A policeman spots a woman driving and knitting at the same time. Driving up beside her, he shouts out the window...
"Pull over!"
"No," she shouts back, "a pair of socks!"
—adj. Required as a precondition. —n. Prerequisite thing.
PRESBYTERIAN
—adj. (of a church) governed by elders all of equal rank, esp. With ref. To the church of scotland. —n. Member of a presbyterian church. presbyterianism n.
PRESCRIPTION
n. - act of prescribing.
- a doctor's (usu. Written) instruction for the supply and use of a medicine. B medicine prescribed.
PRESCRIPTIVE
adj. - prescribing, laying down rules.
- arising from custom.
PRESENTATION
n. - a presenting or being presented. B thing presented.
- manner or quality of presenting.
- demonstration or display of materials, information, etc.; lecture.
PRESENTIMENT
n. Vague expectation; foreboding (esp. Of misfortune).
PRESERVATIVE
—n. Substance for preserving perishable foodstuffs, wood, etc. —adj. Tending to preserve.
PRESUMPTUOUS
adj. Unduly or overbearingly confident. presumptuously adv. Presumptuousness n.
