professionally |
as a person who is paid for using one's skill or talent. [2 definitions] |
professor |
a university or college teacher in the highest academic rank. [2 definitions] |
proffer |
to propose or tender; offer. [2 definitions] |
proficiency |
skill; competence. |
proficient |
adept or skilled, usu. as a result of study or practice. |
profile |
an outline or view from the side, esp. of a human face and head. [5 definitions] |
profit |
(often pl.) an amount of money yielded from an investment or business that exceeds the amount originally invested or paid out as expenses. [5 definitions] |
profitable |
bringing profits. [2 definitions] |
profiteer |
a person who gains excessive profits, esp. by selling scarce commodities at very high prices. [2 definitions] |
profitless |
combined form of profit. |
profit sharing |
a practice or plan in which all or part of a company's employees receive a share of the company's profits in addition to their regular wages. |
profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. [3 definitions] |
pro forma |
(Latin) for form; done only as a matter of form or for the sake of appearance. |
profound |
located at, reaching to, or coming from a great depth; deep. [4 definitions] |
profundity |
the state or condition of being profound; depth. [2 definitions] |
profuse |
abundant or numerous; plentiful. [2 definitions] |
profusion |
the state of being profuse. [3 definitions] |
progenitor |
an ancestor or forebear. [2 definitions] |
progeny |
a descendant, or descendants collectively; offspring. [2 definitions] |
progesterone |
a hormone secreted by the ovaries that stimulates changes in the lining of the uterus to enable implantation and sustenance of a fertilized egg. |
progestin |
any synthetic progesterone, used esp. in hormonal birth control and menopausal hormone replacement therapy. |