prehabilitation
A form of strength training that aims to prevent injuries before they can occur

preighter
A freighter converted from a passenger aircraft.

preighters
plural of preighter

prelatehood
Synonym of prelateship.

prelateships
plural of prelateship

prelectorships
plural of prelectorship

premetro
A suburban-urban tramway or light rail system partially built with subway standard but not fully converted to subway.

premetros
plural of premetro

premiers
plural of premier

premierships
plural of premiership

prenomen
Alternative form of praenomen.

prenomens
plural of prenomen

prenomina
plural of prenomen

prenticeship
Obsolete form of apprenticeship.

prenticeships
plural of prenticeship

prepositorships
plural of prepositorship

prepositure
The office or dignity of a provost; a provostship.

prepositures
plural of prepositure

presbyterates
plural of presbyterate

presbyterships
plural of presbytership

preseason
The period before the start of a sporting season, during which players undergo training and venues are prepared

preseasons
plural of preseason

presegregation
Prior segregation.
The early separation of streams of vehicles prior to entering a main section of roadway where there is weaving.

presidentships
plural of presidentship

preste
Obsolete form of priest

prestes
plural of preste

pretenderships
plural of pretendership

preticket
A preliminary ticket, or presale ticket

pretickets
plural of preticket

pretorship
Alternative form of praetorship.

pretorships
plural of pretorship

preventer
One who, or that which, prevents.
An arrangement, made with ropes and blocks, that prevents the boom of a sailing boat from performing a jibe.
Any of various lines set up to reinforce or relieve ordinary running or standing rigging.

preventers
plural of preventer

preventor
Alternative form of preventer.

preventors
plural of preventor

priest
A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.
A blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish.
The highest office in the Aaronic priesthood.

priesteries
plural of priestery

priestery
Priests collectively; the priesthood.

priests
plural of priest

priestships
plural of priestship

primage
A payment made for loading or unloading a ship, or for care of goods during transit by ship.
An import duty levied by a guild of harbour pilots (especially at Kingston-upon-Hull and Newcastle-upon-Tyne).
An additional import duty levied by customs.

primages
plural of primage

primateships
plural of primateship

primero
A card game resembling poker, dating back at least to the 16th century.

princeships
plural of princeship

princessship
Rare form of princess-ship.

principalships
plural of principalship

printwheel
In early printers, a disk bearing impressions of characters around its rim; these are struck against the page to produce text.

printwheels
plural of printwheel

priorships
plural of priorship

prisage
A right belonging to the crown of England, of taking two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more: one before and one behind the mast.
The share of merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea which belongs to the king or admiral.

prisages
plural of prisage

privateerings
plural of privateering

prizes
plural of prize

probationerships
plural of probationership

probationships
plural of probationship

procarboxypeptidase
Any inactive precursor of a carboxypeptidase

procarboxypeptidases
plural of procarboxypeptidase

procarboxysome
An assemblage of enzymes that develops into a carboxysome

procarboxysomes
plural of procarboxysome

procarcinogen
Any substance that is transformed into a carcinogen by metabolism.

procarcinogens
plural of procarcinogen

proconsulships
plural of proconsulship

proctorships
plural of proctorship

procuratorships
plural of procuratorship

producerships
plural of producership

proerythrocyte
reticulocyte

proerythrocytes
plural of proerythrocyte

profession
A declaration of faith.
A declaration of faith.
A declaration of faith.
A professional occupation.
A professional occupation.

professions
plural of profession

professorships
plural of professorship

progenitorships
plural of progenitorship

progenote
Any (hypothesised) primordial organism in which the relationship between genotype and phenotype was still evolving.
The most recent common ancestor to all organisms now living on Earth; LUCA; specifically, the most recent progenitor of all archaea, bacteria and eukaryotes.

progenotes
plural of progenote

progress
Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.
Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth.
An official journey made by a monarch or other high personage; a state journey, a circuit.
A journey forward; travel.
Movement onwards, forwards, or towards a specific objective or direction; advance.

progresses
plural of progress

prolidase
A cytosolic dipeptidase that hydrolyzes dipeptides with proline or hydroxyproline at the carboxy terminus (but not Pro-Pro), important in collagen metabolism.

prolidases
plural of prolidase

prolocutorships
plural of prolocutorship

propeller
One who, or that which, propels.
A mechanical device with evenly-shaped blades that turn on a shaft to push against air or water, especially one used to propel an aircraft or boat.
A steamboat thus propelled; a screw steamer.
A spinnerbait.

propellerhead
Alternative form of propeller head.

propellerheads
plural of propellerhead

propellers
plural of propeller

propellor
Nonstandard spelling of propeller.

propellors
plural of propellor

propfan
A modified turbofan jet engine with the propeller outside the engine duct of an aircraft.

propfans
plural of propfan

prophetships
plural of prophetship

propliner
A propeller-driven airliner.

propliners
plural of propliner

propoxur
A carbamate derivative with the chemical formula C₁₁H₁₅NO₃, used as an insecticide.

propraetorships
plural of propraetorship

proprietage
proprietorship

proprietorships
plural of proprietorship

proprotor
Any of the powered rotors of a tiltrotor aircraft.

proprotors
plural of proprotor

prore
The front part of a ship.

prores
plural of prore

proscillaridin
A cardiac glycoside of the bufanolide type.

prosectorships
plural of prosectorship

prosecutorships
plural of prosecutorship

proshipper
Alternative form of pro-shipper.

proshippers
plural of proshipper

protag
Clipping of protagonist.

protagonist
The main character, or one of the main characters, in any story, such as a literary work or drama.
A leading person in a contest; a principal performer.
An advocate or champion of a cause or course of action.

protagonists
plural of protagonist

protags
plural of protag

protectorships
plural of protectorship

prothonotaryships
plural of prothonotaryship

protonophore
Any ionophore that transports protons

protonophores
plural of protonophore

protopapas
A protopope.

protopapases
plural of protopapas

protosyntax
That part of syntax that omits membership.

protothetic
A particular theory of the relationships between propositions

protothetics
plural of protothetic

provection
The carrying forward of a final consonant to a following word, as in "a nickname" from Middle English "an ekename".
Devoicing of a voiced obstruent, either inside a word or as an initial consonant mutation.

provections
plural of provection

provenance
Place or source of origin.
The place and time of origin of some artifact or other object. See Usage notes below.
The history of ownership of a work of art.
The copy history of a piece of data, or the intermediate pieces of data used to compute a final data element, as in a database record or web site (data provenance).
The execution history of computer processes which were used to compute a final piece of data (process provenance).
Background; history; place of origin.

provenances
plural of provenance