| promise |
to pledge (something). [8 definitions] |
| Promised Land |
in the Old Testament, the land of Canaan promised by God to Abraham and his descendants. [2 definitions] |
| promisee |
in law, one to whom a promise is made. |
| promising |
showing potential for favorable or successful development. |
| promisor |
in law, one who makes a promise. |
| promissory |
containing or conveying a promise. |
| promissory note |
a written promise to pay or repay a specified sum to a designated person at a specified time or on demand. |
| promontory |
a high cliff projecting into a large body of water, or a similar projection above a lowland. |
| promote |
to support the existence, growth, or advance of. [3 definitions] |
| promoter |
someone or something that promotes. [2 definitions] |
| promotion |
a raise to a higher rank or position. [4 definitions] |
| prompt |
done immediately, without delay. [7 definitions] |
| promptbook |
a script of a play marked with cues and other notes used by the prompter. |
| prompter |
in theater, a person offstage who supplies missed cues and forgotten lines to those who are performing. |
| promptitude |
the quality of being prompt; promptness. |
| promulgate |
to institute (a law or court decree) by proclamation. [2 definitions] |
| pron. |
abbreviation of "pronoun," in grammar, a word that substitutes for a noun or noun phrase, such as "he," "it," "someone," "myself," or "those." |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| prone |
inclined or disposed; tending (usu. fol. by "to"). [3 definitions] |
| prong |
a thin, sharply pointed part of a tool, such as a fork tine. [3 definitions] |
| pronghorn |
a small, fleet deer of the western plains of North America that resembles an antelope and has small, forked horns curved rearward at the tips. |