10-letter words containing i, r, o, n, p
- proficient — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
- profiction — the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form.
- profundity — the quality or state of being profound; depth.
- progenitor — a biologically related ancestor: a progenitor of the species.
- prognathic — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- prognostic — of or relating to prognosis.
- programing — the act or process of planning or writing a program.
- proinsulin — the prohormone of insulin, converted into insulin by enzymatic removal of part of the molecule.
- projecting — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- projection — a projecting or protruding part. Synonyms: overhang, protrusion, jut.
- prominence — Also, prominency. the state of being prominent; conspicuousness.
- prominency — Also, prominency. the state of being prominent; conspicuousness.
- pronominal — Grammar. pertaining to, resembling, derived from, or containing a pronoun: “My” in “my book” is a pronominal adjective. “There” is a pronominal adverb.
- propelling — to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward: to propel a boat by rowing.
- propension — propensity.
- propensity — a natural inclination or tendency: a propensity to drink too much.
- propionate — an ester or salt of propionic acid.
- proportion — comparative relation between things or magnitudes as to size, quantity, number, etc.; ratio.
- propulsion — the act or process of propelling.
- proscenium — Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
- proscience — a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws: the mathematical sciences.
- prosecting — to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- proseminar — a course conducted in the manner of a seminar for graduate students but often open to advanced undergraduates.
- proserpina — Persephone.
- proserpine — Also, Proserpina, Proserpine. Classical Mythology. a daughter of Zeus and Demeter, abducted by Pluto to be queen of Hades, but allowed to return to the surface of the earth for part of the year.
- prosilient — prominent
- prospering — to be successful or fortunate, especially in financial respects; thrive; flourish.
- protanopia — a defect of vision in which the retina fails to respond to red or green.
- proteanism — readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- protecting — providing protection or shelter.
- protection — the act of protecting or the state of being protected; preservation from injury or harm.
- proteinase — any of a group of enzymes that are capable of hydrolyzing proteins.
- proteinoid — a polymer of amino acids resembling a biological polypeptide but formed abiotically: suggested as a possible intermediate in protein development during primitive earth conditions.
- proteinous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- protension — duration
- protensity — the actuality of duration
- protensive — extended in dimension or extended in time.
- protistans — any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- protogenia — the first woman born after the great flood of Zeus, daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha.
- protogenic — (of a compound) able to donate a hydrogen ion (proton) in a chemical reaction
- protruding — to project.
- protrusion — the act of protruding or the state of being protruded.
- provection — (in Celtic languages) the devoicing of a consonant
- providence — a state of the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast: a part of New England. 1214 sq. mi. (3145 sq. km). Capital: Providence. Abbreviation: RI (for use with zip code), R.I.
- provincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- provisions — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- provitamin — a substance that an organism can transform into a vitamin, as carotene, which is converted to vitamin A in the liver.
- prowlingly — in the manner of a prowl
- pultrusion — a process for manufacturing reinforced plastic products in which a bundle of glass fibres is pulled through a resin bath and then through a heated die to shape the resin
- punctiform — shaped like or of the nature of a point or dot.