10-letter words starting with pro
- prometheus — a Titan, the father of Deucalion and brother of Atlas and Epimetheus, who taught humankind various arts and was sometimes said to have shaped humans out of clay and endowed them with the spark of life. For having stolen fire from Olympus and given it to humankind in defiance of Zeus, he was chained to a rock where an eagle daily tore at his liver, until he was finally released by Hercules.
- promethium — a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element. Symbol: Pm; atomic number: 61.
- prominence — Also, prominency. the state of being prominent; conspicuousness.
- prominency — Also, prominency. the state of being prominent; conspicuousness.
- promissive — implying promise
- promissory — containing or implying a promise.
- promontory — a high point of land or rock projecting into the sea or other water beyond the line of coast; a headland.
- promotable — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- prompt box — a booth where someone sits to remind (an actor, singer, etc) of lines forgotten during a performance
- promptbook — a copy of the script of a play, containing cues and notes, used by the prompter, stage manager, etc.
- promptness — done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
- promptuary — a storehouse
- promulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- pronephros — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, which becomes the functional kidney of certain primitive fishes.
- pronograde — walking with the body parallel to the ground
- pronominal — Grammar. pertaining to, resembling, derived from, or containing a pronoun: “My” in “my book” is a pronominal adjective. “There” is a pronominal adverb.
- pronounced — strongly marked: a pronounced fishy taste.
- pronouncer — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- pronuclear — of or relating to a pronucleus.
- pronucleus — either of the gametic nuclei that unite in fertilization to form the nucleus of the zygote.
- proof copy — a copy of (a book, story, etc) made from trial impressions made from composed type, or print-outs (from a laser printer, etc) for the correction of errors
- propagable — capable of being propagated.
- propaganda — information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.
- propagated — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- propagates — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- propagator — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- propellant — a propelling agent.
- propellent — serving or tending to propel or drive forward.
- propelling — to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward: to propel a boat by rowing.
- propelment — the act of propulsion
- propendent — inclining forward or outward
- propensely — with propensity
- propension — propensity.
- propensity — a natural inclination or tendency: a propensity to drink too much.
- properness — adapted or appropriate to the purpose or circumstances; fit; suitable: the proper time to plant strawberries.
- propertied — owning property: the propertied class.
- properties — that which a person owns; the possession or possessions of a particular owner: They lost all their property in the fire.
- propertius — Sextus [seks-tuh s] /ˈsɛks təs/ (Show IPA), c50–c15 b.c, Roman poet.
- prophesied — to foretell or predict.
- prophetess — a woman who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
- propionate — an ester or salt of propionic acid.
- propitiate — to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.
- propitious — presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
- proplastid — a plant cell organelle that a plastid develops from
- proportion — comparative relation between things or magnitudes as to size, quantity, number, etc.; ratio.
- proposable — to offer or suggest (a matter, subject, case, etc.) for consideration, acceptance, or action: to propose a new method.
- propositus — Law. the person from whom a line of descent is derived on a genealogical table.
- propounder — to put forward or offer for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; set forth; propose: to propound a theory.
- propraetor — an officer who, after having served as praetor in Rome, was sent to govern a province with praetorial authority.
- proprietor — the owner of a business establishment, a hotel, etc.