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- PROCLIVEHaving a tendency by nature; prone
- PROCLIVITYA predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection; especially, a strong disposition or bent.
- PROCONSULA magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province.
- PROCONSULATEThe office of a proconsul.
- PROCTODEUMThe back ectodermal part of an alimentary canal.
- PROCUMBENTprone or prostrate
- PRODIGALWastefully extravagant.
- PRODIGALITYWasteful extravagance.
- PRODIGYAn extraordinary occurrence or creature; an anomaly, especially a monster; a freak.
- PRODUCETo bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.
- PRODUCTAnything that is produced; a result.
- PRODUCTIONThe act of producing, making or creating something.
- PRODUCTIVECapable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile.
- PROEMIALOf or pertaining to a proem or proemium.
- PROFANEUnclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
- PROFANITYThe quality of being profane; quality of irreverence, of treating sacred things with contempt.
- PROFESSTo administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order.
- PROFESSIONA declaration of faith. A promise or vow made on entering a religious order.
- PROFICIENTGood at something; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.
- PROFILEThe outermost shape, view, or edge of an object.
- PROFITTotal income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an adv
- PROFLIGACYCareless wastefulness.
- PROFLIGATEInclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
- PROFLUENCEOnward flow; current.
- PROFLUENCESOnward flow; current.
- PROFLUENTFlowing smoothly as if in a stream.
- PROFOUNDDescending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep.
- PROFUNDITYThe state of being profound; magnitude, gravity, or intensity.
- PROFUSEabundant or generous to the point of excess; copious; volubly expressed.
- PROFUSIONabundance; the state of being profuse; a cornucopia
- PROGENITALDeriving from or otherwise related to progeny or a progenitor or the anatomical region employed for progeneration.
- PROGENITIVEBeing able to produce offspring; reproductive.
- PROGENYOffspring or descendants considered as a group.
- PROGNOSTICATETo predict or forecast, especially through the application of skill.
- PROHIBITTo forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
- PROJECTA planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
- PROJECTILEAn object intended to be or having been shot from a weapon.
- PROJECTIONSomething which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out.
- PROJECTIVEprojecting outward
- PROLACTINA peptide gonadotrophic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland; it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation in females.
- PROLAPSETo move out of place; especially for an internal organ to protrude beyond its normal position.
- PROLATEElongated at the poles.
- PROLATIONSpeaking, utterance, the producing of words or speech.
- PROLATIVEuttered
- PROLICIDEThe crime of destroying one's offspring, either in the womb or after birth.
- PROLIFICFertile; producing offspring or fruit in abundance, applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.
- PROLIXTediously lengthy; dwelling on trivial details.
- PROLIXITYLong-windedness, tiresome length, an excess of words.
- PROLONGTo extend in space or length.
- PROLONGATESynonym of prolong.
- PROLUSIONA trial before the principal performance; a prelude.
- PROMISEAn oath or affirmation; a vow.
- PROMOTETo raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
- PROMPTQuick; acting without delay.
- PROMULGATETo make known or make public.
- PROMULGATIONThe act of promulgating or announcing something, especially a proclamation announcing a new law.
- PRONATETo turn or rotate one’s hand and forearm so that the palm faces down if the forearm is horizontal, back if the arm is pointing down, or forward if the forearm is pointing up; to tw
- PRONELying face-down.
- PRONTOQuickly, very soon, promptly.
- PROOFAn effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
- PROPELTo provide an impetus for motion or physical action; to cause to move in a certain direction; to drive or push forward.
- PROPELLENTAlternative spelling of propellant.
- PROPENSITYAn inclination, disposition, tendency, preference, or attraction.
- PROPITIATETo conciliate, appease, or make peace with someone, particularly a god or spirit.
- PROPOUNDTo put forward; to offer for discussion or debate.
- PROPULSIONThe process of propelling, driving, or pushing, typically forward or onward; a propulsive force or impulse.
- PROSCIUTTOA dry-cured ham from Italy, thinly sliced.
- PROSELanguage, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.
- PROSECUTETo start criminal proceedings against.
- PROSECUTIONThe act of prosecuting a scheme or endeavor.
- PROSPECTThe region which the eye overlooks at one time; a view; a scene; an outlook.
- PROSTATEThe prostate gland.
- PROSTITUTEDebased, corrupt; seeking personal gain by dishonourable means.
- PROSTITUTIONEngaging in sexual activity with another person for pay.
- PROTECTIONThe process of keeping (something or someone) safe.
- PROTENDTo hold out; to stretch forth.
- PROTENSIVEDrawn out; extended.
- PROTESTTo make a strong objection.
- PROTESTATIONA formal solemn objection or other declaration.
- PROUDFeeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.
- PROVANDprovender
- PROVIDETo make a living; earn money for necessities.
- PROVIDENCEPreparation for the future; good governance; foresight.
- PROVIDENTIALPertaining to divine providence.
- PROVINCEA region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country.
- PROVINCIALOf or pertaining to a province.
- PROVINETo lay a stock or branch of a vine in the ground for propagation.
- PROVISIONAn item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.
- PROVISOA conditional provision to an agreement.
- PROVOCANTOne who or that which provokes.
- PROVOKETo cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
- PROXIMALCloser to the point of attachment or observation.
- PROXIMATEClose or closest; adjacent.
- PROXIMITYCloseness; the state of being near in space, time, or relationship.
- PROXIMOOf next month.
- PROXYUsed as a proxy or acting as a proxy.
- PRUDEA person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature.
- PRUDENTSagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct.
- PRUDENTIALCharacterised by the use of prudence; arising from careful thought or deliberation.
- PRUINOSEHaving a very fine whitish powder (bloom) on a surface.