precede, preceded, preceding, precedes.verbs
transitive verb use.to come, exist, or occur before in time; to come before in order or rank; surpass or outrank; to be in a position in front of; go in advance of; to preface; introduce (he preceded his lecture with a humorous anecdote)
intransitive verb use.to come or go before in time, order, rank, or position

pestle.noun
a club shaped, handheld tool for grinding or mashing substances in a mortar; a large bar moved vertically to stamp or pound, as in a press or mill
pestle, pestled, pestling, pestles.verbs
transitive verb use.to pound, grind, or mash with or as if with a pestle
intransitive verb use.to use a pestle

pretense.noun
the act of pretending; a false appearance or action intended to deceive; an affectation (a pretense of nonchalance; a professed but feigned reason or excuse; a pretext (under false pretenses); something imagined or pretended; mere show without reality; outward appearance; a right asserted with or without foundation; a claim; the quality or state of being pretentious; ostentation

pretend, pretended, pretending, pretends.verbs
transitive verb use.to give a false appearance of; feign: (they have to pretend caring for others in order to surreptitiously steal from them); to claim or allege insincerely or falsely; profess (doesn't pretend to be an expert, she is one); to represent fictitiously in play; make believe: pretended they were on a cruise
intransitive verb use.to feign an action or a character, as in play; to make pretensions.(pretends to gourmet tastes
pretend.adjective
imitation; make believe (pretend money; pretend pearls)

precarious.adjective
dangerously lacking in security or stability (a precarious posture; precarious footing on the ladder); subject to chance or unknown conditions; based on uncertain, unwarranted, or unproved premises (a precarious solution to a difficult problem).
precariously.adverb
precariousness.noun

pertain, pertained, pertaining, pertains.intransitive verbs
to have reference; relate (evidence that pertains to the accident); to belong as an adjunct, part, holding, or quality; to be fitting or suitable

profligate.adjective
given over to dissipation; dissolute; recklessly wasteful; wildly extravagant
profligate.noun a profligate person; a wastrel
profligacy.noun
profligately.adverb

presentiment.noun
a sense that something is about to occur; a premonition; apprehension

premonition.noun
a presentiment of the future; a foreboding; a warning in advance; a forewarning
premonitorily.adverb
premonitory.adjective

parry, parried, parrying, parries.verbs
transitive verb use.to deflect or ward off.(a fencing thrust.{sword fighting}, for example; to deflect, evade, or avoid (he skillfully parried the question with a clever reply)
intransitive verb use.to deflect or ward off a thrust or blow
parry.noun, plural-parries
the deflecting or warding off of a thrust or blow, as in fencing; an evasive answer or action

primp, primped, primping, primps.verbs
transitive verb use.to dress or groom (oneself) with meticulous or excessive attention to detail
intransitive verb use.to dress or groom oneself with elaborate care; preen

preen, preened, preening, preens.verbs
transitive verb use.to smooth or clean (feathers) with the beak or bill; to trim or clean (fur) with the tongue, as cats do; to dress or groom (oneself) with elaborate care; primp; to take pride or satisfaction in (oneself); gloat
intransitive verb use.to dress up; primp; to swell with pride; gloat or exult
preener.noun

plume.noun
a feather, especially a large and showy one (the long plumes of a heron in the breeding season); a large feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament or symbol of rank, as on a helmet; a structure or form that is like a long feather (a plume of smoke); an upwelling of molten material from the earth's mantle. plume, plumed, pluming, plumes.transitive verbs
to decorate, cover, or supply with or as if with plumes; to smooth (feathers); preen; to congratulate.(oneself) in a self-satisfied way (plumed himself on his victory)

peerless.adjective
being such as to have no match; incomparable
peerlessly.adverb
peerlessness.noun

paragon.noun
a model of excellence or perfection of a kind; a peerless example (a paragon of virtue); an unflawed diamond weighing at least 100 carats; a very large spherical pearl
Printing - a type size of 20 points
paragon, paragoned, paragoning, paragons.transitive verbs
to compare; parallel; to equal; match

putter, puttered, puttering, putters.verbs
intransitive verb use.to occupy oneself in an aimless or ineffective manner
transitive verb use.to waste time in idling (puttered away the hours in the garden)
putterer.noun

populace.noun
the general public; the masses; a population

prohibit, prohibited, prohibiting, prohibits.transitive verbs
to forbid.(smoking is prohibited in most theaters); to prevent; preclude

prohibition.noun
the act of prohibiting or the condition of being prohibited; a law, order, or decree that forbids something; the forbidding by law of the manufacture, transportation, sale and possession of alcoholic beverages, such as during the Prohibition period 1920-1933, during which the 18th Amendment forbidding the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages was in force in the United States

proscribe, proscribed, proscribing, proscribes.transitive verbs
to denounce or condemn; to prohibit; forbid; to publish the name of a person as outlawed
proscriber.noun

proscription.noun
the act of proscribing; prohibition; the condition of having been proscribed; outlawry
proscriptive.adjective
proscriptively.adverb

perspicuous.adjective
clearly expressed or presented; easy to understand
perspicuously.adverb
perspicuousness.noun