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. |
programmed instruction |
a program of study divided into discrete units that students may complete at their own pace, being required only to finish one unit before advancing to the next. |