preembryos
plural of preembryo

preeminence
The status of being preeminent, dominant or ascendant.
High importance; superiority.

preeminences
plural of preeminence

preeminency
Synonym of preeminence.

preemption
An act or process that preempts; a preventive or forestalling action; as:
An act or process that preempts; a preventive or forestalling action; as:
An act or process that preempts; a preventive or forestalling action; as:
An act or process that preempts; a preventive or forestalling action; as:

preemptions
plural of preemption

preenaction
The process of preenacting.

preenactment
Prior enactment.

preenactments
plural of preenactment

preenergization
energization prior to some other operation

preengagement
Prior engagement or obligation, for example by contract or promise.

preengagements
plural of preengagement

preenrichment
enrichment prior to some other process

preepisternum
The anterior part of an episternum

preestablishment
The act of establishing or settling something beforehand.

preeternity
An infinite previous duration, an eternity in the past

preexistence
The condition of having existed prior to the current time.
The existence of a soul in a previous embodiment.

preexistences
plural of preexistence

preexistency
Obsolete form of preexistence.

preexistentism
The theory that souls exist prior to their association with human bodies.

preexpectation
previous expectation

preexpectations
plural of preexpectation

preextraction
extraction prior to some other operation

preextractions
plural of preextraction

prefabrication
The manufacture of prefabricated components, and their assembly.
A preassembled component.

prefabrications
plural of prefabrication

prefeasibility
The initial / preliminary assessment of the feasibility of a project before detailed analysis and a full feasibility study

prefecthood
The state of being a prefect.

prefectship
The office or jurisdiction of a prefect.

preferabilities
plural of preferability

preferability
The state of being preferable.

preferableness
The quality or state of being preferable.

preferenda
plural of preferendum

preferendum
That which is preferred.

preferendums
plural of preferendum

preferentialities
plural of preferentiality

preferentiality
The condition of being preferential.

preferrableness
Alternative spelling of preferableness.

preferredness
The state of being preferred
A measure of by how much one thing is preferred over another

prefetcher
A system or process that prefetches data.

prefetchers
plural of prefetcher

prefeudalism
An incipient form of feudalism.

prefidence
The quality or state of being prefident.

prefidences
plural of prefidence

prefigation
Synonym of prefixation.

prefiguration
A vague representation or suggestion of something before it has happened or been accomplished.
Something that prefigures.

prefigurations
plural of prefiguration

prefigurativeness
The quality of being prefigurative.

prefigurement
The act of prefiguring.
Something that prefigures.

prefigurements
plural of prefigurement

prefinition
a previous limitation or definition

prefinitions
plural of prefinition

prefixation
The adding of a prefix to a word.

prefixations
plural of prefixation

prefixhood
The state, condition, or qualification of being a prefix.

prefixion
The act of prefixing: synonym of prefixation.

prefixions
plural of prefixion

prefixlessness
Absence of a prefix.

prefixness
The state or quality of being a prefix.

prefixture
The act of prefixing something.
A prefix.

prefixtures
plural of prefixture

prefoldin
Any of a family of proteins used in protein-folding complexes. A prefoldin molecule works as a transfer protein in conjunction with a molecule of chaperonin to form a chaperone complex and correctly fold other nascent proteins.

prefoldins
plural of prefoldin

prefoliation
Vernation (arrangement within a bud) of leaves.

prefoliations
plural of prefoliation

preforeclosure
The stage at which preparations are made for foreclosure

preforeclosures
plural of preforeclosure

preformance
Misspelling of performance.

preformation
Prior formation.
The theory that organisms are fully developed in the form of an egg or seed, and just increase in size (as opposed to epigenesis).

preformationism
the theory that all organisms start their existence already in a predetermined form upon conception and this form does not change in the course of their lifetime (as opposed to epigenesis)

preformations
plural of preformation

preformism
preformationism

prefossette
A fossette posterior to a metaloph.

prefossettes
plural of prefossette

prefossilization
prior fossilization

prefractionation
fractionation prior to some other process

prefractionations
plural of prefractionation

prefrailty
Presence of the early signs that may lead to frailty.

prefriendship
A state of acquaintance and tolerance that may lead up to friendship.

prefulgency
Superior brightness or effulgency.

prefunctionalization
functionalization prior to another process

prefunctionalizations
plural of prefunctionalization

pregap
A portion of a compact disc preceding the start of a track.

pregaps
plural of pregap

pregeneration
Generation in advance.

pregenitality
The pregenital phase of development.

pregeometries
plural of pregeometry

pregeometry
An infinite finitary matroid.

pregivenness
The quality or state of being pregiven.

pregivennesses
plural of pregivenness

preglottalization
The act of preglottalizing.

preglottalizations
plural of preglottalization

pregnabilities
plural of pregnability

pregnability
The quality of being pregnable.

pregnadienediol
Any of several isomeric diols derived from pregnadiene

pregnadienediols
plural of pregnadienediol

pregnance
Obsolete form of pregnancy.

pregnances
plural of pregnance

pregnancies
plural of pregnancy

pregnancy
The condition of being pregnant; an instance of this.
The period of time this condition prevails.
The progression of stages from conception to birth.

pregnantness
Quality of being pregnant.

pregnation
Pregnancy.

pregnercise
Physical exercise classes for pregnant women.

pregonite
Either of a pair of terminalia anterior to the postgonites of a dipteran

pregonites
plural of pregonite

pregorexia
A condition where a pregnant mother is obsessed with being thin.

pregroupoid
A category together with its inversion.

pregroupoids
plural of pregroupoid

pregustation
The act of tasting something beforehand; foretaste.

pregustations
plural of pregustation

prehadron
A confined complex of quarks that has some characteristics of a hadron

prehadrons
plural of prehadron

prehallux
An extra first toe, or rudiment of a toe, on the preaxial side of the big toe.

prehalluxes
plural of prehallux

prehead
The group of unstressed syllables preceding the head (if present) or nucleus (if there is no head).

preheads
plural of prehead

preheminence
Rare spelling of preeminence.

prehendability
The quality of being prehendable.

prehensibility
The condition of being prehensible

prehensility
The condition, or extent, of being prehensile.

prehension
The act of grasping or gripping, especially with the hands.
According to Alfred North Whitehead, a type of universally acting perception that is not limited to living, self-conscious beings, and which involves an interconnectedness of the observer and the observed.

prehensions
plural of prehension

prehensiveness
The quality of being prehensive.

preheritance
Transfer of property to relatives or other beneficiaries prior to death.

prehistorics
The scientific study of prehistory.

prehistories
plural of prehistory

prehistory
The time before written records in any area of the world; the events and conditions of those times.
The study of those times.
Any past time (even recent) treated as such a distant, unknowable era.
The history leading up to some event, condition, etc.

prehydration
hydration prior to some other process

prehydrolysis
hydrolysis prior to some other process