| 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. |
| prognathous |
having jaws that jut forward. |
| prognosis |
a forecast of the anticipated course of a disease, esp. of the likelihood of recovery. [2 definitions] |
| prognostic |
of, pertaining to, or serving as a prognosis. [4 definitions] |
| prognosticate |
to predict or foretell on the basis of present signs or symptoms. [3 definitions] |
| program |
a plan of procedure; schedule. [11 definitions] |
| programmatic |
advocating or adhering to a specific aim or policy. |