Propitiatory (n.) The mercy seat; -- so called because a symbol of the propitiated Jehovah.
Propitious (a.) Convenient; auspicious; favorable; kind; as, a propitious season; a propitious breeze.
Propitious (a.) Hence, kind; gracious; merciful; helpful; -- said of a person or a divinity.
Proplasm (n.) A mold; a matrix.
Proplastic (a.) Forming a mold.
Proplastics (n.) The art of making molds for castings.
Propleg (n.) Same as Proleg.
Propodial (a.) Of or pertaining to the propodialia, or the parts of the limbs to which they belong.
Propodialia (pl. ) of Propodiale
Propodiale (n.) The bone of either the upper arm or the thing, the propodialia being the humerus and femur.
Propodite (n.) The sixth joint of a typical leg of a crustacean; usually, the penultimate joint.
Propodia (pl. ) of Propodium
Propodium (n.) The anterior portion of the foot of a mollusk.
Propodium (n.) The segment which forms the posterior part of the thorax of a hymenopterous insect.
Propolis (n.) Same as Bee glue, under Bee.
Propone (v. t.) To propose; to bring forward.
Proponent (a.) Making proposals; proposing.
Proponent (n.) One who makes a proposal, or lays down a proposition.
Proponent (n.) The propounder of a thing.
Proportion (n.) The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body.
Proportion (n.) Harmonic relation between parts, or between different things of the same kind; symmetrical arrangement or adjustment; symmetry; as, to be out of proportion.
Proportion (n.) The portion one receives when a whole is distributed by a rule or principle; equal or proper share; lot.
Proportion (n.) A part considered comparatively; a share.
Proportion (n.) The equality or similarity of ratios, especially of geometrical ratios; or a relation among quantities such that the quotient of the first divided by the second is equal to that of the third divided by the fourth; -- called also geometrical proportion, in distinction from arithmetical proportion, or that in which the difference of the first and second is equal to the difference of the third and fourth.
Proportion (n.) The rule of three, in arithmetic, in which the three given terms, together with the one sought, are proportional.
Proportioned (imp. & p. p.) of Proportion
Proportioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Proportion
Proportion (v.) To adjust in a suitable proportion, as one thing or one part to another; as, to proportion the size of a building to its height; to proportion our expenditures to our income.
Proportion (v.) To form with symmetry or suitableness, as the parts of the body.
Proportion (v.) To divide into equal or just shares; to apportion.
Proportionable (a.) Capable of being proportioned, or made proportional; also, proportional; proportionate.
Proportionably (adv.) Proportionally.
Proportional (a.) Having a due proportion, or comparative relation; being in suitable proportion or degree; as, the parts of an edifice are proportional.
Proportional (a.) Relating to, or securing, proportion.
Proportional (a.) Constituting a proportion; having the same, or a constant, ratio; as, proportional quantities; momentum is proportional to quantity of matter.
Proportional (n.) Any number or quantity in a proportion; as, a mean proportional.
Proportional (n.) The combining weight or equivalent of an element.
Proportionality (n.) The state of being in proportion.
Proportionally (adv.) In proportion; in due degree; adapted relatively; as, all parts of the building are proportionally large.
Proportionate (a.) Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional.
Proportionated (imp. & p. p.) of Proportionate
Proportionating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Proportionate
Proportionate (v.) To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate, or to due comparative relation; to proportion; as, to proportionate punishment to crimes.
Proportionately (adv.) In a proportionate manner; with due proportion; proportionally.
Proportionateness (n.) The quality or state of being proportionate.
Proportionless (a.) Without proportion; unsymmetrical.
Proportionment (n.) The act or process of dividing out proportionally.
Proposal (n.) That which is proposed, or propounded for consideration or acceptance; a scheme or design; terms or conditions proposed; offer; as, to make proposals for a treaty of peace; to offer proposals for erecting a building; to make proposals of marriage.
Proposal (n.) The offer by a party of what he has in view as to an intended business transaction, which, with acceptance, constitutes a contract.
Proposed (imp. & p. p.) of Propose
Proposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Propose
Propose (v.) To set forth.
Propose (v.) To offer for consideration, discussion, acceptance, or adoption; as, to propose terms of peace; to propose a question for discussion; to propose an alliance; to propose a person for office.
Propose (v.) To set before one's self or others as a purpose formed; hence, to purpose; to intend.
Propose (v. i.) To speak; to converse.
Propose (v. i.) To form or declare a purpose or intention; to lay a scheme; to design; as, man proposes, but God disposes.
Propose (v. i.) To offer one's self in marriage.
Propose (n.) Talk; discourse.
Proposer (n.) One who proposes or offers anything for consideration or adoption.
Proposer (n.) A speaker; an orator.
Proposition (n.) The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering.
Proposition (n.) That which is proposed; that which is offered, as for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; a proposal; as, the enemy made propositions of peace; his proposition was not accepted.
Proposition (n.) A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed; as, the propositions of Wyclif and Huss.
Proposition (n.) A complete sentence, or part of a sentence consisting of a subject and predicate united by a copula; a thought expressed or propounded in language; a from of speech in which a predicate is affirmed or denied of a subject; as, snow is white.
Proposition (n.) A statement in terms of a truth to be demonstrated, or of an operation to be performed.
Proposition (n.) That which is offered or affirmed as the subject of the discourse; anything stated or affirmed for discussion or illustration.
Proposition (n.) The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
Propositional (a.) Pertaining to, or in the nature of, a proposition; considered as a proposition; as, a propositional sense.
Propounded (imp. & p. p.) of Propound
Propounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Propound
Propound (v. t.) To offer for consideration; to exhibit; to propose; as, to propound a question; to propound an argument.
Propound (v. t.) To propose or name as a candidate for admission to communion with a church.
Propounder (n.) One who propounds, proposes, or offers for consideration.
Propretor (n.) A magistrate who, having been pretor at home, was appointed to the government of a province.
Proprietaries (pl. ) of Proprietary
Proprietary (n.) A proprietor or owner; one who has exclusive title to a thing; one who possesses, or holds the title to, a thing in his own right.
Proprietary (n.) A body proprietors, taken collectively.
Proprietary (n.) A monk who had reserved goods and effects to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession.
Proprietary (a.) Belonging, or pertaining, to a proprietor; considered as property; owned; as, proprietary medicine.
Proprietor (n.) One who has the legal right or exclusive title to anything, whether in possession or not; an owner; as, the proprietor of farm or of a mill.
Proprietorial (a.) Of or pertaining to ownership; proprietary; as, proprietorial rights.
Proprietorship (n.) The state of being proprietor; ownership.
Proprietress (n.) A female proprietor.
Proprieties (pl. ) of Propriety
Propriety (n.) Individual right to hold property; ownership by personal title; property.
Propriety (n.) That which is proper or peculiar; an inherent property or quality; peculiarity.
Propriety (n.) The quality or state of being proper; suitableness to an acknowledged or correct standard or rule; consonance with established principles, rules, or customs; fitness; appropriateness; as, propriety of behavior, language, manners, etc.
Proproctor (n.) A assistant proctor.
Props (n. pl.) A game of chance, in which four sea shells, each called a prop, are used instead of dice.
Propterygia (pl. ) of Propterygium
Propterygium (n.) The anterior of three principal cartilages in the fins of some fishes.
Propugn (v. t.) To contend for; to defend; to vindicate.
Propugnacle (n.) A fortress.
Propugnation (n.) Means of defense; defense.
Propugner (n.) A defender; a vindicator.
Propulsation (n.) The act of driving away or repelling; a keeping at a distance.
Propulse (v. t.) To repel; to drive off or away.
Propulsion (n.) The act driving forward or away; the act or process of propelling; as, steam propulsion.
Propulsion (n.) An impelling act or movement.
Propulsive (a.) Tending, or having power, to propel; driving on; urging.