Prominence (n.) Alt. of Prominency
Prominency (n.) The quality or state of being prominent; a standing out from something; conspicuousness.
Prominency (n.) That which is prominent; a protuberance.
Prominent (a.) Standing out, or projecting, beyond the line surface of something; jutting; protuberant; in high relief; as, a prominent figure on a vase.
Prominent (a.) Hence; Distinctly manifest; likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous; as, a prominent feature of the face; a prominent building.
Prominent (a.) Eminent; distinguished above others; as, a prominent character.
Prominently (adv.) In a prominent manner.
Promiscuity (n.) Promiscuousness; confusion.
Promiscuous (a.) Consisting of individuals united in a body or mass without order; mingled; confused; undistinguished; as, a promiscuous crowd or mass.
Promiscuous (a.) Distributed or applied without order or discrimination; not restricted to an individual; common; indiscriminate; as, promiscuous love or intercourse.
Promiscuously (adv.) In a promiscuous manner.
Promiscuousness (n.) The quality or state of being promiscuous.
Promise (a.) In general, a declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another, which binds the person who makes it to do, or to forbear to do, a specified act; a declaration which gives to the person to whom it is made a right to expect or to claim the performance or forbearance of a specified act.
Promise (a.) An engagement by one person to another, either in words or in writing, but properly not under seal, for the performance or nonperformance of some particular thing. The word promise is used to denote the mere engagement of a person, without regard to the consideration for it, or the corresponding duty of the party to whom it is made.
Promise (a.) That which causes hope, expectation, or assurance; especially, that which affords expectation of future distinction; as, a youth of great promise.
Promise (a.) Bestowal, fulfillment, or grant of what is promised.
Promised (imp. & p. p.) of Promise
Promising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Promise
Promise (v. t.) To engage to do, give, make, or to refrain from doing, giving, or making, or the like; to covenant; to engage; as, to promise a visit; to promise a cessation of hostilities; to promise the payment of money.
Promise (v. t.) To afford reason to expect; to cause hope or assurance of; as, the clouds promise rain.
Promise (v. t.) To make declaration of or give assurance of, as some benefit to be conferred; to pledge or engage to bestow; as, the proprietors promised large tracts of land; the city promised a reward.
Promise (v. i.) To give assurance by a promise, or binding declaration.
Promise (v. i.) To afford hopes or expectation; to give ground to expect good; rarely, to give reason to expect evil.
Promisee (n.) The person to whom a promise is made.
Promiser (n.) One who promises.
Promising (a.) Making a promise or promises; affording hope or assurance; as, promising person; a promising day.
Promisor (n.) One who engages or undertakes; a promiser.
Promissive (a.) Making a promise; implying a promise; promising.
Promissorily (adv.) In a promissory manner.
Promissory (a.) Containing a promise or binding declaration of something to be done or forborne.
Promont (n.) Promontory.
Promontories (pl. ) of Promontory
Promontory (n.) A high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland; a high cape.
Promontory (n.) A projecting part. Especially: (a) The projecting angle of the ventral side of the sacrum where it joins the last lumbar vertebra. (b) A prominence on the inner wall of the tympanum of the ear.
Promerphological (a.) Relating to promorphology; as, a promorphological conception.
Promorphologist (n.) One versed in the science of promorphology.
Promorphology (n.) Crystallography of organic forms; -- a division of morphology created by Haeckel. It is essentially stereometric, and relates to a mathematical conception of organic forms. See Tectology.
Promoted (imp. & p. p.) of Promote
Promoting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Promote
Promote (v. t.) To contribute to the growth, enlargement, or prosperity of (any process or thing that is in course); to forward; to further; to encourage; to advance; to excite; as, to promote learning; to promote disorder; to promote a business venture.
Promote (v. t.) To exalt in station, rank, or honor; to elevate; to raise; to prefer; to advance; as, to promote an officer.
Promote (v. i.) To urge on or incite another, as to strife; also, to inform against a person.
Promoter (n.) One who, or that which, forwards, advances, or promotes; an encourager; as, a promoter of charity or philosophy.
Promoter (n.) Specifically, one who sets on foot, and takes the preliminary steps in, a scheme for the organization of a corporation, a joint-stock company, or the like.
Promoter (n.) One who excites; as, a promoter of sedition.
Promoter (n.) An informer; a makebate.
Promottion (n.) The act of promoting, advancing, or encouraging; the act of exalting in rank or honor; also, the condition of being advanced, encouraged, or exalted in honor; preferment.
Promotive (a.) Tending to advance, promote, or encourage.
Promove (v. t.) To move forward; to advance; to promote.
Promover (n.) A promoter.
Promt (superl.) Ready and quick to act as occasion demands; meeting requirements readily; not slow, dilatory, or hesitating in decision or action; responding on the instant; immediate; as, prompt in obedience or compliance; -- said of persons.
Promt (superl.) Done or rendered quickly, readily, or immediately; given without delay or hesitation; -- said of conduct; as, prompt assistance.
Promt (superl.) Easy; unobstructed.
Prompt (n.) A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note.
Prompted (imp. & p. p.) of Prompt
Prompting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prompt
Prompt (v. t.) To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite.
Prompt (v. t.) To suggest; to dictate.
Prompt (v. t.) To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten.
Prompt-book (n.) The book used by a prompter of a theater.
Prompter (n.) One who, or that which, prompts; one who admonishes or incites to action.
Prompter (n.) One who reminds another, as an actor or an orator, of the words to be spoken next; specifically, one employed for this purpose in a theater.
Promptitude (a.) The quality of being prompt; quickness of decision and action when occasion demands; alacrity; as, promptitude in obedience.
Promptly (adv.) In a prompt manner.
Promptness (n.) Promptitude; readiness; quickness of decision or action.
Promptness (n.) Cheerful willingness; alacrity.
Prompt-note (n.) A memorandum of a sale, and time when payment is due, given to the purchaser at a sale of goods.
Promptuary (a.) Of or pertaining to preparation.
Promptuary (a.) That from which supplies are drawn; a storehouse; a magazine; a repository.
Prompture (a.) Suggestion; incitement; prompting.
Promulgated (imp. & p. p.) of Promulgate
Promulgating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Promulgate
Promulgate (v. t.) To make known by open declaration, as laws, decrees, or tidings; to publish; as, to promulgate the secrets of a council.
Promulgation (n.) The act of promulgating; publication; open declaration; as, the promulgation of the gospel.
Promulgator (n.) One who promulgates or publishes.
Promulged (imp. & p. p.) of Promulge
Promulging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Promulge
Promulge (v. t.) To promulgate; to publish or teach.
Promulger (n.) One who promulges or publishes what was before unknown.
Promuscis (n.) The proboscis of hemipterous insects. See Illust. under Hemiptera.
Pronaos (n.) The porch or vestibule of a temple.
Pronate (a.) Somewhat prone; inclined; as, pronate trees.
Pronation (n.) The act of turning the palm or palmar surface of the forefoot downward.
Pronation (n.) That motion of the forearm whereby the palm or palmar, surface is turned downward.
Pronation (n.) The position of the limb resulting from the act of pronation. Opposed to supination.
Pronator (n.) A muscle which produces pronation.
Prone (a.) Bending forward; inclined; not erect.
Prone (a.) Prostrate; flat; esp., lying with the face down; -- opposed to supine.
Prone (a.) Headlong; running downward or headlong.
Prone (a.) Sloping, with reference to a line or surface; declivous; inclined; not level.
Prone (a.) Inclined; propense; disposed; -- applied to the mind or affections, usually in an ill sense. Followed by to.
Pronely (adv.) In a prone manner or position.
Proneness (n.) The quality or state of being prone, or of bending downward; as, the proneness of beasts is opposed to the erectness of man.
Proneness (n.) The state of lying with the face down; -- opposed to supineness.
Proneness (n.) Descent; declivity; as, the proneness of a hill.
Proneness (n.) Inclination of mind, heart, or temper; propension; disposition; as, proneness to self-gratification.
Pronephric (a.) Of or pertaining to the pronephros.
Pronephros (n.) Alt. of Pronephron
Pronephron (n.) The head kidney. See under Head.
Prong (n.) A sharp-pointed instrument.