Propulsory (a.) Propulsive.
Propyl (n.) The hypothetical radical C3H7, regarded as the essential residue of propane and related compounds.
Propylaea (pl. ) of Propylaeum
Propylaeum (n.) Any court or vestibule before a building or leading into any inclosure.
Propylene (n.) A colorless gaseous hydrocarbon (C3H6) of the ethylene series, having a garlic odor. It occurs in coal gas, and is produced artificially in various ways. Called also propene.
Propylic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, propyl; as, propylic alcohol.
Propylidene (n.) See Propidene.
Propyla (pl. ) of Propylon
Propylon (n.) The porch, vestibule, or entrance of an edifice.
Pro rata () In proportion; proportionately; according to the share, interest, or liability of each.
Proratable (a.) Capable of being prorated, or divided proportionately.
Prorated (imp. & p. p.) of Prorate
Prorating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prorate
Prorate (v. t.) To divide or distribute proportionally; to assess pro rata.
Prore (n.) The prow or fore part of a ship.
Prorector (n.) An officer who presides over the academic senate of a German university.
Prorectorate (n.) The office of prorector.
Prorenal (a.) Pronephric.
Proreption (n.) A creeping on.
Prorhinal (a.) Situated in front of the nasal chambers.
Prorogate (v. t.) To prorogue.
Prorogation (n.) The act of counting in duration; prolongation.
Prorogation (n.) The act of proroguing; the ending of the session of Parliament, and postponing of its business, by the command of the sovereign.
Prorogued (imp. & p. p.) of Prorogue
Proroguing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prorogue
Prorogue (v. t.) To protract; to prolong; to extend.
Prorogue (v. t.) To defer; to delay; to postpone; as, to proroguedeath; to prorogue a marriage.
Prorogue (v. t.) To end the session of a parliament by an order of the sovereign, thus deferring its business.
Proruption (n.) The act or state of bursting forth; a bursting out.
Prosaic (a.) Alt. of Prosaical
Prosaical (a.) Of or pertaining to prose; resembling prose; in the form of prose; unpoetical; writing or using prose; as, a prosaic composition.
Prosaical (a.) Dull; uninteresting; commonplace; unimaginative; prosy; as, a prosaic person.
Prosaicism (n.) The quality or state of being prosaic; a prosaic manner or style.
Prosaism (n.) That which is in the form of prose writing; a prosaic manner.
Prosaist (n.) A writer of prose; an unpoetical writer.
Prosal (a.) Of or pertaining to prose; prosaic.
Proscenia (pl. ) of Proscenium
Proscenium (n.) The part where the actors performed; the stage.
Proscenium (n.) The part of the stage in front of the curtain; sometimes, the curtain and its framework.
Proscolices (pl. ) of Proscolex
Proscolex (n.) An early larval form of a trematode worm; a redia. See Redia.
Proscribed (imp. & p. p.) of Proscribe
Proscribing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Proscribe
Proscribe (v. t.) To doom to destruction; to put out of the protection of law; to outlaw; to exile; as, Sylla and Marius proscribed each other's adherents.
Proscribe (v. t.) To denounce and condemn; to interdict; to prohibit; as, the Puritans proscribed theaters.
Proscriber (n.) One who, or that which, proscribes, denounces, or prohibits.
Proscript (n.) A proscription; a prohibition; an interdict.
Proscript (n.) One who is proscribed.
Proscription (n.) The act of proscribing; a dooming to death or exile; outlawry; specifically, among the ancient Romans, the public offer of a reward for the head of a political enemy; as, under the triumvirate, many of the best Roman citizens fell by proscription.
Proscription (n.) The state of being proscribed; denunciation; interdiction; prohibition.
Proscriptional (a.) Proscriptive.
Proscriptionist (n.) One who proscribes.
Proscriptive (a.) Of or pertaining to proscription; consisting in, or of the nature of, proscription; proscribing.
Prose (n.) The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; -- contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition.
Prose (n.) Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
Prose (n.) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See Sequence.
Prose (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as, prose composition.
Prose (a.) Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life.
Prosed (imp. & p. p.) of Prose
Prosing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prose
Prose (v. t.) To write in prose.
Prose (v. t.) To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.
Prose (v. i.) To write prose.
Prosector (n.) One who makes dissections for anatomical illustration; usually, the assistant of a professional anatomist.
Prosecutable (a.) Capable of being prosecuted; liable to prosecution.
Prosecuted (imp. & p. p.) of Prosecute
Prosecuting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prosecute
Prosecute (v. t.) To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim.
Prosecute (v. t.) To seek to obtain by legal process; as, to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law.
Prosecute (v. t.) To pursue with the intention of punishing; to accuse of some crime or breach of law, or to pursue for redress or punishment, before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially; as, to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot.
Prosecute (v. i.) To follow after.
Prosecute (v. i.) To institute and carry on a legal prosecution; as, to prosecute for public offenses.
Prosecution (n.) The act or process of prosecuting, or of endeavoring to gain or accomplish something; pursuit by efforts of body or mind; as, the prosecution of a scheme, plan, design, or undertaking; the prosecution of war.
Prosecution (n.) The institution and carrying on of a suit in a court of law or equity, to obtain some right, or to redress and punish some wrong; the carrying on of a judicial proceeding in behalf of a complaining party, as distinguished from defense.
Prosecution (n.) The institution, or commencement, and continuance of a criminal suit; the process of exhibiting formal charges against an offender before a legal tribunal, and pursuing them to final judgment on behalf of the state or government, as by indictment or information.
Prosecution (n.) The party by whom criminal proceedings are instituted.
Prosecutor (n.) One who prosecutes or carries on any purpose, plan, or business.
Prosecutor (n.) The person who institutes and carries on a criminal suit against another in the name of the government.
Prosecutrix (n.) A female prosecutor.
Proselyte (n.) A new convert especially a convert to some religion or religious sect, or to some particular opinion, system, or party; thus, a Gentile converted to Judaism, or a pagan converted to Christianity, is a proselyte.
Proselyted (imp. & p. p.) of Proselyte
Proselyting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Proselyte
Proselyte (v. t.) To convert to some religion, opinion, or system; to bring over.
Proselytism (n.) The act or practice of proselyting; the making of converts to a religion or a religious sect, or to any opinion, system, or party.
Proselytism (n.) Conversion to a religion, system, or party.
proselytized (imp. & p. p.) of Proselytize
Proselytizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Proselytize
Proselytize (v. t.) To convert to some religion, system, opinion, or the like; to bring, or cause to come, over; to proselyte.
Proselytize (v. i.) To make converts or proselytes.
Proselytizer (n.) One who proselytes.
Proseman (n.) A writer of prose.
Proseminary (n.) A seminary which prepares pupils for a higher institution.
Prosemination (n.) Propagation by seed.
Prosencephalic (a.) Of or pertaining to the prosencephalon.
Prosencephalon (n.) The anterior segment of the brain, including the cerebrum and olfactory lobes; the forebrain.
Prosencephalon (n.) The cerebrum.
Prosenchyma (n.) A general term applied to the tissues formed of elongated cells, especially those with pointed or oblique extremities, as the principal cells of ordinary wood.
Proser (n.) A writer of prose.
Proser (n.) One who talks or writes tediously.
Prosiliency (n.) The act of leaping forth or forward; projection.