Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z pretendingly So as to pretend. pretendingness The quality of being pretentious. Pretendolino A British Rail Class 90 train with Mark 3 coaching stock formerly used on services normally operated by Pendolinos. pretendress female pretender pretense The action of pretending; false or simulated show or appearance; false or hypocritical assertion or representation. pretensed pretend; fake pretenseful Full of pretense or pretenses. pretenseless Not having or making pretenses. pretension A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality. pretensional Of or relating to pretense or pretension; pretended. pretensioned tensioned prior to some other operation pretensioner A mechanism to retract and tighten a seatbelt, prior to a crash. pretensioning tensioning in advance pretensionless Free from pretensions. pretensive Pretended; feigned. pretensively In a pretensive manner. pretensiveness The quality of being pretensive. pretentative Fitted for trial beforehand; experimental. pretentiosity The quality of being pretentious. pretentious Motivated by an inappropriate, excessive, or unjustified desire to impress others. pretentiously In a manner with unwarranted claim to importance or distinction. pretentiousness The quality of being pretentious. pretenure Prior to the establishment of tenure pretercanine More than canine. preterfluent flowing by pretergeneration Preternatural generation; monstrous birth pretergite The anterior of a tergite pretergression The act of going past limits or bounds. preterhuman More than human; superhuman. preterient Passed through; antecedent; previous. preterimperfect Imperfect. preterintentional Additional to or beyond what was intended. preterintentionality The quality of being preterintentional. preterintentionally In a preterintentional manner; beyond what was intended. preterism A Christian eschatological view that interprets Biblical prophecies as events which happened in the first century C.E.. preterist One whose chief interest is in the past. preterital Of or relating to the preterite. preterite Showing an action at a determined moment in the past. preteriteness The quality or state of being past. preterition The act of passing by, disregarding or omitting. preteritive Used only or chiefly in the preterite or past tenses. preterlapsed past; former preterlegal illegal. preterm Of a premature birth or baby. pretermer Synonym of preemie (“baby born prematurely”). preterminal Before the end. preterminally In a preterminal manner preterminated terminated prior to some other operation pretermination Prior to termination. pretermission Omission; failure to do something. pretermit To intentionally disregard (something), to ignore; to neglect or omit. pretermity The condition of being preterm preternatural Beyond or not conforming to what is natural or according to the regular course of things; strange. preternaturalism The state of being preternatural; a preternatural condition. preternaturalist A believer in the preternatural. preternaturality The quality of being preternatural. preternaturally In a preternatural manner; beyond what could possibly be natural. preternaturalness The quality of being preternatural. preternature The realm beyond the natural; the preternatural. preternormal Beyond what is normal; supernatural; paranormal. preternuptial Outside of wedlock; adulterous. preterperfect perfect preterpluperfect The pluperfect. preterrational Going beyond reason or rational thinking. preterrestrial Prior to the formation of Earth preterritorial Before the establishment of a territory or territories. pretersensual Going beyond the senses. pretertiary Earlier than Tertiary. pretervection The act of carrying past or beyond. pretest Prior to taking a test. pretester A person who carries out a pretest pretesticular Prior to stimulation of the testes pretestimony Before giving legal testimony. pretext A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason; a pretense. pretextual Having a false, contrived or assumed purpose; characterized by pretense. pretextuality The quality of being pretextual. pretextually In a pretextual manner. pretextuous Synonym of pretextual (“false or contrived”). pretexture pretext prethalamic Relating to the prethalamus prethalamus Synonym of subthalamus. prethcamide A respiratory stimulant composed of cropropamide and crotethamide. pretheater Before attending the theater (especially of drinks or a meal). pretheatre Commonwealth standard spelling of pretheater. pretheological Before theology. pretheology A course of study taken by an undergraduate in preparation for studying theology. pretheoretical Arising before any theoretical considerations pretheoretically Before taking any theoretical considerations into account. pretherapeutic Prior to therapy pretherapeutically Prior to therapy. pretherapy Prior to therapy. prethermal Prior to thermalization prethermalization localized thermalization that leads to full thermalization over time prethermalize To produce or to undergo prethermalization prethermalized thermalized before some other process prethin To thin in advance. prethiolase A thiolase precursor prethoracic Anterior to the thorax. prethoughtful prudent; having forethought prethread To thread prior to some other operation prethrombin A subunit of prothrombin prethrombolysis Before thrombolysis. prethrombolytic Before thrombolysis. prethrombosis Before thrombosis. prethrombotic Before the production of thrombin prethymic Before development of the thymus. prethymically Before development of the thymus. pretibial anterior to the tibia pretibially In front of the tibia. preticket A preliminary ticket, or presale ticket pretied tied in advance pretighten To tighten (bolts, etc.) in advance. Pretiglian A super-age from 2.588 to 2.4 million years ago, a subdivision of the Pleistocene. pretilachlor A particular herbicide. pretilt A deviation from the perpendicular in the orientation of the director of a liquid crystal. pretimed Having been timed in advance. pretimely Before the due time. pretirement A period between employment and full retirement, during which one may work on a part-time or informal basis for reasons other than earning money. pretitrated titrated prior to some other operation Pretlove A surname. Pretlow A surname. pretoddler A child who is not yet a toddler. pretoir Sixteenth-Century Scottish spelling of praetor pretomanid The antibiotic (6S)-2-Nitro-6-{[4-(trifluoromethoxy)benzyl]oxy}-6,7-dihydro-5H-imidazo[2,1-b][1,3]oxazine pretonal pretonic pretonic That immediately precedes a stressed syllable pretopological Relating to a pretopology pretopology The field of study of pretopological spaces (in plural for different prespaces). Pretoria The administrative capital of South Africa. pretorian Of, from, or pertaining to Pretoria, South Africa. pretorium The general's tent in a camp. pretornal Close to the margin of an insect’s wing towards the posterior angle; near the tornus. pretorture Before torture. pretotype A model of product using the smallest possible amount of resources. pretotyping The process of building pretotypes to test the viability of a product before attempting to actually prototype it. pretouch Prior to a touch pretour Intended or designed for or taking place prior to a tour. pretournament Occurring before, or in preparation for, a tournament pretrace To trace in advance. pretracheal Anterior to the trachea. pretracheophyte Early vascular land plants similar to moss that lived before tracheophytes appeared pretrade Before a trade. pretraditional Before the development of a tradition. pretrain To train before testing or further training. pretrained Having been trained before. pretraining Before training. pretransaction Prior to a transaction. pretransactional Prior to a transaction. pretranscribe To transcribe before some other operation pretranscribed transcribed before some other operation