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English words: progenitrix to projectise

300 English words, part 176 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 45 have a page of their own.

English words progenitrix to projectise

  1. progenitrix noun: A female progenitor, a foremother, any of a person's direct female ancestors (ancestresses).
  2. progeniture noun: procreation
  3. progenome noun: An RNA transcript of a genome
  4. progenote noun: Any (hypothesised) primordial organism in which the relationship between genotype and phenotype was still evolving.
  5. progeny noun /ˈpɹɒd͡ʒəni/: Offspring or descendants considered as a group.
  6. progeria noun /pɹoʊˈd͡ʒɪ(ə)ɹiə/: An extremely rare genetic condition wherein symptoms resembling aspects of aging are manifested at an early age.
  7. progeric adjective: Having or relating to progeria.
  8. progerin noun: A truncated version of the protein lamin A, involved in progeria.
  9. progeroid adjective: Resembling old age.
  10. progeroid syndrome of De Barsy noun: Synonym of De Barsy syndrome
  11. progestagen noun: Alternative spelling of progestogen.
  12. progestational adjective: Describing the phase of the menstrual cycle before gestation and after ovulation, during which progesterone is secreted.
  13. progesterone noun /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛstəɹəʊn/: A steroid hormone, secreted by the ovaries, whose function is to prepare the uterus for the implantation of a fertilized ovum and to maintain pregnancy.
  14. progesteronic adjective: Relating to, or characteristic of progesterone
  15. progestin noun: A synthetic progestagen intended to mimic the effects of progesterone, often for contraceptive purposes.
  16. progestin-only adjective: Synonym of progestogen-only.
  17. progestinic adjective: Relating to or composed of progestin.
  18. progestogen noun /pɹəˈdʒɛs.tə.dʒən/: The steroid hormone progesterone.
  19. progestogen-only adjective: Of a contraceptive drug, containing progesterone or other (typically synthetic) progestogens (progestins) without estrogens.
  20. progestogenic adjective: Relating to, or using a progestogen
  21. progestomimetic adjective: Mimicking the action of progesterone.
  22. progg noun: A left-wing, anticommercial musical movement in Sweden in the 1960s and 1970s.
  23. progger noun: A progressive rocker
  24. proggie noun /ˈpɹɒɡi/: A program, especially (historical) an externally produced hacking tool used to attack other users on early America Online services.
  25. proggins noun: proctor
  26. proggy adjective, noun: Characteristic of progressive rock music.
  27. proghead noun: A fan of progressive rock music.
  28. proghrelin noun: Any of a class of peptides produced by ghrelin cells of the gastric mucosa
  29. ProgID noun: Abbreviation of programmatic identifier (string that represents the underlying Clsid).
  30. proglacial adjective: Situated in front, or outside the margins, of a glacier or ice sheet (and formed from its meltwaters).
  31. proglike adjective: Alternative spelling of prog-like.
  32. proglottic adjective: Of or pertaining to a proglottid.
  33. proglottid noun: A segment of a tapeworm; they contain both male and female reproductive organs
  34. proglottidization noun: The development of proglottid segments of a tapeworm.
  35. proglottis noun: proglottid
  36. proglucagon noun: Any of a group of polypeptides that are cleaved to produce glucagon.
  37. proglumetacin noun: A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
  38. proglumide noun: A cholecystokinin antagonist drug that inhibits gastrointestinal motility and reduces gastric secretions.
  39. proglutelin noun: A glutelin precursor
  40. proglycolytic adjective: That produces glycolysis
  41. prognathia noun: Prognathism.
  42. prognathic adjective: Synonym of prognathous.
  43. prognathism noun: An abnormal projection of the jaws.
  44. prognathous adjective /ˈprɑɡnəθəs/: Having a jaw that projects forward more than is usual, or being such a jaw.
  45. prognathy noun: Alternative form of prognathia.
  46. prognose verb: To make a prognosis.
  47. prognosis noun /pɹɒɡˈnəʊsɪs/: A forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known; a prediction.
  48. prognostes noun: A prognosticator.
  49. prognostic adjective, noun /pɹɒɡˈnɒstɪk/: Of, pertaining to or characterized by prognosis or prediction.
  50. prognosticable adjective: Capable of being prognosticated or foretold; predictable.
  51. prognostical adjective: Alternative form of prognostic.
  52. prognostically adverb: In prognostic terms.
  53. prognosticant adjective, noun /pɹəɡˈnɒstɪkənt/: Synonym of prognosticatory.
  54. prognosticate verb /pɹɒɡˈnɒstɪkeɪt/: To predict or forecast, especially through the application of skill.
  55. prognosticating adjective, verb: Of something that predicts or forecasts.
  56. prognostication noun: A statement about or prior knowledge of the future.
  57. prognosticative adjective: Serving to prognosticate.
  58. prognosticator noun /pɹɒɡˈnɒstɪkeɪtə(ɹ)/: One who prognosticates or makes predictions; one who forecasts or guesses.
  59. prognosticatory adjective /pɹɒɡˈnɒstɪkətəɹi/: That prognosticates or makes predictions about the future; predictive.
  60. prognosticous adjective: Prognostic.
  61. prognostics noun /pɹɑɡˈnɑstɪks/: An engineering discipline focused on predicting the time at which a system or a component will no longer perform its intended function.
  62. prognostification noun: Alternative form of prognostication.
  63. prognostify verb: To prognosticate.
  64. prognostize verb: To prognosticate.
  65. progoitrin noun: A glycoside of 1,5-vinyl-2-thiooxazolidone present in the foliage of brassicas.
  66. progovernment adjective: In favour of the government.
  67. progradation noun: The growth of a river delta farther out into the sea over time, as it gains more sediment
  68. progradational adjective: Relating to progradation
  69. progradationally adverb: In a progradational manner.
  70. prograde adjective, verb /ˈpɹəʊɡɹeɪd/: Moving in a forward direction, especially with respect to other bodies in the same system.
  71. program noun, verb /ˈpɹəʊ̯ˌɡɹæm/: A set of structured activities; a plan of action.
  72. program cabinet noun: Synonym of cabinet (“a cabinet-level agency in the executive branch”).
  73. program committee noun: A group of experts responsible for reviewing scientific conference submissions and drafting the conference program.
  74. program counter noun: A register that stores the address of the current (or next) instruction to be carried out by the processor.
  75. program evaluation and review technique noun: A method for diagramming and analyzing the flow of dependent tasks and other events in a project.
  76. program evaluation review technique noun: Alternative form of program evaluation and review technique.
  77. program guide noun: A usually weekly periodical that guides the reader through the programs being broadcast on radio or TV; often supplemented with celebrity gossip and other...
  78. program music noun: A form of art music, generally without vocal parts, that attempts to convey a scene, image, or mood.
  79. program slicer noun: A software analysis tool that displays data links and related characteristics to enable a programmer to track the effects of proposed changes.
  80. program trading noun: High-volume and high-speed buying and selling of investment securities, such as stocks and bonds, which is initiated and executed by brokerage firms'...
  81. programable adjective: Alternative form of programmable.
  82. programed verb: Alternative spelling of programmed.
  83. programer noun: Alternative spelling of programmer.
  84. programing verb: Alternative spelling of programming.
  85. programist noun: Alternative form of programmist.
  86. programistic adjective: Alternative form of programmistic.
  87. programless adjective: Without programs.
  88. programlessness noun: The quality of being programless.
  89. programm noun: Same as programme.
  90. programma noun: Any law, which, after it had passed the Athenian senate, was fixed on a tablet for public inspection before being proposed to the general assembly of the...
  91. programmability noun: The abstract capability of being programmable.
  92. programmable adjective, noun /pɹəʊˈɡɹæməbəl/: Capable of being programmed.
  93. programmable logic array noun: Is a kind of programmable logic device used to implement combinational logic circuits.
  94. programmable logic controller noun: A programmable electronic device used in industrial automation to provide logic and sequencing controls for machinery.
  95. programmable matter noun: Matter which can change its physics properties in a programmable way.
  96. programmable read only memory noun: A type of read-only memory which can be written to once (write once, read many memory/WORM), and thereafter becomes fixed in value.
  97. programmably adverb: In a programmable manner
  98. programmatic adjective /ˌpɹəʊ.ɡɹəˈmæt.ɪk/: Of, relating to, or using a step-by-step program–especially a computer program.
  99. programmatical adjective: programmatic
  100. programmatically adverb /pɹoʊɡɹəˈmætɪk(ə)li/: In a programmatic manner.
  101. programmatism noun: Support for a programme or schedule, especially politically.
  102. programmatist noun: Synonym of programmist.
  103. programme noun, verb /ˈpɹoʊˌɡɹæm/: UK, New Zealand, and India standard spelling of program.
  104. programme-maker noun: A person responsible for the creation of television or radio programmes.
  105. programme music noun: Alternative form of program music.
  106. programme parade noun: A block of airtime used to list and describe the upcoming programming schedule.
  107. programme trading noun: Alternative form of program trading.
  108. programmed adjective, verb: having a minister or pastor who conducts religious services.
  109. programmed cell death noun: The regulated death of a cell, mediated by an intracellular program.
  110. programmed function key noun: A function key whose function can be assigned by the user or by a program.
  111. programmed obsolescence noun: planned obsolescence implemented through deliberate limitations in software or hardware
  112. programmed random occurrence noun: A proc.
  113. programmer noun /ˈpɹəʊɡɹæmə/: One who writes computer programs.
  114. programmer art noun: Crude or ugly visuals created by a developer as placeholders.
  115. programmer socks noun: Synonym of programming socks.
  116. programming noun, verb /ˈpɹəʊɡɹəmɪŋ/: The designing, scheduling or planning of a radio or television program/programme.
  117. programming by contract noun: Synonym of design by contract.
  118. programming in the large noun: Designing a complex software system as a composition of smaller parts.
  119. programming in the small noun: Writing individual lines of code in a programming language.
  120. programming interface noun: Ellipsis of application programming interface.
  121. programming language noun /ˈpɹəʊɡɹæmɪŋ læŋɡwɪdʒ/: A code of reserved words and symbols used in computer programs, which give instructions to the computer on how to accomplish certain computing tasks.
  122. programming socks noun: Particularly feminine thigh-highs, facetiously touted as a way to improve one's programming by transfemmes and femboys in the computing community.
  123. programming style noun: The conventions and patterns used in writing source code, resulting in a consistent and readable codebase.
  124. programmist noun: One who supports a programme or schedule, especially politically.
  125. programmistic adjective: Of or relating to program music.
  126. programwide adjective, adverb: Throughout a program.
  127. progranulin noun: A precursor protein to granulin.
  128. progranulocyte noun: promyelocyte
  129. progranulocytic adjective: That promotes the growth of granulocytes
  130. progravitational adjective: That is aligned with gravitational forces
  131. progredience noun: The quality of being progredient.
  132. progrediency noun: The quality of being progredient.
  133. progredient adjective: Of the course of an illness, progressive.
  134. Progreso proper noun: A barangay of Aglipay, Quirino, Philippines.
  135. progress noun, verb /ˈpɹəʊ.ɡɹɛs/: Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.
  136. progress bar noun: A bar that indicates the progression of a task by gradually filling its empty space with solid colour.
  137. Progress Pride flag noun: A variant of the rainbow flag consisting of the original six horizontal bars with the addition of a large chevron to the hoist featuring three stripes of...
  138. progress report noun /ˈpɹəʊɡɹɛs ɹɪˈpɔːt/: a report made to document the work done on a project
  139. progressable adjective: Alternative form of progressible.
  140. progresser noun: Alternative form of progressor.
  141. progressible adjective: Capable of being progressed.
  142. progression noun /pɹəˈɡɹɛʃn̩/: The act of moving from one thing to another.
  143. progressional adjective: Of or pertaining to progression; tending to, or capable of, progress.
  144. progressionally adverb: progressively
  145. progressionary adjective: Synonym of progressional.
  146. progressionism noun: The belief in a progressive trend, especially in aspects of nature or the cosmos.
  147. progressionist noun: An advocate of social progress, ideally towards perfection.
  148. progressism noun: Synonym of progressivism.
  149. progressist noun: Synonym of progressionist (“one who makes or supports progress”).
  150. progressive adjective, noun /pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv/: Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.
  151. progressive aspect noun: A grammatical aspect that expresses the dynamic quality of actions that are in progress.
  152. progressive assimilation noun: An assimilation whereby a sound becomes more like the preceding sound.
  153. progressive bluegrass noun: A genre of bluegrass that subverts tradition by adding drums, electric guitar and other modern elements of popular music.
  154. Progressive Conservative adjective, noun: A member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
  155. progressive creationism noun: A type of Old Earth creationism which posits that God created new forms of life gradually over a period of hundreds of millions of years.
  156. progressive creationist adjective, noun: Of or related to progressive creationism.
  157. progressive dinner noun: A dinner party in which each successive course is prepared and eaten at the residence of a different host.
  158. progressive education noun: A pedagogical movement that began in the late 19th century and replaced classically-based rote learning with hands-on experience, critical thinking, and...
  159. progressive enhancement noun: A philosophy in which a website's functionality is enhanced by JavaScript, rather than wholly reliant on JavaScript.
  160. progressive freefall noun: A training method designed to quickly teach a beginner solo freefall skills under instructor supervision.
  161. progressive grid noun: A starting grid where competitors are positioned according to the finishing order of a previous race.
  162. progressive house noun: A house music genre originating from the late 1990s.
  163. progressive infantile poliodystrophy noun: Alpers' disease.
  164. progressive jazz noun: A form of big band music that is more complex or experimental, originating in the 1940s.
  165. progressive longways formation noun: A country dance, most often specifically a type of New England line dance.
  166. progressive love noun: A committed open relationship based on boosting the love and affection opportunities available for one's partner
  167. progressive metal noun: a subgenre of heavy metal with progressive rock influences
  168. progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy noun: a brain infection caused by reactivation of latent JC virus
  169. progressive overload noun: A gradual increase of stress on a muscle as it grows in strength.
  170. progressive rap noun: Synonym of conscious rap.
  171. progressive rock noun: A rock music genre originating from the late 1960s and early 1970s, heavily influenced by classical music and jazz.
  172. progressive scan noun: A method of displaying or transmitting an image or film in which all horizontal lines of a frame are drawn in sequence.
  173. progressive sclerosing poliodystrophy noun: Alpers' disease
  174. progressive stack noun: A list of speakers arranged so that people from marginalized groups get the chance to speak first.
  175. progressive supper noun: Synonym of progressive dinner.
  176. progressive tax noun: a tax whose percentage increases as a person's wealth increases.
  177. progressive tense noun: Synonym of continuous tense.
  178. progressive verb noun: A form of a verb in which its gerund (or present participle) is used with any form of the verb "to be"
  179. progressive war noun: A military strategy where only enemy combatants are targeted and civilian collateral damage and casualties are kept to a minimum.
  180. progressive web app noun: Synonym of progressive web application.
  181. progressive web application noun: A type of application software delivered through the web, built using common web technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and WebAssembly.
  182. progressively adverb /pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪvli/: In a progressive manner.
  183. progressiveness noun: The quality of being progressive
  184. progressivism noun /prəˈɡrɛsᵻvɪz(ə)m/: A political ideology that favours progress towards better conditions in society.
  185. progressivist adjective, noun: An advocate of progressivism.
  186. progressivistic adjective: Relating to, or supporting, progressivism.
  187. progressivity noun: The condition of being progressive.
  188. progressless adjective: devoid of progress
  189. progresslessness noun: Absence of progress.
  190. progressophobe noun: One who is pessimistic about the collateral damage of progress.
  191. progressor noun: A person who makes progress, or facilitates progress in others.
  192. proguanil noun: A prophylactic antimalarial drug effective against sporozoites.
  193. progue noun, verb: A sharp point; a goad.
  194. progun adjective: Supportive of guns, especially widespread firearm training.
  195. progymnasium noun: A German classical school without the higher classes; a school preparatory to a gymnasium.
  196. progymnasmata noun: A series of preliminary rhetorical exercises originated in Ancient Greece, aiming to prepare students for writing declamations after they had completed...
  197. progymnastic adjective: Relating to the progymnasmata.
  198. progymnosperm noun: A very early form of plant that produced both wood (like trees) and spores (like ferns).
  199. progymnospermous adjective: Of or relating to progymnosperms.
  200. prohaemocyte noun: Alternative form of prohemocyte.
  201. prohairesis noun: The Stoic principle that people have a choice in how they judge, and are affected by, externalities.
  202. prohairetic adjective: Relating to prohairesis.
  203. prohaptor noun: An anterior haptor.
  204. prohaptoral adjective: Relating to the prohaptor
  205. Prohaska proper noun: A surname.
  206. prohead noun: A procapsid.
  207. prohedonic adjective: That seeks to maintain or increase positive effects
  208. prohedria noun: Alternative form of proedria.
  209. prohemocyte noun: A form of invertebrate stem cell that becomes a hemocyte
  210. prohemocytic adjective: Relating to prohemocytes
  211. prohemolysin noun: A precursor of hemolysin
  212. prohemostatic adjective: That promotes hemostasis
  213. prohepatogenic adjective: That promotes hepatogenesis
  214. prohepcidin noun: A propeptide that is a precursor of hepcidin
  215. proheptazine noun: A particular narcotic painkiller.
  216. proherbicide noun: A natural product that may be used commercially as a herbicide
  217. proheterocyst noun: A structure, in cyanobacteria, that develops into a heterocyst
  218. prohi noun: A prohibitionist; a Prohibition agent.
  219. prohibit verb /pɹəˈhɪbɪt/: To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
  220. prohibitable adjective: Capable of being prohibited.
  221. prohibited adjective, verb /pɹəˈhɪbɪtɪd/: Forbidden; banned; unallowed.
  222. prohibitedness noun: The quality of being prohibited.
  223. prohibiter noun: Someone who prohibits or forbids.
  224. prohibitin noun: A protein, found in almost all living things, thought to have multiple functions.
  225. prohibition noun /ˌpɹəʊ(h)ɪˈbɪʃən/: An act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing, or proscribing something.
  226. prohibitional adjective: Relating to prohibition; serving to forbid or ban.
  227. prohibitionary adjective: Serving to prohibit something.
  228. prohibitionism noun: The doctrine that people will refrain from certain actions if they are deemed unlawful (prohibited)
  229. prohibitionist noun: A person who agrees with, or advocates a prohibition, especially the outlawing of the sale of alcoholic beverages
  230. prohibitionistic adjective: Of or pertaining to a prohibition.
  231. prohibitive adjective, noun /pɹəˈhɪbɪtɪv/: Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow.
  232. prohibitive mood noun: The negative imperative mood.
  233. prohibitively adverb: In a prohibitive manner.
  234. prohibitiveness noun: The quality of being prohibitive.
  235. prohibitor noun: One who prohibits.
  236. prohibitorily adverb: In a prohibitory manner.
  237. prohibitory adjective: That serves to prohibit or forbid
  238. proholiday adjective: In favour of a public holiday.
  239. prohormonal adjective: Relating to prohormones.
  240. prohormone noun: A substance that is a precursor to a hormone, usually having minimal hormonal effect by itself
  241. prohypertensive adjective: That produces hypertension
  242. prohypertrophic adjective: That leads to hypertrophy
  243. proictal adjective: That leads to an ictal attack
  244. proictogenic adjective: That leads to ictogenesis
  245. proimmunogenic adjective: That leads to immunogenesis
  246. proimperialist adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of pro-imperialist.
  247. proincest adjective: Alternative form of pro-incest.
  248. proinclusion adjective: Supporting or favouring a policy of inclusion.
  249. proindustrial adjective: Favoring industry
  250. proindustry adjective: In favour of industry.
  251. proinflammation adjective: proinflammatory
  252. proinflammationary adjective: Alternative form of proinflammatory.
  253. proinflammatory adjective, noun /ˌpɹoʊ.ɪnˈflæm.əˌtɔɹ.i/: Producing or promoting inflammation.
  254. proinhibitor noun: Any substance that initiates inhibition
  255. proinjunction adjective: In favour of an injunction.
  256. proinsulin noun: A polypeptide that is the prohormone precursor of insulin
  257. prointervention adjective: In favour of intervention.
  258. prointerventionist adjective, noun: Supporting an intervention or interventionism.
  259. proinvasive adjective: That leads to invasion
  260. proinvestment adjective: In favour of investment.
  261. proirrigation adjective: In favour of irrigation.
  262. proisocortex noun: An area of the neocortex
  263. proisocortical adjective: relating to the proisocortex
  264. proj. noun: Abbreviation of project.
  265. projabber noun: Alternative form of pro-jabber.
  266. projapygid noun: Any dipluran in the family Projapygidae.
  267. project noun, verb /ˈpɹɒd͡ʒ.ɛkt/: A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
  268. project accounting noun: A type of managerial accounting oriented toward the goals of project management and delivery.
  269. project-based learning noun: An educational approach centered on student empowerment, where individuals delve into real-world complexities over an extended period.
  270. project box noun: A casing or enclosure for electronic components, used by hobbyists to house what they build.
  271. project engineer noun: An engineer who designs and coordinates engineering aspects of a construction project
  272. project evaluation and review technique noun: Synonym of program evaluation and review technique.
  273. project evaluation review technique noun: Synonym of program evaluation and review technique.
  274. project fire noun: A large fire requiring special firefighting measures.
  275. project manage verb: To carry out project management.
  276. project management noun: The discipline of organizing and managing resources (e.g. people) in such a way that a project is completed within defined scope, quality, time and cost...
  277. project manager noun: One who manages projects.
  278. project nation noun: Synonym of micronation.
  279. project-oriented adjective: Focusing on delivering a product within a set time frame, budget, and scope.
  280. projectability noun: The condition of being projectable
  281. projectable adjective: Able to be projected.
  282. projectably adverb: In a projectable manner
  283. projected adjective, verb /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktɪd/: displayed
  284. projectedly adverb: According to a projection.
  285. projectible adjective: Alternative form of projectable.
  286. projectile adjective, noun /pɹə(ʊ)ˈd͡ʒɛktʌɪl/: An object intended to be or having been shot from a weapon.
  287. projectile point noun: The head or tip of a shaft that is thrown (that is, projected away from the user) as a weapon.
  288. projectile vomit noun, verb: To vomit with great expulsive force, so that the material expelled is projected away from the source.
  289. projecting adjective, noun, verb /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktɪŋ/: Sticking out.
  290. projectingly adverb: In a projecting way.
  291. projection noun /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/: Something which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out.
  292. projection matrix noun: A transformation matrix whose associated transformation is a projection.
  293. projection microscope noun: A type of microscope designed to cast magnified images onto a wall or screen for an audience, rather than for use by a single observer at an eyepiece.
  294. projectional adjective: Of or relating to projection.
  295. projectionally adverb: By means of projection
  296. projectionism noun: The idea that individuals form an idea of the external world by projecting their own internal beliefs onto it.
  297. projectionist noun: A person who operates a film projector, especially one who does so as an occupation at a movie theatre or drive-in theatre.
  298. projectionless adjective: In which 0 and 1 are the only projections.
  299. projectisation noun: Alternative spelling of projectization
  300. projectise verb: Alternative form of projectize.

Part 175 · Part 177 · English words: P

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under P: 63,631 words, in 213 parts.