precept
A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
A written command, especially a demand for payment.
An order issued by one local authority to another specifying the rate of tax to be charged on its behalf.
A tax rate set by such an order; the tax thus collected.

precepted
simple past and past participle of precept

precepting
present participle and gerund of precept

precepts
plural of precept

preclustering
clustering prior to some other operation

preflash
A flash produced in advance of the main flash when taking a picture.

preflashes
plural of preflash

preflushes
plural of preflush

prelight
To illuminate in advance.

prelighted
simple past and past participle of prelight

prelighting
present participle and gerund of prelight

prelights
third-person singular simple present indicative of prelight

prelit
simple past and past participle of prelight

prepone
To reschedule to a time earlier than the current scheduled time.

preponed
simple past and past participle of prepone

prepones
third-person singular simple present indicative of prepone

preponing
present participle and gerund of prepone

prepossess
Chiefly followed by by or with: to preoccupy (someone) in an emotional or mental way, so as to preclude other things.
To cause (someone) to have a previous inclination against, for, or to something; to bias or prejudice; specifically, to induce in (someone) a favourable opinion beforehand, or at the outset.
To cause (someone) to think a certain way.
To occupy or possess (something) beforehand.
Chiefly followed by of or with: to cause (oneself) to obtain possession of something beforehand, or ahead of someone else.

prepossessed
simple past and past participle of prepossess

prepossesses
third-person singular simple present indicative of prepossess

prepossessing
Tending to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor, esteem, or love; attractive
Causing prejudice.

preservatise
Alternative form of preservatize.

preservatize
To treat with a preservative.

pricepoint
Alternative form of price point.

pricepoints
plural of pricepoint

profess
To administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order.
To declare oneself (to be something).
To declare; to assert, affirm.
To make a claim (to be something); to lay claim to (a given quality, feeling etc.), often with connotations of insincerity.
To declare one's adherence to (a religion, deity, principle etc.).
To work as a professor of; to teach.
To claim to have knowledge or understanding of (a given area of interest, subject matter).

professed
Openly declared or acknowledged.
Professing to be qualified.
Admitted to a religious order.

professes
third-person singular simple present indicative of profess

professing
present participle and gerund of profess

pronounciate
To pronounce.

propanals
plural of propanal

prophecied
simple past and past participle of prophecy

prophecies
plural of prophecy

prophecy
A prediction, especially one made by a prophet or under divine inspiration.
The public interpretation of Scripture.

prophecying
present participle and gerund of prophecy

prophecyings
plural of prophecying

prophetry
Prophecy.

protect
To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
To book a passenger on a later flight if there is a chance they will not be able to board their earlier reserved flight.

protected
defended
Having the protected access modifier, indicating that a program element is accessible to subclasses but not to the program in general.

protectedst
second-person singular simple past indicative of protect

protectest
second-person singular simple present indicative of protect

protecteth
third-person singular simple present indicative of protect

protecting
present participle and gerund of protect

protects
third-person singular simple present indicative of protect

protest
To make a strong objection.
To affirm (something).
To object to.
To publicly demonstrate against.
To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.
to make a solemn written declaration, in due form, on behalf of the holder, against all parties liable for any loss or damage to be sustained by non-acceptance or non-payment of (a bill or note). This should be made by a notary public, whose seal it is the usual practice to affix.
To publish; to make known.

protested
simple past and past participle of protest

protesting
present participle and gerund of protest

protestings
plural of protesting

protests
plural of protest

provene
To originate, stem (from)

provened
simple past and past participle of provene

provenes
third-person singular simple present indicative of provene

provening
present participle and gerund of provene

pseudoskill
A fake or ingenuine skill; something approximating a skill.

pseudoskills
plural of pseudoskill

puck
A mischievous or hostile spirit.
The mischievous fairy-like creature from English folklore, like Puck from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

puckbunnies
plural of puckbunny

puckbunny
Alternative form of puck bunny.

pucked
simple past and past participle of puck

pucking
present participle and gerund of puck

pucks
plural of puck
Plenty; an abundance (of something).

pulse
A normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin (for example, at the neck or wrist) are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them; the qualitative nature of this beat.
The rate of this beat as an indication of a person's health.
A beat or throb; also, a repeated sequence of such beats or throbs.
The focus of energy or vigour of an activity, place, or thing; also, the feeling of bustle, busyness, or energy in a place; the heartbeat.
An (increased) amount of a substance (such as a drug or an isotopic label) given over a short time.
A setting on a food processor which causes it to work in a series of short bursts rather than continuously, in order to break up ingredients without liquidizing them; also, a use of this setting.
The beat or tactus of a piece of music or verse; also, a repeated sequence of such beats.
A brief burst of electromagnetic energy, such as light, radio waves, etc.
Synonym of autosoliton (“a stable solitary localized structure that arises in nonlinear spatially extended dissipative systems due to mechanisms of self-organization”).
A brief increase in the strength of an electrical signal; an impulse.
A timed, coordinated connection, when multiple public transportation vehicles are at a hub at the same time so that passengers can flexibly connect between them.

pulsed
simple past and past participle of pulse

pulses
plural of pulse

pulsing
present participle and gerund of pulse

pulsings
plural of pulsing

pulsoximeter
Alternative form of pulse oximeter.

pulsoximetry
Alternative form of pulse oximetry.

purlines
plural of purline

puzzle
The state of feeling confused or mystified because one cannot understand a complicated matter, a problem, etc.; bewilderment, confusion; (countable) often in in a puzzle: an instance of this.
A thing such as a complicated matter or a problem which is difficult to make sense of or understand; also, a person who is difficult to make sense of or understand; an enigma.
Often preceded by a descriptive word: a game or toy, or a problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one's mental ability.
Short for puzzle-peg (“a piece of wood secured under a dog's jaw to keep the dog's nose away from the ground so that it uses the scent in the air to track its quarry, and to prevent the dog from tearing the quarry once found”).

puzzlebox
Alternative spelling of puzzle box.

puzzleboxes
plural of puzzlebox

puzzled
Confused or perplexed.

puzzles
plural of puzzle

puzzlest
second-person singular simple present indicative of puzzle

puzzleth
third-person singular simple present indicative of puzzle

puzzling
present participle and gerund of puzzle

puzzlings
plural of puzzling