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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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179 words · showing 121–179

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  • preservationistnounC2Somebody who campaigns to keep old buildings or ways.
  • pressurize/ˈpɹɛʃəɹaɪz/verbC2To raise the pressure inside, or to push somebody hard.
  • presuppose/ˌpɹiːsəˈpəʊz/verbC2To take something as given before the argument starts.
  • presupposition/pɹiː.sʌ.pəˈzɪ.ʃ(ə)n/nounC2Something an argument takes for granted before starting.
  • prevaricate/pɹɪˈvaɹɪkeɪt/verbC2To avoid a straight answer.
  • primeval/pɹaɪ̯ˈmiː.vəl/
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Belonging to the earliest ages of the world.
  • primp/pɹɪmp/verbC2To fuss over your appearance.
  • princelingnounC2A young or minor prince.
  • prise/pɹaɪz/verbC2To force something open with a lever.
  • prissy/ˈpɹɪsi/adjectiveC2Fussily correct and easily shocked.
  • privation/pɹɪˈveɪʃən/nounC2The hardship of going without what you need.
  • privily/ˈpɹɪvɪli/adverbC2Secretly, in old use.
  • privy/ˈpɹɪvi/adjectiveC12 meaningsSharing in a secret with a few others.
  • probate/ˈpɹəʊbeɪt/nounC2The legal process of proving a will.
  • probity/ˈpɹəʊbɪti/nounC2Complete honesty and uprightness.
  • procedural/pɹəˈsiːd͡ʒ(ə)ɹəl/adjectiveC2To do with the proper order of steps.
  • proclaim/pɹəʊˈkleɪm/verbC13 meaningsTo announce something publicly and officially.
  • proclivity/pɹəʊˈklɪvɪti/nounC2A natural leaning towards a way of behaving.
  • proffer/ˈpɹɒfə(ɹ)/verbC2To hold something out for somebody to take.
  • profitability/ˌpɹɒf.ɪ.təˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/nounC2How much money a business is able to make.
  • profligate/ˈpɹɒflɪɡət/adjectiveC2Recklessly wasteful of money or resources.
  • proliferation/pɹəˌlɪf.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/nounC2A rapid increase in numbers.
  • prolong/pɹəʊˈlɒŋ/verbC2To make something last longer.
  • promenade/ˈpɹɒm.əˌnɑːd/nounC2A wide walkway along a seafront.
  • promiscuous/pɹəˈmɪs.kju.əs/adjectiveC12 meaningsCasual and indiscriminate, especially about sex.
  • promontory/ˈpɹɒm.ən.tɹi/nounC2A high point of land jutting into the sea.
  • prone/pɹəʊn/adjectiveC22 meaningsNaturally tending towards something bad.
  • prong settingnounC2Small claws of metal gripping a stone.
  • propitiate/ˌpɹəˈpɪʃieɪt/verbC2To win back the goodwill of somebody offended.
  • propitious/pɹəˈpɪʃəs/adjectiveC2Offering good conditions for success.
  • proportionaladjectiveC2Changing in step with something else.
  • proprietary/pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ə.tə.ɹi/adjectiveC2Owned by a company and protected from copying.
  • proscribe/pɹəˈskɹaɪb/verbC2To forbid something by official order.
  • proscription/pɹəˈskɹɪp.ʃən/nounC2An official forbidding of something.
  • prostrate/ˈpɹɒstɹeɪt/adjectiveC2Lying face down, or completely overcome.
  • protract/pɹəˈtɹakt/verbC2To draw something out longer than it need be.
  • protrude/pɹəˈtɹuːd/verbC2To stick out beyond a surface.
  • protrusion/pɹəˈtɹuːʒən/nounC2A part that sticks out.
  • protuberance/pɹəˈtjuː.bə.ɹəns/nounC2A rounded part that sticks out from a surface.
  • provenance gapnounC2A missing stretch in an object's ownership history.
  • provender/ˈpɹɒvɪndə/nounC2Food, especially dry fodder for animals.
  • proverbial/pɹəˈvɜɹb.iː.əl/adjectiveC2Well known from a common saying.
  • providence/ˈpɹɒvɪdəns/nounC12 meaningsCare believed to be exercised by a higher power.
  • provision/pɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/nounC15 meaningsThe act of supplying something that people need.
  • prurient/ˈpɹʊəɹ.i.ənt/adjectiveC2Taking an unhealthy interest in sexual matters.
  • psychotic/ˌsaɪˈkɒtɪk/adjectiveC2Experiencing a loss of contact with reality.
  • pterodactylnounC2A flying reptile of the dinosaur age, with wings of skin.
  • puerile/ˈpjʊə.ɹaɪl/adjectiveC2Childish in a silly way.
  • pugnacious/pʌɡˈneɪ.ʃəs/adjectiveC2Always ready for a fight.
  • puissance/ˈpjuːɪ.s(ə)ns/nounC2Great power or influence, in old use.
  • puissant/ˈpwɪs(ə)nt/adjectiveC2Powerful and mighty, in old use.
  • punctilious/pʌŋkˈtɪli.əs/adjectiveC2Attending exactly to every small point of correctness.
  • pungent/ˈpʌnd͡ʒənt/adjectiveC12 meaningsHaving a sharp strong smell or taste.
  • punitive/ˈpju.nɪ.tɪv/adjectiveC2Meant as a punishment, or harshly severe.
  • purblind/ˈpɜːblaɪnd/adjectiveC2Half blind, or slow to see the point.
  • puritanical/pjʊəɹ.ɪˈtæn.ɪ.kəl/adjectiveC2Strict and disapproving about pleasure.
  • purl/pɜːl/nounC2A stitch that makes a ridge on the front of knitting.
  • pusillanimous/ˌpjuːsɪlˈænɪməs/adjectiveC2Cowardly and lacking any spirit.
  • pyre/ˈpaɪɚ/nounC2A pile of wood built to burn a body on.