9-letter words starting with pr
- promoting — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- promotion — advancement in rank or position.
- promotive — tending to promote.
- prompting — encouragement to act
- prompture — prompting
- promuscis — the proboscis of some insects
- pronation — rotation of the hand or forearm so that the surface of the palm is facing downward or toward the back (opposed to supination).
- prong key — a key or spanner with two prongs or projections which engage corresponding holes in the face of a nut or component to be turned for tightening, adjustment, etc
- prongbuck — a pronghorn antelope from North America
- pronghorn — a fleet, antelopelike ruminant, Antilocapra americana, of the plains of western North America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in some areas.
- pronounce — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- pronuncio — a papal ambassador in a country that does not grant the Pope's ambassador precedence over other ambassadors
- prooemion — a preface
- proof set — a set of coins (proof coins), one of each denomination, minted annually from highly polished metal on special dies, issued for collectors rather than for circulation
- proofless — lacking proof
- proofread — to read (printers' proofs, copy, etc.) in order to detect and mark errors to be corrected.
- proofroom — a room used for proofreading
- prop root — an adventitious root that supports the plant, as the aerial roots of the mangrove tree or of corn.
- prop wash — propeller wash.
- propagate — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- propagule — Botany, Mycology. any structure capable of being propagated or acting as an agent of reproduction.
- propelled — to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward: to propel a boat by rowing.
- propeller — a device having a revolving hub with radiating blades, for propelling an airplane, ship, etc.
- properdin — a protein present in blood serum that, acting with complement, is involved in the destruction of alien cells, such as bacteria
- prophasic — relating to the first stage of nuclear division
- prophetic — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- propionic — of or derived from propionic acid.
- propodeon — (of certain hymenopterans) the first segment of the abdomen that is fused to the thorax
- proponent — a person who puts forward a proposition or proposal.
- proponing — to suggest for consideration; propose.
- propontis — Marmara
- proposing — to offer or suggest (a matter, subject, case, etc.) for consideration, acceptance, or action: to propose a new method.
- propriety — conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners.
- proptosis — the forward displacement of an organ.
- proptotic — the forward displacement of an organ.
- propulsor — something that provides propulsion; a propeller
- propylene — containing the propylene group.
- propylite — a hydrothermally altered andesite or allied rock containing secondary minerals, as calcite, chlorite, serpentine, or epidote.
- prorating — to make an arrangement on a basis of proportional distribution.
- proration — to make an arrangement on a basis of proportional distribution.
- prorector — a substitute, or assistant, university rector
- proreform — the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.: social reform; spelling reform.
- prosateur — a person who writes prose, especially as a livelihood.
- proscribe — to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
- proscript — a proscription or prohibition
- prosected — to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- prosector — a person who dissects cadavers for the illustration of anatomical lectures or the like.
- prosecute — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- proselike — the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- proselyte — a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.