| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| proach | verb i. | See Approach. |
| probal | adjective | Approved; probable. |
| probed | imp. & past participle | of Probe |
| profit | noun | Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods., Accession of good; valuable results; useful consequences; benefit; avail; gain; as, an office of profit,, To be of service to; to be good to; to help on; to benefit; to advantage; to avail; to aid; as, truth profits all men., To gain advantage; to make improvement; to improve; to gain; to advance., To be of use or advantage; to do or bring good. |
| progne | noun | A swallow., A genus of swallows including the purple martin. See Martin., An American butterfly (Polygonia, / Vanessa, Progne). It is orange and black above, grayish beneath, with an L-shaped silver mark on the hind wings. Called also gray comma. |
| progue | verb i. | To prog., A sharp point; a goad., To prick; to goad. |
| projet | noun | A plan proposed; a draft of a proposed measure; a project. |
| proleg | noun | One of the fleshy legs found on the abdominal segments of the larvae of Lepidoptera, sawflies, and some other insects. Those of Lepidoptera have a circle of hooks. Called also proped, propleg, and falseleg. |
| prolix | adjective | Extending to a great length; unnecessarily long; minute in narration or argument; excessively particular in detail; — rarely used except with reference to discourse written or spoken; as, a prolix oration; a prolix poem; a prolix sermon., Indulging in protracted discourse; tedious; wearisome; — applied to a speaker or writer. |
| prolog | noun & verb | Prologue. |
| prompt | noun | A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note., To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite., To suggest; to dictate., To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten. |
| proped | noun | Same as Proleg. |
| propel | verb t. | To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder. |
| proper | adjective | Belonging to one; one’s own; individual., Belonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and appetites., Befitting one’s nature, qualities, etc.; suitable in all respect; appropriate; right; fit; decent; as, water is the proper element for fish; a proper dress., Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome., Pertaining to one of a species, but not common to the whole; not appellative; — opposed to common; as, a proper name; Dublin is the proper name of a city., Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper., Represented in its natural color; — said of any object used as a charge., Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper good. |
| propyl | noun | The hypothetical radical C3H7, regarded as the essential residue of propane and related compounds. |
| prosal | adjective | Of or pertaining to prose; prosaic. |
| prosed | imp. & past participle | of Prose |
| proser | noun | A writer of prose., One who talks or writes tediously. |
| proto- | A combining form prefix signifying first, primary, primordial; as, protomartyr, the first martyr; protomorphic, primitive in form; protoplast, a primordial organism; prototype, protozoan., Denoting the first or lowest of a series, or the one having the smallest amount of the element to the name of which it is prefixed; as protoxide, protochloride, etc., Sometimes used as equivalent to mono-, as indicating that the compound has but one atom of the element to the name of which it is prefixed. Also used adjectively. | |
| proant | noun | Provender or food. |
| proved | imp. & past participle | of Prove |
| proven | past participle / adjective | Proved. |
| prover | noun | One who, or that which, proves. |