predoctoral
/priːˈdɒkt(ə)rəl/ /priːˈdɒkt(ə)r(ə)l/originally US
adjective
Of, relating to, or designating research or other academic work preparatory to the award of a doctorate; (of a person) engaged in work of this kind.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in The American Economic Review. From pre- + doctoral.
- the Lords
- the Lord's Day
- the Lord's Prayer
- the Lord's Supper
- (the love of) money is the root of all evil
- the love that dare not speak its name
- the Lower House
- the lowest of the low
- the Lowlands
- the luck of the draw
- the lull before the storm
- the lull (or calm) before the storm
- them
- the Mafia
- the Magdalen
- the Magdalene
- the mailed fist
- the mails
- the Malverns
- the Man
- the Man in (also with) the Iron Mask
- the man in black
- the man in (or on) the street
- the man in the moon
- the man in white