process server |
a person who serves legal papers, such as warrants or subpoenas, usu. to people required to appear in court. |
pro-choice |
holding the view that women have the right choose whether to continue with a pregnancy or terminate it. |
proclaim |
to announce or declare officially or publicly. [2 definitions] |
proclamation |
something that is proclaimed, or the act of proclaiming. |
proclivity |
a natural tendency or inclination; propensity or predisposition. |
proconsul |
a provincial administrator of consular rank in the Roman Empire. [2 definitions] |
procrastinate |
to put off taking an action or doing a task; delay. [2 definitions] |
procreate |
to beget or give life to (offspring). [3 definitions] |
procrustean |
(often cap.) pertaining to the forcing of someone or something into conformity with preconceptions. |
Procrustes |
in Greek mythology, a giant who stretched his captives or cut off their legs to make them fit a bed he put them in. |
proctology |
the branch of medicine that deals with the rectum and anus. |
proctor |
one who supervises students during an examination, esp. in a college or university. [2 definitions] |
proctoscope |
an instrument used to examine visually the interior of the rectum. |
procumbent |
lying face down; prone. [2 definitions] |
procuration |
the act of obtaining something. [4 definitions] |
procurator |
a business agent who has power of attorney. |
procure |
to get or get hold of by effort; obtain. [4 definitions] |
procurement |
the act or process of procuring. |
procurer |
one who secures the services of a prostitute for another person. |
Procyon |
a yellowish white binary star in the constellation Canis Minor, having a combined magnitude of 0.4. |
prod |
to poke with, or as though with, a pointed rod or instrument. [4 definitions] |