| progressive |
moving steadily forward or onward; advancing. [8 definitions] |
| Progressive Party |
any of three short-lived U.S. political parties of the early and mid-twentieth century that advocated policies considered progressive or radical in their time. |
| prohibit |
to forbid (an action) by authority. [3 definitions] |
| prohibition |
the act of prohibiting. [4 definitions] |
| prohibitive |
serving as a prohibition; forbidding. [2 definitions] |
| project |
any undertaking that requires great effort or organization. [11 definitions] |
| projectable |
combined form of project. |
| projectile |
an object that is thrown, fired, or impelled by an outside force or weapon. [3 definitions] |
| projection |
the act or state of projecting. [7 definitions] |
| projection booth |
a small room in a theater from which film, slides, or the like are projected onto a screen; projection room. |
| projectionist |
a person who operates a film projector. |
| projector |
a machine for projecting an image onto a screen by casting a beam of light through photographic film. |
| prokaryote |
an organism that lacks a nucleus membrane and that reproduces by fission. (Cf. eukaryote.) |
| prolactin |
a pituitary hormone that stimulates milk secretion in mammals. |
| prolapse |
the falling down or slipping out of place of a body part or organ, esp. the uterus. [2 definitions] |
| prolate |
of a sphereoid, elongated or extended along the polar axis. |
| prolegomenon |
a critical, introductory essay in a book. |
| prolepsis |
the anticipation of possible arguments, before they are put forward by an opponent, in order to answer them in advance. [2 definitions] |
| proletarian |
of, pertaining or belonging to, or characteristic of the proletariat. [2 definitions] |
| proletariat |
the working class, esp. those who lack capital and must sell their usu. unskilled labor in order to survive. |
| pro-life |
holding the view that abortion to end a pregnancy is morally wrong. |