P — The school dictionary · page 101 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15pottleA small measure of liquid or fruit; also a small basket for berries. In the tale «a pottle o' brains» means a good store of wit or sense.5 sentencespottyA small plastic seat-bowl that a toddler uses as a toilet while learning.14 sentencespouchA pouch is a small soft bag, often closed with a string or zip, for carrying small things.11 sentencespoultryBirds kept on farms for their meat or eggs, such as chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys.9 sentencespounceTo jump suddenly onto something to catch it, like a cat catching a mouse.10 sentencespoundA pound is a unit of weight; a loaf of bread weighs about one pound. A pound is 16 ounces.16 sentencespourTo pour is to make a liquid flow out of a container, like pouring water into a glass.12 sentencespoutTo pout is to push out the lips and look cross or sulky, often when you do not get your own way.5 sentencespovertyBeing very poor; not having enough money for food, clothes or a home.9 sentencespowA word for the sound of a punch, a bang or a small explosion, used in comics and cartoons: «Pow! Biff! Bang!».12 sentencespowderA dry substance made of very tiny pieces, like flour, dust or crushed chalk.13 sentencespowderyLike powder: fine, dry and soft.8 sentencespowerPower is the ability or strength to do something or to make things happen.14 sentencespowerfulVery strong; having a lot of strength or force.11 sentencespowerlessWithout the power or strength to do something.9 sentencespowhatanPowhatan was the leader of a large group of Algonquian-speaking Native American tribes in what is now Virginia, USA, around 1600; he was t…9 sentencespracticableAble to be done or put into practice successfully; possible in real life.7 sentencespracticalPractical means to do with doing real things rather than only ideas or theory.12 sentencespracticallyAlmost, nearly: «The jar is practically empty.».11 sentencespracticePractice is doing something again and again to get better at it, like playing the piano every day.15 sentencespractiseTo practise is to do something many times to get better at it: practise the piano.12 sentencespractitionerA practitioner is a person who does a skilled job, especially a doctor, nurse or lawyer.10 sentencesprairieA prairie is a large, flat area of grassland with few trees, especially in North America.10 sentencespraiseTo say that someone or something is good and that you admire them.10 sentencespraiseworthyDeserving praise; good and admirable.9 sentencespramA pram is a carriage with four wheels in which a baby lies down and is pushed along by an adult.10 sentencespranceTo prance is to move in a lively, showy way, lifting the feet high, like a proud horse or a boastful person.4 sentencesprankA prank is a trick played on someone to make people laugh.11 sentencespranksterA prankster is a person who likes playing prankstricks or jokes on other people. — 7 sentencesprattleTo prattle is to chatter on in a light, childish way.5 sentencesprawnA prawn is a small sea animal with a thin shell, long feelers and ten legs, which turns pink when cooked and is eaten as food.9 sentencesprayTo speak to God or a god, to give thanks, ask for help or say you are sorry.12 sentencesprayerA prayer is words that someone says to God or a god, to thank, praise or ask for help.10 sentencespreachTo give a religious talk, called a sermon, to people, usually in a church.11 sentencespreacherA person who gives religious talks (sermons), especially in a church.10 sentencespreachingGiving religious talks or sermons; the work of a preacher.10 sentencesprecautionA precaution is something you do in advance to stop something bad or dangerous from happening.9 sentencesprecautionaryDone to stop something bad from happening, before it happens.8 sentencesprecedeTo come or go before something in time, order or place.8 sentencesprecedencePrecedence is being more important than something else, so it comes first.11 sentencesprecedentAn action or decision from the past that is used as an example or rule for what to do later.8 sentencesprecedingComing just before something in time, order or position (the preceding page, the preceding year).9 sentencespreceptA rule or principle telling people how to behave or think.11 sentencespreceptorA preceptor is a teacher or tutor who looks after a young person's learning, often one who lives in the family.4 sentencesprecessionThe slow turning of the axis of a spinning object, such as a spinning top or the Earth, so that the axis traces a circle.8 sentencesprecinctA district of a city that has its own police station; also the police station itself.10 sentencespreciousPrecious means very valuable, worth a lot of money («precious stones», «precious metals»).13 sentencesprecipiceA precipice is a very steep cliff or drop, with a sheer face going down a long way.4 sentencesprecipitantA substance that you add to a liquid to make a solid form and come out of it (a precipitate).9 sentencesprecipitateTo make something bad happen suddenly or sooner than expected: «The argument precipitated a fight».13 sentencesprecipitationWater that falls from clouds to the ground in any form: rain, snow, sleet or hail.10 sentencesprecipitousPrecipitous means very steep, so that it is almost straight up or down.4 sentencespreciseExact and correct in every small detail.11 sentencespreciselyExactly; with no mistakes or difference (at precisely nine o'clock).11 sentencesprecisionPrecision means being very exact and careful, getting every small detail right.11 sentencesprecludeTo prevent something from happening, or make it impossible.9 sentencespreconditionSomething that must be true or must happen before something else can happen.7 sentencesprecursorSomething that came before a later thing and led to it or helped it develop: «The abacus was a precursor of the calculator.».10 sentencespredateTo exist or happen earlier than something else: «Dinosaurs predate humans by millions of years.».9 sentencespredationPredation is when one animal (a predator) hunts, kills and eats another animal (its prey).7 sentencespredatorA predator is an animal that hunts and eats other animals.11 sentencespredatoryLiving by hunting and eating other animals.8 sentencespredecessorA predecessor is the person who had a job or position before someone else.9 sentencespredicamentA predicament is a difficult or awkward situation that is hard to get out of.4 sentencespredictTo predict is to say what you think will happen in the future, before it happens.10 sentencespredictableAble to be guessed or known before it happens: «Tides are predictable.».9 sentencespredictionA prediction is a guess about what will happen in the future, often based on facts or evidence.9 sentencespredominanceThe state of being more in number or more common than others: «a predominance of girls in the choir».8 sentencespredominantlyMostly; mainly; for the greatest part.7 sentencespreenOf a bird: to clean and tidy its feathers with its beak.10 sentencesprefaceA preface is a short introduction at the start of a book, where the writer explains why the book was written.5 sentencesprefatoryPrefatory means coming at the beginning as an introduction, like a preface to a book or a short speech before the main one.9 sentencesprefectA prefect is an older pupil chosen to help keep order and help younger pupils at school.11 sentencespreferTo prefer means to like one thing more than another, or to choose it if you can.10 sentencespreferablePreferable means better or more suitable, so you would rather have or choose it.8 sentencespreferablyIf possible; it would be better if: «Come early, preferably before nine.».10 sentencespreferenceA liking for one thing more than another.10 sentencespreferentialPreferential means giving one person or group better treatment than others.8 sentencespreferentiallyIn a way that gives one person or thing better treatment than others: «Members are served preferentially.».8 sentencespreferredPreferred means liked one thing more than another.12 sentencesprefixA prefix is a group of letters added to the start of a word to make a new word with a different meaning, like un- in «unhappy», re- in «re…14 sentencespreformA preform is an object that has been partly shaped before its final shape, such as the small plastic tube that is blown up into a drinks b…8 sentencespreggerspregnant.7 sentencespregnancyThe time when a woman or a female animal has a baby growing inside her body.8 sentencespregnantA woman or female animal is pregnant when a baby (or babies) is growing inside her body before it is born.9 sentencesprehensilePrehensile means able to grip, hold or wrap around things, used about a body part such as a tail, foot, trunk or lip.8 sentencesprehistoricPrehistoric means from the very long time before people wrote things down, so before written history began.9 sentencesprehistoryThe very long time in the past before people wrote things down, so we learn about it from things they left behind, like tools, bones and c…8 sentencesprejudiceAn unfair opinion about a person or group, made before you know them, often because of their skin colour, religion, where they come from,…10 sentencespreliminaryPreliminary means coming before the main part and getting ready for it.12 sentencesprematureHappening or done too early, before the right time.9 sentencesprematurelyToo early; before the usual or proper time: «The baby was born prematurely.».9 sentencespremeditatedPlanned or thought about carefully beforehand, especially a crime or a bad act.7 sentencespremierA premier is the leader of a government, especially a prime minister; in Canada and Australia, a premier leads a province or state governm…9 sentencespremiseA premise is an idea or fact that an argument or plan is based on.9 sentencespremisesPremises are the buildings and land that a business, school or organisation uses.9 sentencespremiumAn amount paid regularly for insurance.12 sentencespremolarOne of the teeth between the pointed canine teeth and the big flat molars at the back of the mouth; premolars have two points and help cru…8 sentencespreoccupationA state of thinking about one thing so much that you hardly notice other things: «In his preoccupation, he missed the bus.».8 sentencespreoccupiedThinking so much about one thing, often a worry, that you do not notice what is around you: «She looked preoccupied.».8 sentences1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/page/10/