Skip to content- proverbialistSomeone who often uses proverbs in speech or writing.
- proverbialityThe state or characteristic of being proverbial.
- proverbializeTo turn into a proverb.
- proverbiallyIn a manner that uses proverbs; in or according to proverbs.
- proverbialnessThe quality of being proverbial.
- proverbicOf or relating to proverbs; proverbial.
- proverbiologistA person who studies proverbs.
- proverbiologyThe study of proverbs; the collective lore of proverbs.
- proverbizeSynonym of proverbialize (“turn into a proverb”).
- proverblikeResembling or characteristic of a proverb.
- proverbsA book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh, being a collection of moral maxims.
- proverseDescribing the tendency of a plane to roll in the same direction as yaw.
- proviantprovisions, especially for an army
- provicarThe deputy of a vicar apostolic.
- providableCapable of being provided.
- provideTo make a living; earn money for necessities.
- providedOnly if (the stipulation that follows is true).
- provideeThe person to whom something is provided; the recipient.
- providencePreparation for the future; good governance; foresight.
- ProvidencialesAn island and district of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
- providentPossessing, exercising, or demonstrating great care and consideration for the future.
- providentialPertaining to divine providence.
- providentialismThe belief that all events are predetermined by God or fate.
- providentialistA believer in providentialism.
- providentialisticRelating to providentialism.
- providentiallyIn a providential manner.
- providentlyIn a provident manner.
- providentnessthe quality or state of being provident; carefulness; prudence; economy
- providerOne who, or that which, provides a service, commodity, or the means for subsistence.
- providershipThe status of being a provider.
- providingSomething provided; a provision.
- providoreSynonym of provedore (“provider, purveyor”).
- ProvieA member of the Provisional IRA.
- provinceA region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country.
- provincefulthe amount that a province can hold.
- provincehoodThe status of being a province.
- provincesThe part of a country outside of the capital, major cities, etc., and regarded as being rustic or parochial; a hinterland. See provincial.
- ProvincetownA town located at the extreme tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.
- ProvincetownerSomeone from or residing in Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States.
- provincewidethroughout a province
- provincialOf or pertaining to a province.
- provincialateThe office of a provincial (monastic superior).
- provincialismThe quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners.
- provincialistOne who lives in a province; a provincial.
- provincialityThe quality of being provincial.
- provincializationThe process of making something provincial.
- provincializeTo render provincial; to reduce or allot to provinces.
- provinciallyIn a provincial way.
- provinciateTo convert into a province or provinces.
- provineTo lay a stock or branch of a vine in the ground for propagation.
- provingExperimentation to determine which substances cause which effects when ingested.
- ProvinsA surname.
- proviolenceIn favour of violence.
- proviolentIn favour of violence.
- proviralOf or pertaining to a provirus
- provirallyIn a proviral manner
- provirionA structure that develops into a virion
- proviromeThe genomes of all the proviruses that inhabit a particular organism or environment
- provirophageA virophage of a provirus.
- provirusA virus genome, such as HIV, that integrates itself into the DNA of a host cell so as to be passively replicated along with the host genome.
- ProvisA surname.
- provisionAn item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.
- provisionalTemporary, but with the intention of eventually becoming permanent or being replaced by a permanent equivalent.
- provisionalityThe quality of being provisional or temporary.
- provisionalizationThe act or process of provisionalizing.
- provisionalizeTo provide with a provisional.
- provisionallyIn a provisional way; temporarily.
- provisionalnessQuality of being provisional.
- provisionalsThe Irish Republican Army.
- provisionaryprovisional
- provisionerOne who supplies provisions.
- provisioningAn act of supplying with provisions.
- provisionlessWithout provisions or supplies.
- provisionmentThe supplying of provisions.
- provisiveServing to provide something.
- provisoA conditional provision to an agreement.
- provisorA deputy of a Roman Catholic bishop.
- provisorilyIn a provisory manner; conditionally
- provisoriumsomething provisional; a provisional solution or a preparation for a better future
- provisorshipThe office or position of a provisor.
- provisoryTemporary; pending something more permanent.
- provitaminAny biologically inactive compound that may be converted into a vitamin within an animal organism
- provitaminicRelating to provitamins
- proviverrineAny of the hyaenodontid subfamily †Proviverrinae of extinct mammals.
- provivisectionIn favour of vivisection.
- provivisectionistA person who supports the use of vivisection.
- provoA member of this movement.
- ProvoanA native or resident of the city of Provo, Utah, United States.
- provocabilityThe condition of being provocable
- provocableThat can be provoked
- provocantOne who or that which provokes.
- provocateTo provoke.
- provocateurOne who engages in provocative behavior.
- provocateuseA female provocateur.
- provocationThe act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something.
- provocationalThat provokes.
- provocationismA policy of agitation.
- provocationistOne who follows a policy of provocation; an agitator or provocateur.
- provocativeServing or tending to elicit a strong, often negative sentiment in another person; exasperating.
- provocativelyIn a provocative manner.
- provocativenessThe quality of being provocative; provocative behaviour.
- provocatorOne who engages in provocation.
- provocatoryprovocative
- provocatriceA female provocateur.
- provocatrixA female provocator.
- provokatsiyaA political event staged by an intelligence service on behalf of its government in order to accomplish some political goal.
- provokeTo cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
- provokeeOne who is subjected to provocation.
- provokementProvocation.
- provokerA person who provokes.
- provokingannoying; irritating
- provokinglyIn a provoking manner.
- provokingnessThe state or condition of being provoking.
- provoletaAn Argentine variant of provolone cheese.
- provoloneA semi-hard cheese made of whole milk from cows. It comes primarily from Southern Italy.
- provolunteeringSupporting or favouring a volunteering scheme.
- provostA dean: the head of a cathedral chapter.
- provostalPertaining to a provost.
- provostessA female provost.
- provostialOf, or related to a provost.
- provostorialPertaining to a provost.
- provostryA district under a provost.
- provostshipThe state, property, or office of being a provost.
- provostyThe office or remit of a provost, especially with reference to French history.
- provulgateTo publish, to make public; promulgate.
- provulgationThe act of publishing, making known, promulgation.
- provulgeTo promulge; to promulgate.
- prowThe front part of a vessel.
- prowarSupporting war.
- prowedHaving a (specified kind of) prow.
- ProwellA surname.
- ProwersA surname.
- prowessSkillfulness or extraordinary ability in a particular area of expertise; dexterity, mastery, or proficiency.
- prowessedDistinguished by prowess.
- prowfishA species of subtropical perciform saltwater fish, Zaprora silenus, found in the North Pacific.
- prowhalingSupporting or in favour of whaling.
- prowhiteSupporting or favouring white people.
- prowhitenessThe support or favoring of white people.
- prowlTo rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty.
- prowlerOne who roves about for prey; one who prowls.
- prowlikeResembling the prow of a boat.
- prowlingThe act of one who prowls.
- prowlinglyIn a prowling manner.
- prowlyprowling
- prowordprocedure word
- proworkerSupporting workers.
- prowsA surname.
- ProwseA surname.
- ProwsetonA town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- proxThe ticket or list of candidates at elections, presented to the people for their votes.