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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
Projectileadjectiveimpelling or impelled forwardcandidateMay 18, 2026
Projectingadjectiveextending out above or beyond a surface or boundarycandidateMay 18, 2026
Prokaryoticadjectivehaving cells that lack membrane-bound nucleicandidateMay 18, 2026
Prolateadjectivehaving the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diametercandidateMay 18, 2026
Proletarianadjectivebelonging to or characteristic of the proletariatcandidateMay 18, 2026
Prolificadjectivebearing in abundance especially offspringcandidateMay 18, 2026
Prolixadjectivetediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great lengthcandidateMay 18, 2026
Prolongedadjectivedrawn out or made longer spatiallycandidateMay 18, 2026
Prolusoryadjectiveof or relating to or having the character of a prolusioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Prominentadjectivehaving a quality that thrusts itself into attentioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Promiscuousadjectivecasual and unrestrained in sexual behaviorcandidateMay 18, 2026
Promisingadjectiveshowing possibility of achievement or excellencecandidateMay 18, 2026
Promissoryadjectiverelating to or having the character of a promisecandidateMay 18, 2026
Promotionaladjectiveof or relating to serving as publicitycandidateMay 18, 2026
Promotiveadjectivetending to further or encouragecandidateMay 18, 2026
Promptadjectiveaccording to schedule or without delaycandidateMay 18, 2026
Promulgatedadjectiveformally made publiccandidateMay 18, 2026
Proneadjectivelying on the stomach, face downcandidateMay 18, 2026
Prongedadjectivehaving prongs or tinescandidateMay 18, 2026
Prongyadjectiveresembling a forkcandidateMay 18, 2026
Pronominaladjectiverelating to pronounscandidateMay 18, 2026
Pronounceableadjectivecapable of being uttered or pronouncedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Pronouncedadjectivestrongly markedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Proofadjective(used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstandcandidateMay 18, 2026
Proofedadjectivetreated so as to become resistantcandidateMay 18, 2026
Propaedeuticadjectivepreceding and preparing for somethingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Propagandistadjectiveof or relating to or characterized by propagandacandidateMay 18, 2026
Propagandisticadjectiveof or relating to or characterized by propagandacandidateMay 18, 2026
Propagativeadjectivecharacterized by propagation or relating to propagationcandidateMay 18, 2026
Propellantadjectivetending to or capable of propellingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Propellentadjectivetending to or capable of propellingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Propellingadjectivetending to or capable of propellingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Properadjectiveappropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needscandidateMay 18, 2026
Propertiedadjectiveowning land or securities as a principal source of revenuecandidateMay 18, 2026
Property-Owningadjectiveowning land or securities as a principal source of revenuecandidateMay 18, 2026
Propertylessadjectiveof those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborerscandidateMay 18, 2026
Propheticadjectiveforetelling events as if by supernatural interventioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Propheticaladjectiveforetelling events as if by supernatural interventioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Prophylacticadjectivepreventing or contributing to the prevention of diseasecandidateMay 18, 2026
Propitiativeadjectiveintended to reconcile or appeasecandidateMay 18, 2026
Propitiatoryadjectivehaving power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiationcandidateMay 18, 2026
Propitiousadjectivepresenting favorable circumstancescandidateMay 18, 2026
ProportionableadjectiveproportionatecandidateMay 18, 2026
Proportionaladjectiveproperly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristicscandidateMay 18, 2026
Proportionateadjectiveexhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entitiescandidateMay 18, 2026
Proprietaryadjectiveprotected by trademark or patent or copyrightcandidateMay 18, 2026
Proprioceptiveadjectiveof or relating to proprioceptioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Propulsiveadjectivetending to or capable of propellingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Prosaicadjectivenot fanciful or imaginativecandidateMay 18, 2026
Proscribedadjectiveexcluded from use or mentioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Prosodicadjectiveof or relating to the rhythmic aspect of language or to the suprasegmental phonemes of pitch and stress and juncture and nasalization and voicingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Prospectiveadjectiveof or concerned with or related to the futurecandidateMay 18, 2026
Prosperingadjectivevery lively and profitablecandidateMay 18, 2026
ProsperousadjectivecandidateMay 17, 2026
Prospicientadjectiveplanning prudently for the futurecandidateMay 18, 2026
Prostateadjectiverelating to the prostate glandcandidateMay 18, 2026
Prostaticadjectiverelating to the prostate glandcandidateMay 18, 2026
Prostheticadjectiverelating to or serving as a prosthesiscandidateMay 18, 2026
Prosthodonticadjectiveof or relating to prosthodonticscandidateMay 18, 2026
Prostrateadjectivestretched out and lying at full length along the groundcandidateMay 18, 2026
Prostyleadjectivemarked by columniation having free columns in a portico only across the opening to the structurecandidateMay 18, 2026
Prosyadjectivelacking wit or imaginationcandidateMay 18, 2026
Protanopicadjectiveinability to see the color red or to distinguish red and bluish-greencandidateMay 18, 2026
Proteanadjectivetaking on different formscandidateMay 18, 2026
Protectedadjectivekept safe or defended from danger or injury or losscandidateMay 18, 2026
Protectingadjectiveshielding (or designed to shield) against harm or discomfortcandidateMay 18, 2026
Protectiveadjective(usually followed by `of') solicitously caring or mindfulcandidateMay 18, 2026
Proteinaceousadjectiverelating to or of the nature of proteincandidateMay 18, 2026
Proteolyticadjectiveof or relating to proteolysiscandidateMay 18, 2026
Proterozoicadjectiveformed in the later of two divisions of the Precambrian eracandidateMay 18, 2026
ProtestantadjectiveprotestingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Protoadjectiveindicating the first or earliest or originalcandidateMay 18, 2026
Protogeometricadjectivecharacteristic of the earliest phase of geometric art especially in GreececandidateMay 18, 2026
Prototypaladjectiverepresenting or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patternedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Prototypicadjectiverepresenting or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patternedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Prototypicaladjectiverepresenting or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patternedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Protozoaladjectiveof or relating to the ProtozoacandidateMay 18, 2026
Protozoanadjectiveof or relating to the ProtozoacandidateMay 18, 2026
Protozoicadjectiveof or relating to the ProtozoacandidateMay 18, 2026
Protozoologicaladjectiveconcerning the branch of zoology that studies protozoanscandidateMay 18, 2026
Protractedadjectiverelatively long in durationcandidateMay 18, 2026
Protractibleadjectiveable to be extendedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Protractileadjectiveable to be extendedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Protrudingadjectiveextending out above or beyond a surface or boundarycandidateMay 18, 2026
Protrusibleadjectivecapable of being thrust forward, as the tonguecandidateMay 18, 2026
Protrusileadjectivecapable of being thrust forward, as the tonguecandidateMay 18, 2026
Protrusiveadjectivethrusting outwardcandidateMay 18, 2026
Protuberantadjectivecurving outwardcandidateMay 18, 2026
Proudadjectivefeeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worthcandidateMay 18, 2026
Proud ofadjectiveMWEfeeling pleasurable satisfaction over something by which you measures your self-worthcandidateMay 18, 2026
Proustianadjectiveof or relating to or in the manner of Marcel ProustcandidateMay 18, 2026
Provableadjectivecapable of being demonstrated or provedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Provedadjectiveestablished beyond doubtcandidateMay 18, 2026
Provenadjectiveestablished beyond doubtcandidateMay 18, 2026
Provencaladjectiveof or relating to Provence or its people or their culturecandidateMay 18, 2026
Proverbialadjectiveof or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverbcandidateMay 18, 2026
Providentadjectivecareful in regard to your own interestscandidateMay 18, 2026
Providentialadjectiverelating to or characteristic of providencecandidateMay 18, 2026
Provincialadjectivecharacteristic of the provinces or their peoplecandidateMay 18, 2026
Provisionaladjectiveunder terms not final or fully worked out or agreed uponcandidateMay 18, 2026