Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z prompting The action of saying something to persuade, encourage, or remind someone to do or say something. promptingly So as to prompt; as if giving somebody a cue to do something. promptish Somewhat prompt; tending towards promptness. promptitude The quality of being prompt; alacrity. promptive Serving as a prompt. promptless Without a prompt. promptlike Resembling or characteristic of a prompt. promptly Both soon and quickly. promptness The habit or characteristic of doing things without delay. promptress A female prompter. promptuary A magazine, repository, or handbook. prompture suggestion, incitement, or prompting promulgate To make known or make public. promulgation The act of promulgating or announcing something, especially a proclamation announcing a new law. promulgator A person who promulgates; a publisher. promulgatory Pertaining to promulgation. promulge To promulgate; to publish or teach. promulger One who promulges or publishes what was before unknown. promulsis The first course of a dinner in Ancient Rome, intended to stimulate the appetite. promuscidate Having a promuscis. promuscis The proboscis of hemipteran insects. promuscular Promoting the growth of muscles. promutagen Any material that promotes the production of a mutagen. promutagenic That promotes mutagenesis promwear Clothing to be worn at a prom. promycele Synonym of promycelium. promycelial Of or relating to the promycelium. promycelium The basidium of a rust fungus, a club-shaped structure bearing sporidia promycosome That promotes the formation of a mycosome promyelinating That fosters promyelination. promyelination The process that switches on myelination. promyeloblast A structure that develops into a myeloblast promyeloblastic Relating to promyeloblasts promyelocyte A granulocyte precursor, developing from the myeloblast and developing into the myelocyte. promyelocytic Of or pertaining to the promyelocyte. promyeloid Of or pertaining to promyelocytes promyeloleukemia promyeloid leukemia promyeloleukemic Relating to promyeloleukemia promyelomonocytic That leads to the formation of myelomonocytes promyogenic Promoting myogenesis. promyshlennik A Russian or indigenous Siberian worker, typically from the state serf or townsman class, who took part in the fur trade. promythium A section of text that comes before the story. promzilla A teenage girl who is obsessed with preparing for her prom and ensuring it turns out the way she envisions. pron Filter-avoidance spelling of porn. pronaos The inner area of the portico of a Greek or Roman temple pronapin A storage protein present in Brassica napus pronasale The tip of the nose. pronase A mixture of proteinases isolated from the extracellular fluid of the bacterium Streptomyces griseus. pronatal Promoting the birth of children. pronatalism An attitude or ideology promoting child-bearing; advocacy of having children, especially from the State. pronatalist One who believes in pronatalism. pronate To turn or rotate one’s hand and forearm so that the palm faces down if the forearm is horizontal, back if the arm is pointing down, or forward if the forearm is pointing up; to twist the right forearm counterclockwise or the left forearm clockwise. pronated Placed in a prone position. pronation Walking on the inner edge of the foot. pronational Supporting a nation; nationalist. pronationalist In favour of nationalism. pronationalistic Supporting or favouring nationalism. pronator Any muscle that produces pronation pronatory Relating to pronation pronaval In favour of the navy. pronavy In favour of the navy. Pronczuk A surname from Polish. prone Lying face-down. pronecroptotic That leads to necroptosis pronecrotic That leads to necrosis proned Synonym of prone: Pertaining to proning, pertaining to the prone position. pronegotiation In favour of negotiation. pronely In a prone manner or position. proneness The quality or state of being prone, or of bending downward. proneoplastic That leads to the formation of neoplasms pronephric Of or pertaining to the pronephros pronephritic That leads to the kidneys pronephron The first part of the urogenital system to be differentiated in a vertebrate embryo, which functions as a simple excretory organ in simpler forms, serves as a provisional kidney in some fish and amphibians, and only appears as a temporary embryonic structure in reptiles, birds, and mammals. pronephros A primitive kidney in the lamprey and similar animals, and in other vertebrate embryos pronetalol A particular beta-adrenergic blocking drug. pronethalol An early non-selective beta blocker clinical candidate, never used clinically due to carcinogenicity in mice. proneural Involved in neurogenesis proneurogenic That leads to neurogenesis proneuromast The collection of cells that develops to form a neuromast proneuronal That gives rise to neurons proneuropeptide A compound that promotes formation of a neuropeptide proneurosensory From which the neurosensory features develop proneurotensin A precursor of the hormone neurotensin proneurotoxin Any material that is metabolised to become a neurotoxin proneurotrophin Any precursor to the production of a neurotrophin proneutrality Favouring a policy of neutrality. prong A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool. prongbuck The springbok. pronged Having (a specified number or type of) prongs pronggill a prong-gilled mayfly, any insect in the Leptophlebiidae family pronghorn A North American mammal, Antilocapra americana, that resembles an antelope. pronglike Resembling or characteristic of a prong. prongy Characterised by prongs or a prong-like shape. pronic Being the product of two consecutive integers. pronilfactor An ergodic nilspace X/R(X) such that there exists an element x of X and a homomorphism H such that (H,X) is a nilsystem. proning The practice of placing people into a prone position. proniosomal Relating to or composed of proniosomes. proniosome A dry material that forms niosomes in water pronity Proneness to do something; propensity. pronk To jump with all four limbs at once. pronociception A pronociceptive condition pronociceptive Preceding or leading to nociception, the perception of pain. pronograde Walking with the length of the body parallel to the ground. pronoia Divine providence, foreknowledge, foresight. pronoiar One who is granted a pronoia. pronoid A person who experiences pronoia, the belief that others are conspiring to do them good. pronomial Of, pertaining to, constructed using, or serving the purpose of a pronoun. pronominal Of, pertaining to, resembling, or functioning as a pronoun. pronominalisation The replacement of a noun by a pronoun pronominality The condition of being pronominal pronominalization The process of pronominalizing. pronominalize To give the effect of a pronoun to; to replace with a pronoun. pronominalizer A word or construct that pronominalizes. pronominally In a pronominal manner; as a pronoun. pronomination Synonym of pronominalization. pronormal Such that each of its conjugates is conjugate to it already in the subgroup generated by it and its conjugate. pronormoblast A proerythroblast. pronosupination A combination of pronation and supination pronotal Of or pertaining to the pronotum. pronotum The dorsal plate of the prothorax in insects pronoun A part of speech that refers anaphorically to a noun or noun phrase, which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective. pronounal Pronominal. pronounce To declare formally, officially or ceremoniously. pronounceability The quality of being pronounceable. pronounceable Capable of being distinctly pronounced in speech; enunciable. pronounceableness The quality of being pronounceable. pronounceably In a pronounceable manner. pronounced Uttered, articulated. pronouncedly In a pronounced manner; markedly, distinctively. pronouncedness The quality of being pronounced. pronouncement An official public announcement. pronouncer One who pronounces. pronounciate To pronounce. pronouncing An utterance; a pronouncement. pronounless Without a pronoun or pronouns. pronounlike Resembling or characteristic of a pronoun; pronominal. pronounphobia Fear or hatred of, or aversion to, pronouns, especially as relates to modern gender identities. pronto Quickly, very soon, promptly. prontosil The antibacterial drug 4-[(2,4-diaminophenyl)azo]benzenesulfonamide. pronubial Promoting, or presiding over, marriage. pronuclear Of or pertaining to the pronucleus. pronucleate Having a pronucleus pronucleophile A compound or group that is readily converted into a nucleophile pronucleus Either of the two haploid nuclei (of a sperm and ovum) that fuse during fertilization pronumeral variable (symbol) pronunciability pronounceability pronunciable pronounceable pronuncial Of or pertaining to pronunciation pronunciamento A manifesto or formal public declaration, originally political; a proclamation. pronunciamiento A military uprising or coup in Spain or the Spanish American republics, particularly in the 19th century, usually accompanied by a statement declaring the existing government null and void.