English words: protosign to provene

300 English words, part 186 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 23 have a page of their own.

English words protosign to provene

protosign noun: Simple gestures that might eventually develop into a sign language system.
protosilencer noun: An immature silencer
protosilicate noun: A silicate formed with the lowest proportion of silicic acid, or having only one atom of silicon in the molecule.
Protosinaitic adjective: Alternative form of Proto-Sinaitic.
protosinusid noun: Any weevil of the genus Protosinus
protosirenid noun: Any extinct mammal in the family Protosirenidae.
protosite noun: Any part of a biomolecule that has the potential to be a site for the attachment of another one
protosocial adjective: Relating to a primitive, relatively simple social system.
protosociety noun: A primitive, relatively simple social system.
protosociological adjective: Being or relating to an earlier form of what is now known as sociology.
protosolar adjective: Describing the conditions prior to the formation of the solar system, or describing the protostar that became the sun
protosolvent noun: Any protonated solvent (containing hydrogen atoms), especially when residually present during NMR spectroscopy
protosomal adjective: Relating to protosomes
protosome noun: The proboscis of hemichordate animals.
protosomite noun: One of the segments, or metameres, of an animal in its early stage of development.
protospacer noun: A particular DNA motif.
protospatharios noun: A military governor in the Byzantine empire
protospatharius noun /ˌpɹəʊ.təʊ.pəˈθɛəɹi.əs/: Alternative form of protospatharios.
protospecies noun /ˈpɹəʊtəʊˌspiːʃiːz/: A preexisting type of species from which other species evolved.
protospeech noun: Simple utterances that might eventually develop into systematic speech.
protosphere noun: A structure that develops into a cell
protospine noun: A structure that develops into a spine
protosplice adjective: Describing a site in a codon into which introns are first inserted
protosporangiid noun: Any slime mould of the order Protosporangiida
protospore noun: A uninucleate body from which a spore develops
protostane noun: A steroid hydrocarbon tetramethyl-nor-cholestane that is a precursor of many triterpenoids and other steroids
protostar noun /ˈpɹəʊtə(ʊ)stɑː/: A collection of gas and dust in space with high temperature that usually grows to the point of beginning nuclear fusion and becoming a star.
protostate noun: An inchoate state; a geopolitical entity that might develop into a state.
protostatehood noun: Inchoate statehood; the property of being a protostate.
protostates noun: A man positioned in front of an epistates in an Ancient Greek phalanx.
protostegid noun: Any turtle in the family Protostegidae.
protostele noun: A type of stele, in which the vascular tissue in the stem forms a solid core, with no central pith or leaf gaps.
protostelic adjective: Of or possessing a protostele.
protostelid noun: Any of the Protosteliales, a group of primitive slime molds.
protosteliid noun: Any slime mould of the order Protosteliida
protostellar adjective: Of or pertaining to a protostar.
protosteloid adjective: Relating to the protostelids
protostoma noun: Synonym of blastopore.
protostomal adjective: Relating to a protostoma
protostomatous adjective: Of or pertaining to a protostome
protostome noun: Any animal, of the taxon Protostomia, in which the mouth is derived from the embryonic blastopore
protostomian adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to the protostomes
protostomic adjective: Relating to or composed of protostomes.
protostomous adjective: Of or pertaining to a protostome
protostring noun: A hypothetical precursor to a fundamental string that can evolve into a fundamental string as the higher dimensions compactify.
protostrongylid noun: Any nematode of the family Protostrongylidae
protostructure noun: An initial structure
protostyle noun: A style in front of the protocone, in the protoflexus.
protostylid noun: A stylid in front of the protoconid, in the protoflexid.
protosuchian noun: Any crocodyliform of the clade Protosuchia
protosuchid noun: Any crocodylomorph in the family Protosuchidae.
protosulfide noun: Any of a series of sulfides of a particular metal that has the fewest atoms of sulfur per molecule
protosulphate noun: A compound of sulphuric acid with the protoxide of a metal.
protosulphide noun: Alternative spelling of protosulfide.
protosulphuret noun: A protosulfide.
protosun noun: Synonym of protostar.
protosyllabic adjective: Of or relating to a protosyllable.
protosyllable noun: A vocalization in speech that is the precursor to a syllable.
protosynapse noun: An evolutionary precursor of the synapse
protosynaptic adjective: Relating to a protosynapse
protosyncellus noun: The deputy of an Eastern Orthodox or Eastern Catholic bishop.
protosyntactic adjective: Of or pertaining to protosyntax.
protosyntactical adjective: of, or relating to protosyntax
protosyntax noun: That part of syntax that omits membership.
prototetrapod noun: Any extinct animal that evolved into a vertebrate tetrapod
protothecan noun: Any alga of the genus Prototheca.
protothecoide noun: A microalga of the species Auxenochlorella protothecoides
protothecosis noun: Infection by a parasitic green alga of the genus Prototheca.
prototheme noun: The first element of a name composed of two traditional name roots.
prototheorid noun: Any moth in the family Prototheoridae.
protothere noun: prototherian
prototherial adjective: Belonging to the taxonomic subclass Prototheria.
prototherian adjective, noun /ˌpɹoʊtɵˈθɪəɹi.ən/: Belonging or pertaining to the subclass Prototheria.
protothetic noun: A particular theory of the relationships between propositions
protothread noun: A lightweight stackless thread used in concurrent programming.
prototile noun: Any of the minimal set of non-congruent shapes from which a larger set of shapes, some of which may be congruent, can be produced.
prototokoronin noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
prototonic adjective: Accented on the first syllable.
prototoxin noun: Any substance that is converted into a toxin
prototrace noun: A trace containing temporary placeholder variables.
prototribestin noun: A steroid glycoside found in Tribulus terrestris.
prototroch noun: A ciliary band in the larvae of trochophores
prototrochal adjective: Relating to a prototroch
prototroph noun: Any microorganism that can synthesize its nutrients from inorganic material
prototrophic adjective: Of or pertaining to a prototroph or to prototrophy.
prototrophism noun: Reversion to the growth factor requirements of an ancestral strain.
prototrophy noun: The condition of being a prototroph
prototropic adjective: Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting prototropy
prototropically adverb: In a prototropic way.
prototropy noun: A form of tautomerism in which the two forms differ only in the position of a proton; the transfer of a proton between these two forms.
prototypability noun: The state or condition of being prototypable.
prototypable adjective: Able to be prototyped.
prototypal adjective: Of or pertaining to a prototype
prototype noun, verb /ˈpɹəʊtətaɪp/: An original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations and models.
prototype-based adjective: making inheritance possible by cloning objects instead of instantiating them from classes
prototype-based language noun: A programming language in which behaviour reuse (or inheritance) is performed via cloning existing objects that serve as prototypes.
prototype-based programming noun: A programming style, where inheritance is achieved by using existing objects by means of delegation that act as prototypes.
prototype-based scripting language noun: A programming language that uses prototypes to allow objects to inherit properties and methods from other objects.
prototype extension noun: An extension, enrichment or continuation of a declaration of a function.
prototype-oriented adjective: Of or pertaining to a style of object-oriented programming that uses existing objects as prototypes to reuse behavior.
prototype-oriented programming noun: A programming paradigm that encapsulates states and operations inside "prototypes" to design applications and computer programs.
prototype pattern noun: A creational design pattern that determines the type of objects to create by a prototypical instance, which is cloned to produce new objects.
prototype racecar noun: Synonym of sports prototype.
prototype racing noun: Sports car racing only involving a sports prototype vehicle.
prototype theory noun: A theory of categorization in cognitive science, particularly in psychology and cognitive linguistics.
prototyped adjective, verb: Constructed as a prototype.
prototyper noun: One who, or that which, prototypes.
prototypic adjective: Of or pertaining to a prototype; prototypical
prototypical adjective /ˌpɹəʊtəˈtɪpɪkəl/: Constituting or representing an original type of something that others are modelled on or derived from.
prototypicality noun: The condition of being prototypical
prototypically adverb: In a prototypical manner.
prototyping noun, verb /ˈpɹəʊtətaɪpɪŋ/: The rapid creation of prototypes of a new product for demonstration and research purposes.
prototypographer noun: One of the first people to introduce printing to a given city, state, etc.
prototyrant noun: An early tyrant.
protourism adjective: In favour of tourism.
protovascular adjective: nonvascular, but from which veins develop
protoveratrine noun: A ceveratrum alkaloid.
protoverine noun: A ceveratrum alkaloid.
protovertebra noun: One of the primitive masses, or segments, into which the mesoblast of the vertebrate embryo breaks up on either side of the anterior part of the notochord;...
protovertebral adjective: Of or pertaining to the protovertebrae.
protovertebrate adjective, noun: Relating to the protovertebra
protoviral adjective: Relating to a protovirus.
protovirus noun: A DNA sequence capable of mutating into an oncogenic virus, proposed as a hypothesis to explain the origin of ribodeoxyviruses as arising from normal...
protoword noun: An early wordlike utterance produced by an infant before it has acquired a true language.
protowriting noun: Any of the early systems of symbols that developed into writing.
protoxide noun: Any of a series of oxides of a particular metal that has the fewest atoms of oxygen per molecule
protoxidize verb: To combine (an elementary substance) with oxygen, in such proportion as to form a protoxide.
protoxin noun: A rudimentary toxin
protoxylem noun: The first xylem to form in a plant.
protoyonogenin noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
protoyuccoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
protozeugma noun: A zeugma where the word or words on which all of the phrases depend is placed first.
protozeugmenon noun: Alternative form of protozeugma
protozoal adjective: protozoan
protozoan adjective, noun /ˌpɹəʊ.təˈzəʊ.ən/: Any of the diverse group of eukaryotes, of the phylum Protozoa, that are primarily unicellular, existing singly or aggregating into colonies, are usually...
protozoea noun: A group of larval stages in the growth of decapods in which the antennae are used for movement, and mandibles for chewing.
protozoean adjective: Relating to the protozoea.
protozoic adjective: Of or relating to the protozoa.
protozoite noun: Synonym of trophont.
protozooid noun: Synonym of protozoan.
protozoologic adjective: Alternative form of protozoological.
protozoological adjective: Of or pertaining to protozoology
protozoologically adverb: Regarding protozoology or protozoans
protozoologist noun: A zoologist whose speciality is protozoology.
protozoology noun: The study of protozoa.
protozoon noun: A protozoan.
protozoonosis noun: infection by protozoans
protozoonotic adjective: Of or relating to protozoonosis.
protozooplankton noun: protozoan plankton
protozoosis noun: infection with a protozoan
protract verb /pɹəˈtɹakt/: To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.
protractable adjective: Able to be protracted or extended.
protracted adjective, verb /pɹəˈtɹæk.tɪd/: Lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual.
protractedly adverb: In a protracted manner
protractedness noun: The quality of being protracted.
protracter noun: rare spelling of protractor
protractible adjective: Able to be protracted or extended.
protractile adjective: That can be protracted.
protractility noun: The quality of being protractile.
protraction noun: The condition of being protracted.
protractive adjective /pɹəˈtɹæktɪv/: Drawing out or lengthening in time; prolonging; continuing or delaying.
protractively adverb: In a protractive manner
protractor noun /pɹəˈtɹæktə(ɹ)/: One who, or that which, protracts, or causes protraction.
protrade adjective: Supporting or favouring trade.
protradition adjective: In favour of tradition.
protraditional adjective: In favour of tradition.
protransglutaminase noun: The inactive precursor of transglutaminase
protransit adjective: In favour of public transport.
protreaty adjective: In favour of a treaty.
protreptic adjective, noun /pɹəʊˈtɹɛptɪk/: Serving to instruct; didactic.
protreptical adjective: Adapted to persuade; hortatory; persuasive.
protriaene noun: A spicule, of a sponge, that has three forward-pointing prongs
protriptyline noun: A particular tricyclic antidepressant, also used to treat ADHD.
protropin noun: A polypeptide growth hormone secreted by the pituitary gland; a synthetic version used medicinally
protrudable adjective: That may protrude or be protruded.
protrude verb /pɹəˈtɹuːd/: To cause (something) to extend above, beyond, or from a boundary or surface; to cause (something) to project or stick out.
protrudent adjective: That protrudes.
protruder noun: That which protrudes.
protrudin noun: A protein that induces neurite formation
protrusibility noun: The condition of being protrusible
protrusible adjective: Capable of being protruded; capable of being thrust outward.
protrusile adjective: Capable of being protruded.
protrusion noun /pɹəˈtɹuːʒən/: The act of protruding.
protrusional adjective: Relating to, or having the form of a protrusion
protrusive adjective: that protrudes; protruding
protrusively adverb: In a protrusive manner.
protrusiveness noun: The quality of protruding, or sticking out
protryptase noun: A precursor of tryptase
prottie noun: Alternative form of Proddy.
Protty noun: Alternative form of Proddy.
protuberance noun /pɹəˈtjuː.bə.ɹəns/: A bulge, knob, swelling, spine, or anything that protrudes.
protuberanceless adjective: That lacks any protuberance or similar feature
protuberancy noun: The quality or state of being protuberant.
protuberant adjective: Swelling or bulging outward.
protuberantial adjective: Relating to a protuberance.
protuberantly adverb: In a protuberant manner.
protuberate verb: To bulge outward, producing a rounded protuberance.
protuberation noun: protuberance
protuberosity noun: protuberance
protuberous adjective: protuberant
protumor adjective: Promoting the development of tumors.
protumoral adjective: Promoting the development of tumors.
protumorigenic adjective: Promoting tumorigenesis.
protumour adjective: Alternative form of protumor.
protumourigenic adjective: Alternative form of protumorigenic.
protungulate noun: Any mammal of the genus †Protungulatum.
proturan adjective, noun: Any of many proto-insects, of the order Protura, that lack eyes and wings.
protussive adjective, noun: Enhancing coughing, either by making coughing more frequent or by increasing expectoration.
protyl noun: Alternative form of protyle.
protyle noun /ˈpɹəʊtaɪl/: A hypothetical base substance from which all chemical elements were believed to have been made; subatomic particles.
protype noun: archetype, exemplar
proud adjective /ˈpɹaʊ̯d/: Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.
proud as a peacock adjective /pɹaʊd əz ə ˈpiːkɒk/: Extremely proud.
proud as Lucifer adjective: Very proud of one's status or person; haughty.
proud as Punch adjective: Very proud.
Proud Boy noun: A member of the Proud Boys, a right-wing militant group.
proud flesh noun: Hypertrophic scarring; excessive granulation tissue formed in a wound.
proud-hearted adjective: Alternative form of proudhearted.
proud-heartedly adverb: Alternative form of proudheartedly.
proud-heartedness noun: Alternative form of proudheartedness.
proud-stomached adjective: haughty; arrogant
Proudfoot proper noun: A surname.
proudful adjective: Full of pride; excessively proud.
proudfully adverb: In a proudful manner
proudfulness noun: The state, quality, or condition of being proudful.
proudhearted adjective: Very proud
proudheartedly adverb: In a proudhearted manner.
proudheartedness noun: Pride; self-respect.
Proudhonian adjective /ˌpɹuːˈdəʊ.ni.ən/: Of, or pertaining to Pierre-Joseph Proudhon or his ideas.
Proudhonism noun: The political philosophy of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon.
Proudhonist noun: An advocate of Proudhonism.
proudish adjective: Somewhat proud.
proudishly adverb: In a proudish manner.
proudite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic silver gray mineral containing antimony, bismuth, copper, lead, selenium, silver, and sulfur.
proudling noun /ˈpɹaʊd.lɪŋ/: One who is proud.
Proudlock proper noun: A surname.
proudly adverb /ˈpɹaʊdli/: In a proud manner.
Proudman proper noun: A surname.
proudness noun: Pride.
proudsome adjective: Characteristically proud; pridesome
proudwork noun: A variant of flushwork in which the stone stands proud of, rather than flush with, the wall.
Proulx proper noun /ˈpɹu/: A surname from French.
prounion adjective: In favour of trade unions.
prouniversity adjective: Supporting or favouring universities.
Prouse proper noun: A surname.
Proust proper noun /pɹuːst/: A surname from French.
Proustian adjective /ˈpɹuːstɪ.ən/: Of, pertaining to, or reminiscent of Marcel Proust (1871–1922), French novelist, or his works.
Proustian moment noun: The moment when a sensory experience triggers a sudden, vivid flood of long-forgotten memories and feelings, often associated with a childhood event or place.
proustite noun: A mineral, Ag₃AsS₃, often found with pyrargyrite in silver veins.
Prout proper noun: A surname.
prout de jure adjective: Of a court case, allowing all evidence.
Prouty proper noun: A surname.
prov. noun: Abbreviation of province.
provability noun: The condition of being provable
provable adjective /ˈpɹuːvəbəl/: Of a statement or hypothesis that can be proven.
provableness noun: The quality of being provable.
provably adverb: With proof; in a provable manner.
provaccination adjective: Alternative form of pro-vaccination.
provaccinationist adjective, noun: One who supports vaccination.
provaccine adjective: Alternative form of pro-vaccine.
provaccinist noun: A person who supports the use of vaccines in medicine.
provacuole noun: A vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm that develops into a vacuole.
Provan proper noun: A surname from Middle English.
provand noun: provender
provang noun: A 17th century medical instrument for cleansing the stomach, consisting of a whale-bone rod, with a silk button on the end.
provannid noun: Any gastropod of the family Provannidae, especially those found associated with hydrothermal vents
provant adjective, noun, verb: Provided for common or general use, as in an army; hence, common in quality, i.e. inferior.
provascular adjective: Relating to the procambium
provasculogenic adjective: That promotes vasculogenesis
provasodilatory adjective: Thar promotes vasodilation
provasopressin noun: Synonym of copeptin.
provax adjective: Alternative form of pro-vax.
provaxer noun: Alternative form of pro-vaxxer.
provaxx adjective: Alternative form of pro-vax.
provaxxer noun: Alternative form of pro-vaxxer.
prove noun, verb /ˈpɹuːv/: To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.
prove oneself verb: To demonstrate or establish one's own worth.
prove out verb: To turn out to be feasible, accurate, true, satisfactory, as expected, hoped, stated, etc.
proveability noun: Alternative spelling of provability.
proveable adjective: Alternative form of provable.
proveably adverb: Alternative spelling of provably.
provect adjective, verb: mature; advanced (in age)
provection noun /pɹoʊˈvɛkʃən/: The carrying forward of a final consonant to a following word, as in "a nickname" from Middle English "an ekename".
provector noun: A contravariant operator formed by substituting signs of partial differentiation for the facients of a quantic.
proveditor noun: One employed to procure supplies, as for an army, a steamer, etc.; a purveyor; one who provides for another.
provedly adverb: Synonym of provenly.
provedor noun: Alternative form of provedore.
provedore noun, verb: A person or business that provides supplies, particularly food and beverages.
Provel noun: A white processed cheese popular in and around Saint Louis, Missouri.
proven adjective, verb /ˈpɹuː.vn̩/: Having been proved; having proved its value or truth.
provenance noun, verb /ˈpɹɒ.və.nəns/: Place or source of origin.
provenanced adjective, verb: Having a provenance.
provenantial adjective: Pertaining to the provenance of something.
Provençal adjective, noun /ˌpɹɒvɑːnˈsɑːl/: Of, from or relating to Provence, a traditional geographic region roughly corresponding to the modern administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,...
Provence proper noun /pɹəˈvɒns/: A maritime geographic region and former province of southeastern France bordering Italy; since 2016 included in the administrative region of...
Provence rose noun: The hybrid rose Rosa × centifolia.
Provencher proper noun: A surname from French.
Provenço- prefix: Provence, Provençal.
provender noun, verb /ˈpɹɒvɪndə/: Food, especially for livestock.
provene verb /pɹə(ʊ)ˈviːn/: To originate, stem (from)

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.