precritical /prē-kritˈi-kl/

1. Preceding a crisis or critical phase
2. Prior to the development of the critical faculties

• hawksbeard
• hawksbeards
• hawksbill
• hawksbills
• hawkweed
• hawkweeds
• hawm
• hawmed
• hawming
• hawms
• haws
• hawse
• hawsed
• hawsehole
• hawseholes
• hawsepipe
• hawsepipes
• hawser
• hawser-laid
• hawsers
• hawses
• hawsing
• hawthorn
• Hawthorne effect
• hawthorns