Protruding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Protrude
Protrude (v. t.) To thrust forward; to drive or force along.
Protrude (v. t.) To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth.
Protrude (v. i.) To shoot out or forth; to be thrust forward; to extend beyond a limit; to project.
Protrusile (a.) Capable of being protruded or thrust out; protractile; protrusive.
Protrusion (n.) The act of protruding or thrusting forward, or beyond the usual limit.
Protrusion (n.) The state of being protruded, or thrust forward.
Protrusive (a.) Thrusting or impelling forward; as, protrusive motion.
Protrusive (a.) Capable of being protruded; protrusile.
Protrusively (adv.) In a protrusive manner.
Protuberance (n.) That which is protuberant swelled or pushed beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; a swelling or tumor on the body; a prominence; a bunch or knob; an elevation.
Protuberancy (n.) The quality or state of being protuberant; protuberance; prominence.
Protuberant (a.) Prominent, or excessively prominent; bulging beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; swelling; as, a protuberant joint; a protuberant eye.
Protuberate (v. i.) To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out.
Protuberation (n.) The act of swelling beyond the surrounding surface.
Protuberous (a.) Protuberant.
Protureter (n.) The duct of a pronephros.
Protyle (n.) The hypothetical homogeneous cosmic material of the original universe, supposed to have been differentiated into what are recognized as distinct chemical elements.
Proud (superl.) Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense
Proud (superl.) Possessing or showing too great self-esteem; overrating one's excellences; hence, arrogant; haughty; lordly; presumptuous.
Proud (superl.) Having a feeling of high self-respect or self-esteem; exulting (in); elated; -- often with of; as, proud of one's country.
Proud (superl.) Giving reason or occasion for pride or self-gratulation; worthy of admiration; grand; splendid; magnificent; admirable; ostentatious.
Proud (superl.) Excited by sexual desire; -- applied particularly to the females of some animals.
Proudish (a.) Somewhat proud.
Proudling (n.) A proud or haughty person.
Proudly (adv.) In a proud manner; with lofty airs or mien; haughtily; arrogantly; boastfully.
Proudness (n.) The quality of being proud; pride.
Proustite (n.) A sulphide of arsenic and silver of a beautiful cochineal-red color, occurring in rhombohedral crystals, and also massive; ruby silver.
Provable (a.) Capable of being proved; demonstrable.
Provand (n.) Alt. of Proant
Proant (n.) Provender or food.
Provant (v. t.) To supply with provender or provisions; to provide for.
Provant (a.) Provided for common or general use, as in an army; hence, common in quality; inferior.
Proved (imp. & p. p.) of Prove
Proving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prove
Prove (v. t.) To try or to ascertain by an experiment, or by a test or standard; to test; as, to prove the strength of gunpowder or of ordnance; to prove the contents of a vessel by a standard measure.
Prove (v. t.) To evince, establish, or ascertain, as truth, reality, or fact, by argument, testimony, or other evidence.
Prove (v. t.) To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify; as, to prove a will.
Prove (v. t.) To gain experience of the good or evil of; to know by trial; to experience; to suffer.
Prove (v. t.) To test, evince, ascertain, or verify, as the correctness of any operation or result; thus, in subtraction, if the difference between two numbers, added to the lesser number, makes a sum equal to the greater, the correctness of the subtraction is proved.
Prove (v. t.) To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of; as, to prove a page.
Prove (v. i.) To make trial; to essay.
Prove (v. i.) To be found by experience, trial, or result; to turn out to be; as, a medicine proves salutary; the report proves false.
Prove (v. i.) To succeed; to turn out as expected.
Provect (a.) Carried forward; advanced.
Provection (n.) A carrying forward, as of a final letter, to a following word; as, for example, a nickname for an ekename.
Proveditor (n.) One employed to procure supplies, as for an army, a steamer, etc.; a purveyor; one who provides for another.
Provedore (n.) A proveditor; a purveyor.
Proven (p. p. / a.) Proved.
Proven/al (a.) Of or pertaining to Provence or its inhabitants.
Proven/al (n.) A native or inhabitant of Provence in France.
Proven/al (n.) The Provencal language. See Langue d'oc.
Provence rose () The cabbage rose (Rosa centifolia).
Provence rose () A name of many kinds of roses which are hybrids of Rosa centifolia and R. Gallica.
Provencial (a.) Of or pertaining to Provence in France.
Provend (n.) See Provand.
Provender (n.) Dry food for domestic animals, as hay, straw, corn, oats, or a mixture of ground grain; feed.
Provender (n.) Food or provisions.
Provent (n.) See Provand.
Proventricle (n.) Proventriculus.
Proventriulus (n.) The glandular stomach of birds, situated just above the crop.
Prover (n.) One who, or that which, proves.
Proverb (n.) An old and common saying; a phrase which is often repeated; especially, a sentence which briefly and forcibly expresses some practical truth, or the result of experience and observation; a maxim; a saw; an adage.
Proverb (n.) A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.
Proverb (n.) A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.
Proverb (n.) A drama exemplifying a proverb.
Proverb (v. t.) To name in, or as, a proverb.
Proverb (v. t.) To provide with a proverb.
Proverb (v. i.) To write or utter proverbs.
Proverbial (a.) Mentioned or comprised in a proverb; used as a proverb; hence, commonly known; as, a proverbial expression; his meanness was proverbial.
Proverbial (a.) Of or pertaining to proverbs; resembling a proverb.
Proverbialism (n.) A proverbial phrase.
Proverbialist (n.) One who makes much use of proverbs in speech or writing; one who composes, collects, or studies proverbs.
Proverbialize (v. t. & i.) To turn into a proverb; to speak in proverbs.
Proverbially (adv.) In a proverbial manner; by way of proverb; hence, commonly; universally; as, it is proverbially said; the bee is proverbially busy.
Provexity (n.) Great advance in age.
Provided (imp. & p. p.) of Provide
Providing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Provide
Provide (v. t.) To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.
Provide (v. t.) To supply; to afford; to contribute.
Provide (v. t.) To furnish; to supply; -- formerly followed by of, now by with.
Provide (v. t.) To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate; as, the contract provides that the work be well done.
Provide (v. t.) To foresee.
Provide (v. t.) To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See Provisor.
Provide (v. i.) To procure supplies or means in advance; to take measures beforehand in view of an expected or a possible future need, especially a danger or an evil; -- followed by against or for; as, to provide against the inclemency of the weather; to provide for the education of a child.
Provide (v. i.) To stipulate previously; to condition; as, the agreement provides for an early completion of the work.
Provided (conj.) On condition; by stipulation; with the understanding; if; -- usually followed by that; as, provided that nothing in this act shall prejudice the rights of any person whatever.
Providence (n.) The act of providing or preparing for future use or application; a making ready; preparation.
Providence (n.) Foresight; care; especially, the foresight and care which God manifests for his creatures; hence, God himself, regarded as exercising a constant wise prescience.
Providence (n.) A manifestation of the care and superintendence which God exercises over his creatures; an event ordained by divine direction.
Providence (n.) Prudence in the management of one's concerns; economy; frugality.
Provident (a.) Foreseeing wants and making provision to supply them; prudent in preparing for future exigencies; cautious; economical; -- sometimes followed by of; as, aprovident man; an animal provident of the future.
Providential (a.) Effected by, or referable to, divine direction or superintendence; as, the providential contrivance of thing; a providential escape.
Providently (adv.) In a provident manner.
Providentness (n.) The quality or state of being provident; carefulness; prudence; economy.
Provider (n.) One who provides, furnishes, or supplies; one who procures what is wanted.
Providore (n.) One who makes provision; a purveyor.
Province (n.) A country or region, more or less remote from the city of Rome, brought under the Roman government; a conquered country beyond the limits of Italy.
Province (n.) A country or region dependent on a distant authority; a portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the capital.
Province (n.) A region of country; a tract; a district.