precursor /prē-kûrˈsər/

1. Something that exists or goes in advance of another
2. An indication of the approach of an event
3. A forerunner, herald or harbinger
4. A predecessor
5. A substance from which the one in question is derived or manufactured (chem)

precurˈsive or precurˈsory adjective

• phlogiston
• phlogistons
• phlogopite
• phlogopites
• Phlomis
• Phlomises
• phlox
• Phlox
• phloxes
• Phloxes
• PHLS
• phlyctaena
• phlyctaenae
• phlyctaene
• phlyctena
• phlyctenae
• pho
• -phobe
• phobia
• phobias
• phobic
• phobics
• phobism
• phobisms
• phobist