Words in english starting with P

• precedent — Noun – English ～ a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws; "common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States"
• precedent — Noun – English ～ (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
• precedent — Noun – English ～ a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)
• precedent — Adjective – English ～ preceding in time, order, or significance
• precedented — Adjective – English ～ having or supported or justified by a precedent
• precedentedly — Adverb – English ～ with precedent
• precedential — Adjective – English ～ having precedence (especially because of longer service); "precedential treatment for senior members of the firm"
• preceding — Adjective – English ～ existing or coming before
• preceding — Adjective – English ～ of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board"
• precentor — Noun – English ～ the musical director of a choir
• precentorship — Noun – English ～ the position of precentor
• precentral gyrus — Noun – English ～ the convolution of the frontal lobe that is bounded in back by the central sulcus and that contains the motor area
• precept — Noun – English ～ a doctrine that is taught; "the teachings of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts"
• precept — Noun – English ～ rule of personal conduct
• preceptor — Noun – English ～ teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford)
• preceptorship — Noun – English ～ the position of preceptor
• precess — Verb – English ～ move in a gyrating fashion; "the poles of the Earth precess at a right angle to the force that is applied"
• precession — Noun – English ～ the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone
• precession — Noun – English ～ the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)
• prechlorination — Noun – English ～ chlorination prior to another chemical process

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