English words: propretor to prosensory
300 English words, part 181 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 34 have a page of their own.
English words propretor to prosensory
- propretor noun: Alternative spelling of propraetor.
- proprial adjective: Relating to a proper noun.
- proprialisation noun: Alternative spelling of proprialization.
- proprialization noun: The process of a common noun becoming a proper name or a common adjective becoming a proper adjective.
- proprietage noun: proprietorship
- proprietarial adjective /pɹəˌpɹaɪ.əˈtɛəɹi.əl/: Pertaining to proprietarians or proprietarianism (in colonial North America).
- proprietarially adverb: In a proprietarial manner.
- proprietarian noun /pɹəˌpɹaɪ.əˈtɛəɹi.ən/: A proponent of proprietarianism, that is, of proprietary colonies and proprietary government in colonial America.
- proprietarianism noun: A belief that property is an absolute right, sometimes to the extreme of considering it to overrule the human rights of others.
- proprietariat noun: People who own property.
- proprietarily adverb: In a proprietary way; with an air of ownership.
- proprietariness noun: The quality of being proprietary.
- proprietarity noun: The quality of being proprietary.
- proprietary adjective, noun /pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ə.tə.ɹi/: Of or relating to property or ownership.
- proprietary eponym noun: A successful brand name or trademark that has come into general use to refer to the generic class of objects rather than the specific brand type, usually...
- proprietary trading noun: Trading activity conducted by a securities firm for its own profit rather than for its clients.
- proprietess noun: Alternative form of proprietress.
- proprietive adjective: Of or relating to possession or being endowed of.
- proprietor noun /pɹəˈpɹaɪətɚ/: An owner.
- proprietoress noun: Alternative form of proprietress.
- proprietorial adjective: Of or pertaining to ownership.
- proprietorial borough noun: A rotten borough.
- proprietorially adverb: In a proprietorial manner; like an owner.
- proprietorship noun: The state of being a proprietor; ownership.
- proprietory adjective /pɹəˈpɹaɪətɔːɹi/: Alternative form of proprietary.
- proprietous adjective: proper
- proprietously adverb: In a proprietous or proper manner or way; properly.
- proprietousness noun: The state of being proprietous or proper; properness
- proprietress noun: A female proprietor.
- proprietrix noun: A female proprietor.
- propriety noun /pɹəˈpɹaɪəti/: The particular character or essence of someone or something; individuality.
- propriobulbar adjective: That projects to the medulla oblongata
- proprioception noun /ˌpɹəʊ.pɹi.əʊˈsɛp.ʃən/: The sense of the position of parts of the body, relative to other neighbouring parts of the body.
- proprioceptional adjective: Relating to proprioception
- proprioceptive adjective: Of or pertaining to proprioception.
- proprioceptively adverb: In terms of proprioception.
- proprioceptor noun: A nerve ending that functions as a sensory receptor in muscles, tendons, joints and the inner ear; they respond to movement and position
- proprioceptory adjective: Relating to proprioception or to a proprioceptor
- propriomotor adjective: proprioceptive and motor
- proprioreceptor noun: Alternative form of proprioceptor.
- proprioreceptory adjective: Alternative form of proprioceptory.
- propriosensitivity noun: Synonym of proprioception.
- propriospinal adjective: Relating specifically to the spine, and especially to those structures that connect segments of the spine
- propriospinally adverb: In a propriospinal manner
- proprium noun: A property that applies to all members of a species and only to them, serving to distinguish the species from other species within the same genus, yet is...
- proprochiral adjective: Describing an achiral compound that can be converted to a chiral one in two steps
- proprochirality noun: A form of prochirality in which an achiral compound is converted to a chiral one in two steps.
- proproctor noun: An assistant proctor in a university.
- proprofit adjective: Supporting or favouring the making of a profit.
- proprohibition adjective: Supportive of the prohibition of alcoholic drink.
- proproliferative adjective: That leads to proliferation
- proprotease noun: Any proenzyme that is converted into a protease
- proprotein noun: Any protein that is cleaved by a convertase to form a smaller protein or biologically-active polypeptide.
- proprotor noun: Any of the powered rotors of a tiltrotor aircraft.
- proprovincial adjective: Supporting or favouring a province.
- props interjection, noun, verb: plural of prop
- props master noun: Clipped compound of property master.
- propshaft noun: Alternative form of prop shaft.
- Propst proper noun: A surname.
- propstick noun: Any stick or pole used to prop something up.
- propsychotic adjective: That promotes psychosis.
- proptech noun: The application of information technology to real-estate markets.
- propterygial adjective: Relating to the propterygium.
- propterygium noun: The anterior of three principal cartilages in the fins of some fishes.
- proptose verb: To displace (an eye) in its socket; to cause exophthalmus.
- proptosis noun: exophthalmos
- proptotic adjective: exophthalmic
- propubic adjective: Having a pubic shaft that is directed forward
- propublicity adjective: Supporting or favouring publicity.
- propudious adjective: shameful, infamous, disgraceful
- propugn verb: To fight for, defend, or contend for something
- propugnacle noun: A defence, rampart or fortress.
- propugnation noun: means of defence; defence
- propugnator noun: A champion or defender.
- propugner noun: A defender, supporter, vindicator.
- propuh adjective: Pronunciation spelling of proper
- propulsatile adjective: Serving to force the contents to move in a rapid outflow.
- propulsation noun: The act of driving away or repelling; a keeping at a distance.
- propulsatory adjective: Tending to propel.
- propulse verb /pɹəˈpʌls/: To repel; to drive off or away.
- propulsion noun /pɹəˈpʌlʃən/: The process of propelling, driving, or pushing, typically forward or onward; a propulsive force or impulse.
- propulsionless adjective: Without a means of propulsion.
- propulsive adjective: Of or pertaining to propulsion
- propulsively adverb: In a propulsive way.
- propulsiveness noun: The state or condition of being propulsive.
- propulsor noun: A propellor enclosed in a short cylinder, that can typically be swivelled to change the angle of thrust.
- propulsory adjective: propulsive
- propunishment adjective: Supporting or favouring punishment.
- propurchase adjective: Supporting or favouring a purchase.
- propwash noun: Alternative form of prop wash.
- propwash deflection unit noun: A device placed over or behind the propeller of a boat to deflect its prop wash downward as a very effective form of agitation dredging, primarily used by...
- propwoman noun: A woman responsible for looking after the props in a theater
- propwood noun: Timber used to make props (vertical supports in a mine or similar).
- propygostylar adjective: On the spine, immediately in front of the pygostyle (describing a joint or vertebra).
- propyl noun /ˈpɹoʊpəl/: Either of two isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₃H₇, formally derived from propane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
- propyl alcohol noun: Synonym of 1-propanol.
- propylacrylamide noun: The N-propyl derivative of acrylamide that is a monomer used in the production of polyacrylamides
- propyladenine noun: Any propyl derivative of adenine
- propylaeon noun: Alternative form of propylaeum.
- propylaeum noun /ˌpɹəʊpɪˈliːəm/: A vestibule or entrance, (especially) to a temple.
- propylamine noun: Either of two amines derived from propane, but especially the primary amine CH₃CH₂CH₂NH₂
- propylammonium noun: The cation formed by protonation of propylamine; any of its derivatives
- propylamphetamine noun: A psychostimulant drug and research chemical of the phenethylamine and amphetamine chemical classes.
- propylate noun: Synonym of propionate.
- propylbenzene noun: The hydrocarbon CH₃-CH₂-CH₂-C₆H₅ that is the parent compound of the lignans
- propylcarbinol noun: n-butanol, a primary alcohol with a four-carbon structure and the chemical formula C₄H₉OH.
- propylene noun: The organic chemical compound propene. An alkene which is a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₃H₆.
- propylene glycol noun: α-propyleneglycol, 1,2-propanediol, CH₃CH(OH)CH₂OH, a thick oily liquid, used as an antifreeze and in many industrial applications
- propylene oxide noun: The epoxide derived from propane; it is used in the production of some polyethers
- propyleneglycol noun: Alternative form of propylene glycol.
- propyleneoxide noun: Alternative form of propylene oxide.
- propylenic adjective: Related to propylene or to polypropylene
- propylhexedrine noun: An adrenergic compound that is a sympathomimetic with varied medicinal uses.
- propylic adjective: propyl (attributive)
- propylidene noun: The divalent radical CH₃-CH₂-CH=
- propyliodone noun: A molecule used as a contrast medium.
- propylite noun: A form of andesite modified by hydrothermal processes.
- propylitisation noun: Alternative spelling of propylitization
- propylitization noun: The alteration of minerals and ores at low temperature and pressure
- propylketobemidone noun: A particular narcotic painkiller.
- propylmagnesium noun: A chemical containing propyl functional group attached to magnesium
- propylon noun: Alternative spelling of propylaeum.
- propylparaben noun: The n-propyl ester of p-hydroxybenzoic acid, used as a preservative.
- propylpyrazoletriol noun: A synthetic, non-steroidal agonist of ERα (estrogen receptor alpha), used in scientific research.
- propylthiouracil noun /ˌpɹəʊ.pʌɪl.θʌɪ.əʊˈjʊə.ɹə.sɪl/: A thioamide drug, used to treat hyperthyroidism by decreasing the amount of thyroid hormone produced by the thyroid gland, which is associated with a risk...
- propyne noun: the alkyne HC≡C-CH₃
- propynyl noun: A univalent radical derived from propyne
- propyperone noun: An anxiolytic drug.
- propyphenazone noun: A derivative of phenazone with similar analgesic and antipyretic effects.
- propyzamide noun: The herbicide C₁₂H₁₁Cl₂NO.
- proquazone noun: A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
- proquinazid noun: A particular fungicide.
- proquinolate noun: An antimicrobial solution.
- proracing adjective: Supporting or favouring racing.
- proracist adjective: In favour of racism.
- proradiate adjective: Synonym of prorsiradiate
- prorailroad adjective: In favour of a railroad.
- prorastomid noun: Any mammal in the family Prorastomidae, extinct early relatives of the dugong and manatees.
- prorata adverb: Alternative form of pro rata.
- proratable adjective: Divisible pro rata (proportionately); capable of being prorated.
- prorate verb /pɹoʊˈɹeɪt/: To divide proportionately, especially by day; to divide pro rata.
- prorater noun: A person employed to make debt repayments to multiple creditors on behalf of a debtor.
- proration noun: In budgeting, the proportional distribution or allocation of parameters, such as noise power and transmission losses, among a number of tandem-connected...
- prore noun: The front part of a ship.
- prorebel adjective: Supporting or favouring a rebel group.
- prorecall adjective: In favour of a recall.
- prorecognition adjective: Supporting or favouring the official recognition of something.
- proreconciliation adjective: Supporting or favouring reconciliation.
- prorecovery adjective: That promotes recovery
- prorector noun: An officer who presides over the academic senate of a university in certain countries, especially Germany.
- prorectorate noun: The office or position of prorector.
- proreferendum adjective: In favour of a referendum.
- proreform adjective: In favour of reform.
- proreformist noun: A person in favour of reform.
- proregenerative adjective: That leads to regeneration
- proregime adjective: In favor of a regime.
- proregression noun: A combination of progression and regression, cancelling each other out and leading to stasis.
- proregular adjective: Having the property that the inverse systems of the Koszul cohomology modules satisfy the Inverse limit#Mittag-Leffler condition.)
- prorehabilitation adjective: Supporting or favouring rehabilitation.
- prorenal adjective: pronephric
- prorenalase noun: A precursor protein that becomes renalase when activated
- prorenin noun: A precursor of renin
- prorepublican adjective: Supporting or favouring a republic.
- proresearch adjective: Supportive of research.
- proresolving adjective: That promotes resolution
- proresorptive adjective: That promotes resorption
- prorestriction adjective: Supporting or favouring a restriction.
- prorevival adjective: In favour of revival or revivalism.
- prorevivalist noun: A supporter of revival or revivalism.
- prorevolution adjective: In favour of revolution.
- prorevolutionary adjective: In favour of political revolution.
- prorex noun: viceroy
- prorhinal adjective: Situated in front of the nasal chambers.
- prorogate verb: to prorogue
- prorogation noun /pɹəʊɹəˈɡeɪʃn̩/: Causing something to last longer or remain in effect longer; prolongation, continuance.
- prorogator noun: One who prorogates.
- prorogue verb /pɹə(ʊ)ˈɹəʊɡ/: To suspend (a parliamentary session) or to discontinue the meetings of (an assembly, parliament etc.) without formally ending the session.
- proroguement noun: The act of proroguing; a prolongation or extension.
- proroguer noun: One who prorogues.
- proroguing noun, verb: A prolongation or extension.
- proroyal adjective: Supporting or favouring royalty.
- proroyalty adjective: Supporting or favouring royalty.
- prorsiradiate adjective: Inclined forward.
- prorubricyte noun: A red blood cell precursor, the third nucleated stage of red blood cell production.
- prorupt adjective, verb: To cause something to burst forth.
- prorupted adjective, verb: Having burst forth.
- proruption noun: The act or state of bursting forth; a bursting out.
- pros noun, prefix /pɹəʊz/: To, toward, before, forward, in front.
- pros and cons noun, verb: The advantages and disadvantages or positives and negatives regarding a specific choice or situation.
- pros ton kairon phrase: As the occasion requires.
- prosaccade noun: A saccade towards a target
- prosaccadic adjective: Relating to a prosaccade
- prosaic adjective /pɹəʊˈzeɪ.ɪk/: Pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose.
- prosaical adjective: Alternative form of prosaic.
- prosaicality noun: The quality of being prosaic.
- prosaically adverb: In a prosaic manner; straightforwardly.
- prosaicalness noun: The quality of being prosaic.
- prosaicism noun: The quality or state of being prosaic; a prosaic manner or style.
- prosaicness noun: The characteristic of being prosaic.
- prosaism noun /pɹəʊˈzeɪ.ɪzəm/: A manner, quality, expression, style, phrase or word that is prosaic.
- prosaist noun: A person who writes prose.
- prosal adjective /ˈpɹəʊzəl/: Of or pertaining to prose; prosaic.
- prosapogenin noun: The aglycone of a saponin
- prosaposin noun: A glycoprotein that is a precursor for saposins A, B, C, and D.
- prosaptide noun: A glycoprotein related to prosaposin
- prosarcopenic adjective: That promotes sarcopenia
- prosateur noun: A writer of French prose.
- prosauropod noun /pɹoʊˈsɔɹɵpɑd/: Any member of the Prosauropoda, a group of early herbivorous dinosaurs with a long neck and small head, forelimbs shorter than the hindlimbs, and a very...
- prosbul noun: Alternative form of prozbul.
- proscaline noun: 4-propoxy-3,5-DMPEA, a psychedelic and hallucinogenic drug.
- proscenium noun /pɹəʊˈsiː.ni.əm/: The stage area between the curtain and the orchestra.
- proscenium arch noun: The arch that frames a theater stage, and separates it from the auditorium.
- proscenium curtain noun: Synonym of front curtain.
- proschema noun: A screen or pretext for doing something, especially for waging war.
- proscience adjective: In favour of science or its methods or the scientific establishment.
- proscientific adjective: In favour of science.
- proscillaridin noun: A cardiac glycoside of the bufanolide type.
- prosciurine noun: Any squirrel of the genus Prosciurillus
- prosciutto noun /pɹəˈʃuː.toʊ/: A dry-cured ham from Italy, thinly sliced.
- prosciutto bread noun: A loaf bread which contains chunks of prosciutto and provolone, using lard.
- prosclerotic adjective: That leads to sclerosis
- proscolex noun: An early larval form of a trematode worm; a redia.
- proscribable adjective: Capable of being proscribed.
- proscribe verb /pɹəˈskɹaɪb/: To forbid or prohibit.
- proscribed adjective, verb: Forbidden or prohibited.
- proscriber noun: One who, or that which, proscribes, denounces, or prohibits.
- proscript adjective, noun: A prohibition; an interdiction.
- proscription noun /pɹəˈskɹɪp.ʃən/: A prohibition.
- proscriptionist noun: Someone who proscribes; a prohibitor.
- proscriptive adjective: proscribing or prohibiting, for example as according to a norm or standard
- proscriptively adverb: In a proscriptive manner.
- proscriptiveness noun: The quality of being proscriptive.
- proscriptivism noun: A proscriptive approach.
- proscriptivist noun: One who is characterized by proscribing; one who tends to proscribe.
- proscutellum noun: The penultimate segment of the pronotum of an arthropod.
- proscylliid noun: Any fish in the family Proscylliidae.
- proscynema noun: A formulaic inscription expressing adoration of or homage to a particular deity.
- proscynesis noun: Alternative form of proskynesis.
- prose noun, verb /ˈpɹəʊz/: Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.
- prose poem noun: A literary text written in the manner of prose–without the fixed lines, rhyme, and meter often characteristic of poetry–but nonetheless clearly possessing...
- prosecco noun /pɹəˈsɛkoʊ/: A dry, slightly sparkling Italian white wine made from that grape; also a geographical indication.
- prosecrecy adjective: Supporting or favouring secrecy.
- prosecretin noun: A precursor to secretin, activated by gastric acid
- prosecretory adjective: That leads to secretion
- prosect verb: To dissect beforehand, as in preparation for an anatomical lecture.
- prosection noun: An anatomical dissection carried out by an experienced anatomist as a demonstration for others.
- prosector noun: A person who prepares a body for dissection by students, or dissects them as demonstrations.
- prosector's wart noun: A rash, verruca necrogenica, of small, red papular nodules in the skin caused by inoculation with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a previously infected and...
- prosectorial adjective: Of or relating to a prosector.
- prosectorship noun: The role or status of prosector.
- prosecutability noun: The quality of being prosecutable.
- prosecutable adjective: Able to be prosecuted.
- prosecutably adverb: In a prosecutable manner.
- prosecute verb /ˈpɹɒsɪkjuːt/: To start criminal proceedings against.
- prosecutee noun: Synonym of defendant.
- prosecuting attorney noun: A public officer charged with carrying on the prosecution or representing the state in criminal proceedings and, in some jurisdictions, instituting or...
- prosecution noun /ˌpɹɒs.ɪˈkjuː.ʃən/: The act of prosecuting a scheme or endeavor.
- prosecution association noun: An organization of citizens, typically in the same community, who paid dues to cover one another's costs of privately prosecuting offenders should a crime...
- prosecution history noun: The record of the examination of a patent application, including the original application, responses made by the examiner, and amendments made by the...
- prosecution history estoppel noun: In United States patent law, the circumstance under which a person who has filed a patent application, and then made amendments to the application to...
- prosecutional adjective: Pertaining to prosecution, or to the prosecution of a particular case.
- prosecutive adjective: Of or pertaining to prosecution.
- prosecutive case noun: A special form of the prolative case used to describe movement along a surface or way.
- prosecutor noun /ˈpɹɑ.səˌkjuːˌtəɹ/: A prosecuting attorney.
- prosecutorial adjective: Relating to prosecuting of criminal cases.
- prosecutorially adverb: In a prosecutorial manner or context.
- prosecutorship noun: The rank or office of prosecutor.
- prosecutrix noun: A female prosecutor
- prosegment noun: A section of amino acids at one end of a protein molecule that assists in folding
- prosegregation adjective: In favor of segregation, especially racial segregation.
- proselike adjective: Resembling prose.
- proselyte noun, verb /ˈpɹɒsəlaɪt/: One who has converted to a religion or doctrine, especially a gentile converted to Judaism.
- proselyte of the gate noun: A convert who was not compelled to submit to the regulations of the Mosaic law.
- proselyter noun: A person who proselytes; a proselytizer.
- proselytess noun: A female proselyte; a female gentile who has converted to Judaism.
- proselytic adjective: Pertaining to proselytism.
- proselytical adjective: Alternative form of proselytic.
- proselytingly adverb: So as to proselytize.
- proselytisation noun: Alternative spelling of proselytization.
- proselytise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of proselytize.
- proselytiser noun: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of proselytizer.
- proselytism noun /ˈpɹɑsəlɪˌtɪzm/: The practice of proselytizing.
- proselytist noun: One who proselytises.
- proselytistic adjective: Synonym of proselytic.
- proselytization noun: The act or process of proselytizing.
- proselytize verb /ˈpɹɒs.əl.ɪ.taɪz/: To advertise one’s religious beliefs; to convert (someone) to one’s own faith or religious movement or encourage them to do so.
- proselytizing noun, verb: proselytism
- proselytor noun: A proselytizer, one who proselytes.
- proselytory adjective: Proselytizing.
- proseman noun: A male writer of prose.
- proseminar noun: A seminar that is open to (and accessible to) upper level undergraduates; contrasts with a graduate seminar (for graduate students only), which assumes more...
- proseminary noun: A seminary that prepares pupils for a higher institution.
- prosemite noun: Someone who favors Semitism.
- prosencephalic adjective: Of or pertaining to the prosencephalon.
- prosencephalon noun: The forebrain.
- prosenchyma noun: The tissues formed of elongated cells, especially those with pointed or oblique extremities, such as the principal cells of ordinary wood.
- prosenchymal adjective: Relating to the prosenchyma.
- prosenchymatous adjective: Relating to the prosenchyma.
- prosenescent adjective: Promoting senescence.
- prosensory adjective: Describing cells or other structures that will develop into sensory ones
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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.