11-letter words containing pro
- propagatory — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- proper noun — Grammar. a noun that is used to denote a particular person, place, or thing, as Lincoln, Sarah, Pittsburgh, and Carnegie Hall.
- proper time — appropriate moment
- proper-name — Grammar. a noun that is used to denote a particular person, place, or thing, as Lincoln, Sarah, Pittsburgh, and Carnegie Hall.
- prophesying — to foretell or predict.
- prophethood — a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
- prophetical — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- prophylaxis — Medicine/Medical. the preventing of disease. the prevention of a specific disease, as by studying the biological behavior, transmission, etc., of its causative agent and applying a series of measures against it.
- propinquity — nearness in place; proximity.
- propitiator — to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.
- proportions — comparative relation between things or magnitudes as to size, quantity, number, etc.; ratio.
- proposition — the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.
- propranolol — a beta-blocking drug, C 1 6 H 2 1 NO 2 , used in the treatment of hypertension, angina pectoris, and cardiac arrhythmias.
- proprietary — belonging to a proprietor.
- proprieties — The proprieties are the standards of social behaviour which most people consider socially or morally acceptable.
- proprietrix — proprietress.
- propriety's — conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners.
- propter hoc — because of this.
- propylamine — an isomeric amine of propyl
- propylitize — to become propylite
- prorogation — to discontinue a session of (the British Parliament or a similar body).
- pros. atty. — prosecuting attorney
- prosaically — commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
- prosaicness — commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
- prosauropod — a herbivorous dinosaur of the Triassic and early Jurassic periods
- prosecuting — carrying out a prosecution
- prosecution — Law. the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person. the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on.
- prosecutory — of, relating to, or concerned with prosecution.
- prosecutrix — a female prosecutor or plaintiff
- proselyting — a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
- proselytism — the act or fact of becoming a proselyte; conversion.
- proselytize — try to attract converts
- prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
- prosiliency — prominence
- prosobranch — a gastropod mollusc of the subclass Prosobranchia, which includes conches, limpets, abalones, and numerous aquatic and terrestrial snails
- prosopopeia — personification, as of inanimate things.
- prospecting — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
- prospection — anticipation
- prospective — of or in the future: prospective earnings.
- prostatitis — inflammation of the prostate gland.
- prosthetics — an artificial body part; a prosthesis: Hundreds of amputees volunteered to test the new prosthetics.
- prosthetist — a person skilled in making or fitting prosthetic devices.
- prostituted — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
- prostomiate — having a prostomium.
- prostrating — to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
- prostration — the act of prostrating.
- protagonism — the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
- protagonist — the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
- protandrous — (of hermaphrodite or monoecious plants) maturing the anthers before the stigma
- protanomaly — a defect of vision characterized by a diminished response of the retina to red.