16-letter words starting with pr

pride oneself on — to be proud of
prima facie case — a case in which the evidence produced is sufficient to enable a decision or verdict to be made unless the evidence is rebutted.
primary consumer — (in the food chain) an animal that feeds on plants; a herbivore.
primary deviance — the violation of a norm or rule that does not result in the violator's being stigmatized as deviant.
primary election — primary (def 15a).
primary electron — in thermionics, any of the electrons falling on a body, distinguished from those emitted by it
primary industry — an industry, as agriculture, forestry, or fishing, that deals in obtaining natural materials.
primary meristem — primary tissue derived from an apical meristem.
primary producer — any green plant or any of various microorganisms that can convert light energy or chemical energy into organic matter.
primary syphilis — the first stage of syphilis, characterized by the formation of a chancre at the site of infection.
primitive church — the early Christian church, especially in reference to its earliest form and organization.
primrose jasmine — an evergreen shrub, Jasminum mesnyi, of China, having thick, shiny leaflets and yellow flowers with a darker eye.
prince's feather — a tall, showy plant, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, of the amaranth family, having reddish foliage and thick spikes of small, red flowers.
prince's-feather — a tall, showy plant, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, of the amaranth family, having reddish foliage and thick spikes of small, red flowers.
principal clause — the main clause.
principal rafter — a diagonal member of a roof principal, usually forming part of a truss and supporting the purlins on which the common rafters rest.
print journalism — journalism as practiced in newspapers and magazines.
printer's reader — a person employed to read proofs and indicate errors
prismatic colors — the colors of the visible spectrum produced by passing white light through a prism; red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet
prison psychosis — a state of mental confusion, transitory or permanent, brought on by incarceration or by the anticipation of imprisonment.
prisoner of bill — (humour) (PoB) A derisory term, in use generally among Unix users, for anyone who uses Microsoft products either because they don't know there is anything better (i.e. Unix) or because they would be incapable of working anything more complex (i.e. Unix). The interesting and widespread presumption among users of the term is that (at least at the time of writing, 1998) using anything other than Unix or a Microsoft OS (whether VMS, Macintosh, Amiga) is so eccentric a choice as to be at least somewhat praiseworthy.
private judgment — personal opinion formed independently of the expressed position of an institution, as in matters of religion or politics.
private language — a language that is not merely secret or accidentally limited to one user, but that cannot in principle be communicated to another
private practice — the practice of one's profession as an independent rather than as an employee.
private property — land or belongings owned by a person or group and kept for their exclusive use
private viewdata — an interactive video text system with restricted access
private-line car — a freight car owned by a company other than a railroad but operated over the tracks of railroads.
privet andromeda — a spreading shrub, Lyonia ligustrina, of the eastern U.S., having leafless, white flowers in terminal clusters.
privileged altar — an altar at which a plenary indulgence for a departed soul may be granted upon celebration of a Mass.
pro bono publico — for the public good or welfare.
pro-abolitionist — (especially prior to the Civil War) a person who advocated or supported the abolition of slavery in the U.S.
pro-intervention — the act or fact of intervening.
proboscis monkey — a reddish, arboreal monkey, Nasalis larvatus, of Borneo, the male of which has a long, flexible nose: an endangered species.
process industry — business of treating raw materials
process printing — a method of printing almost any color by using a limited number of separate color plates, as yellow, magenta, cyan, and black, in combination.
process theology — a form of theology that emphasizes the close relation of human beings, nature, and God.
processed cheese — a mass-produced product made of one or more types of cheeses that have been heated and mixed with emulsifiers, colorings, flavorings, etc., primarily to retard spoilage and enhance spreadability at reduced cost.
processing plant — a factory where raw materials are treated or prepared by a special method, esp one where food is treated in order to preserve it
production costs — the costs used in manufacturing a product
proenvironmental — the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu.
professionalisms — professional character, spirit, or methods.
proficiency test — an exam which test how proficient or skilled someone is in a particular activity, field of study, language, etc
prognostic chart — a chart showing the predicted state of the atmosphere for a given time in the future.
program director — a chief executive responsible for selecting and scheduling programs.
programmatically — by using a computer program: You can set the value in each field programmatically with a simple algorithm. The background shapes can be programmatically drawn and animated.
programme editor — someone responsible for editing, overseeing and selecting the content of radio or television programmes
programme seller — someone who sells written or printed lists of the events, performers, etc, in a theatre performance
progress payment — an instalment of a larger payment made to a contractor for work carried out up to a specified stage of the job
progressive jazz — an experimental, nonmelodic, and often free-flowing style of modern jazz, especially in the form of highly dissonant, rhythmically complex orchestral arrangements. Compare bop1 , cool jazz, hard bop, modern jazz.
progressive jpeg — (graphics, file format) (PJPEG) An implementation of JPEG that supports progressive coding.

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