectant, acridine-3,6-diamine, bacteriostatic against many gram-positive bacteria
projective
projective
adj
(mathematics) describing those properties of a figure that are invariant upon projection
of, relating to, or caused by a projection
projecting outward
noun
(linguistics) A statement about a conditional or potential state of affairs, as opposed to one about a situation that actually exists or existed.
(mathematics) A projective member of a category.
(psychology) An assessment test that presents subjects with some sort of stimulus to which they react by projecting or imagining details.
promissive
promissive
adj
Making or implying a promise.
promovable
propulsive
propulsive
adj
Of or pertaining to propulsion
Serving to propel
proslavery
proslavery
adj
Supporting slavery.
protective
protective
adj
Serving or intended to protect.
Wishing to protect; defensive of somebody or something.