8-letter words starting with pro
- prometal — a type of cast iron with high heat resistance
- promised — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- promisee — a person to whom a promise is made.
- promisor — a person who makes a promise.
- promoted — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- promoter — a person or thing that promotes, furthers, or encourages.
- prompted — done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
- prompter — Commerce. a limit of time given for payment for merchandise purchased, the limit being stated on a note of reminder (prompt note) the contract setting the time limit.
- promptly — done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
- promulge — to promulgate.
- pronator — Anatomy, Zoology. any of several muscles that permit pronation of the hand, forelimb, or foot.
- pronotal — relating to an insect's pronotum
- pronotum — the dorsal sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- pronouns — any member of a small class of words found in many languages that are used as replacements or substitutes for nouns and noun phrases, and that have very general reference, as I, you, he, this, who, what. Pronouns are sometimes formally distinguished from nouns, as in English by the existence of special objective forms, as him for he or me for I, and by nonoccurrence with an article or adjective.
- proofing — evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth.
- propanil — a postemergence herbicide, C 9 H 9 Cl 2 NO, used for weed control on potatoes, rice, and other crop plants.
- propanol — a colourless alcohol
- propenol — an organic compound used to make allyl alcohol
- propense — having a tendency toward; prone; inclined.
- propenyl — containing the propenyl group.
- properly — adapted or appropriate to the purpose or circumstances; fit; suitable: the proper time to plant strawberries.
- property — that which a person owns; the possession or possessions of a particular owner: They lost all their property in the fire.
- prophage — a stable, inherited form of bacteriophage in which the genetic material of the virus is integrated into, replicated, and expressed with the genetic material of the bacterial host.
- prophase — Cell Biology. the first stage of mitosis or meiosis in eukaryotic cell division, during which the nuclear envelope breaks down and strands of chromatin form into chromosomes.
- prophecy — the foretelling or prediction of what is to come.
- prophesy — to foretell or predict.
- prophets — a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
- prophyll — one of two first leaves to appear on a lateral shoot, usually smaller than the leaves that follow
- propolis — a reddish resinous cement collected by bees from the buds of trees, used to stop up crevices in the hives, strengthen the cells, etc.
- proponed — to suggest for consideration; propose.
- proposal — the act of offering or suggesting something for acceptance, adoption, or performance.
- proposed — to offer or suggest (a matter, subject, case, etc.) for consideration, acceptance, or action: to propose a new method.
- proposer — to offer or suggest (a matter, subject, case, etc.) for consideration, acceptance, or action: to propose a new method.
- propound — to put forward or offer for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; set forth; propose: to propound a theory.
- propoxur — a crystalline compound, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO 3 , used as a nonsystemic insecticide against a wide variety of insects.
- proppant — (in oil extraction) a material used in hydraulic rock fracturing in order to keep the fissures open and thereby aid extraction
- propping — to support, or prevent from falling, with or as if with a prop (often followed by up): to prop an old fence; to prop up an unpopular government.
- proprium — a nonessential property common to all the members of a class; attribute.
- propylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the propyl group.
- propylon — propylaeum.
- prorated — to make an arrangement on a basis of proportional distribution.
- prorogue — to discontinue a session of (the British Parliament or a similar body).
- prosaism — prosaic character or style.
- prosaist — a person who writes prose.
- prosecco — (sometimes lowercase) a variety of white wine, usually a sparkling wine, produced in several regions of northern Italy.
- proseman — a writer of prose
- prosodic — the science or study of poetic meters and versification.
- prosomal — relating to a prosoma
- prosopon — the manifestation of any of the persons of the Trinity
- prospect — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.