9-letter words containing pro
- ice apron — a structure built in a river upstream from a bridge pier or the like for protection against drifting ice.
- improbity — lack of honesty or moral scruples.
- impromptu — made or done without previous preparation: an impromptu address to the unexpected crowds.
- improving — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- improvise — to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation; extemporize: to improvise an acceptance speech.
- improviso — (obsolete) Not prepared beforehand; unpremeditated; extemporaneous.
- improvize — Alternative spelling of improvise.
- isopropyl — containing the isopropyl group.
- lamproite — (geology) Any of several volcanic rocks having a high potassium content.
- leakproof — designed to prevent leaking: a leakproof bottle.
- leprosery — a hospital for leprosy sufferers
- leprosity — the state of being leprous
- leprously — In a leprous way.
- lm-prolog — Lisp Machine Prolog. A Prolog interpreter in Zetalisp for the Lisp Machine developed by Ken Kahn and Mats Carlsson in 1983.
- low-proof — low in alcohol content
- moonprobe — an information-gathering spacecraft designed to pass close by or land on the lunar surface.
- mothproof — resistant to attack by moths.
- mu-prolog — (language) Prolog with "wait" declarations for coroutining, developed by L. Naish of the Univeristy of Melbourne in 1982.
- non pros. — non prosequitur
- nonprofit — not established for the purpose of making a profit; not entered into for money: a nonprofit institution.
- nonproven — not proven, not tried and tested
- nu-prolog — L. Naish, U Melbourne. A Prolog with 'when' declarations, the successor to MU-Prolog. Type-checked. "NU-Prolog Reference Manual - Version 1.3", J.A. Thom et al eds, TR 86/10, U Melbourne (1988). Available (but not free). (See PNU-Prolog). E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- ovenproof — capable of withstanding the heat of an oven; safe for use in cooking in an oven: an ovenproof dish.
- overproof — containing a greater proportion of alcohol than proof spirit does.
- overproud — excessively proud.
- periproct — (in certain echinoids) that part of the body surface bordering the anus.
- pickproof — (of a lock) designed so that it cannot be picked.
- pro forma — according to form; as a matter of form; for the sake of form.
- pro-hindu — a person, especially of northern India, who adheres to Hinduism.
- pro-labor — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- pro-rated — to make an arrangement on a basis of proportional distribution.
- pro-trade — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- proaction — the process or state of acting or of being active: The machine is not in action now.
- proactive — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- probation — the act of testing.
- probative — serving or designed for testing or trial.
- probingly — with a probing approach
- probiotic — a usually dairy food or a dietary supplement containing live bacteria that replace or add to the beneficial bacteria normally present in the gastrointestinal tract.
- proboscis — the trunk of an elephant.
- procacity — insolence
- procambia — plant part in stem and root
- procedure — subroutine
- proceeded — to move or go forward or onward, especially after stopping.
- proceeder — to move or go forward or onward, especially after stopping.
- procellas — pucellas.
- procerity — tallness
- processed — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- processer — a person or thing that processes.
- processes — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- processor — a person or thing that processes.