| preventable |
having the possibility of being prevented; capable of being stopped or kept from happening. |
| preventative |
designed to serve as a hindrance or method of prevention. [2 definitions] |
| prevention |
the act or process of preventing. [2 definitions] |
| preventive |
designed to serve as a hindrance or method of prevention. [4 definitions] |
| preview |
an advance presentation or opening, as of a film, play, or exhibit, for a selected audience before viewing by the public. [4 definitions] |
| previous |
occurring just before another. [2 definitions] |
| previously |
just before another. [2 definitions] |
| previous question |
in parliamentary procedure, a motion to take an immediate vote on the topic under consideration, used esp. as a way of stopping debate. |
| prevision |
an ability to foresee; prescience. [2 definitions] |
| prevue |
variant of preview. |
| prewar |
existing, prevailing, or happening before a specific war. |
| prewarn |
combined form of warn. |
| prewash |
combined form of wash. |
| preweaning |
combined form of weaning. |
| prework |
combined form of work. |
| prewrap |
combined form of wrap. |
| prey |
the object of a hunt or pursuit, usu. one animal caught and eaten by another. [7 definitions] |
| prey on one's mind |
to keep arising or repeating in one's thoughts, often due to worry, agitation, or curiosity. |
| priapic |
(sometimes cap.) of or relating to Priapus; phallic. [2 definitions] |
| priapism |
a pathological condition of continuous, often painful, erection of the penis, esp. as caused by disease. [2 definitions] |
| Priapus |
in Greek and Roman mythology, the son of Dionysus and Aphrodite, considered the guardian of gardens and the god of procreation, personifying male sexuality. [2 definitions] |