Nouns starting with P

• preen gland — Noun – English ～ oil-secreting gland situated at the base of the tail in most birds
• preexistence — Noun – English ～ existing in a former state or previous to something else
• prefab — Noun – English ～ a prefabricated structure
• prefabrication — Noun – English ～ the manufacture of sections of a building at the factory so they can be easily and rapidly assembled at the building site
• preface — Noun – English ～ a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
• prefect — Noun – English ～ a chief officer or chief magistrate; "the prefect of Paris police"
• prefecture — Noun – English ～ the office of prefect
• prefecture — Noun – English ～ the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire)
• preference — Noun – English ～ grant of favor or advantage to one over another (especially to a country or countries in matters of international trade, such as levying duties)
• preference — Noun – English ～ a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"
• preference — Noun – English ～ the right or chance to choose; "given my druthers, I'd eat cake"
• preference — Noun – English ～ a predisposition in favor of something; "a predilection for expensive cars"; "his sexual preferences"; "showed a Marxist orientation"
• preferment — Noun – English ～ the act of preferring; "the preferment went to the younger candidate"
• preferment — Noun – English ～ the act of making accusations; "preferment of charges"
• prefiguration — Noun – English ～ the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
• prefiguration — Noun – English ～ an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come
• prefix — Noun – English ～ an affix that is added in front of the word
• prefix notation — Noun – English ～ a parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator precedes its operands
• prefixation — Noun – English ～ formation of a word by means of a prefix
• preformation — Noun – English ～ a theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cell

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