precritical /prē-kritˈi-kl/

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

• stridulous
• strife
• strifeful
• strifeless
• strifes
• strife-torn
• strift
• strifts
• strig
• striga
• strigae
• strigate
• Striges
• strigged
• strigging
• strigiform
• Strigiformes
• strigil
• strigils
• strigine
• Strigops
• strigose
• strigs
• strike
• strike a bad patch