PREGLACIAL
Pre*gla"cial, a. (Geol.)
Defn: Prior to the glacial or drift period.
PREGNABLE
Preg"na*ble, a, Etym: [F. prenable. See Impregnable.]
Defn: Capable of being entered, taken, or captured; expugnable; as, a pregnable fort. [R.] Cotgrave.
PREGNANCE
Preg"nance, n.
Defn: Pregnancy. [Obs.] Milton.
PREGNANCY
Preg"nan*cy, n.
1. The condition of being pregnant; the state of being with young.
2. Figuratively: The quality of being heavy with important contents, issue, significance, etc.; unusual consequence or capacity; fertility. Fuller.
PREGNANT Preg"nant, a. Etym: [L. praegnans, -antis; prae before + genere, gignere, to beget: cf. F. prégnant. See Gender, 2d Kin.]