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All derived from 9,053 borrowed from 5,710 learned borrowing from 1,127 calque of 209 semantic loan from 2 prodigence wastefulness; profusion prodition Disclosure. proditomania A phobia that others are conspiring against one. proditorious Treacherous, traitorous. pro domino In the capacity of a master or an owner; having dominion over a person, property, or a right. proemium Synonym of proem. profect Profit. profectitious Proceeding from, or as if from, a parent; derived, as from an ancestor. professory Of, relating to, or similar to a professor; professorial. profluence Onward flow; current. profluent Flowing smoothly as if in a stream. profulgent Shining out; gleaming. profundal Relating to the deep zone of an inland body of water where very little sunlight penetrates; located between the limnetic and the benthic zones. profundicate To make profound; to make a concept unnecessarily complicated. profundify To make profound; to make a concept unnecessarily complicated. progenerate To beget; to generate; to produce. progeneration The act of begetting; propagation, bearing children, or reproduction. pro hac vice Permitted for a specific case or action. projecture Something that juts out beyond a surface; a projection. projicient Someone or something that launches a projectile. prolapsion prolapse prolation Speaking, utterance, the producing of words or speech. prolegate The deputy or substitute legate. proletaneous Having numerous offspring. prolicide The crime of destroying one's offspring, either in the womb or after birth. proliferous Producing many offspring; prolific or proliferative. proligerous Productive, generative; prolific. prologetic Occurring in or serving as a prologue. prolusion A trial before the principal performance; a prelude. prolusory Relating to prolusion; preliminary, introductory promanation The act of flowing forth; emanation. promerit To oblige; to confer a favour on. promptuary A magazine, repository, or handbook. 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. pronograde Walking with the length of the body parallel to the ground. pronubial Promoting, or presiding over, marriage. pronunciative Of or relating to pronunciation. pronunciator Someone who pronounces; a pronouncer. propellent Capable of propelling. propend To incline or lean. propendent Inclining, hanging, or projecting forward or toward properate To hasten or press forward. properation haste; hurrying. proper left The direction which is to the left from an object's perspective, the direction 90 degrees counter-clockwise from the front. proper motion The change in apparent position of a celestial body due to that body's velocity relative to the Sun. proper right The direction which is to the right from an object's perspective, the direction 90 degrees clockwise from the front. propination The exclusive right to distill spirits. propine To pledge; to offer as a toast in the manner of drinking, that is, by drinking first and passing the cup. propitiable Capable of being propitiated. propitiary Synonym of propitiatory. propitiator One who propitiates or appeases. propriospinal Relating specifically to the spine, and especially to those structures that connect segments of the spine propugnation means of defence; defence propulsation The act of driving away or repelling; a keeping at a distance. propulsor A propellor enclosed in a short cylinder, that can typically be swivelled to change the angle of thrust. propylaeum A vestibule or entrance, (especially) to a temple. prorsiradiate Inclined forward. proruption The act or state of bursting forth; a bursting out. pros and cons The advantages and disadvantages or positives and negatives regarding a specific choice or situation. pro se Representing oneself (in court); without an attorney. prosopography A study of the individuals in a group of people within a specific context and their relationships. prospicuous Able to be seen from far away; conspicuous. prostibule A brothel. prostibulous Of or relating to prostitutes or prostitution; meretricious. pro tem temporarily; for the time being. pro tempore temporarily; for the time being protension A drawing out, extension, or stretching; (alternatively) a duration (of time). protensive Drawn out; extended. protervity wantonness; waywardness; petulance; peevishness prothallium A plant, usually a pteridophyte, in gametophyte stage in the metagenesis cycle. provect mature; advanced (in age) provulgate To publish, to make public; promulgate. provulgation The act of publishing, making known, promulgation. proxenet A negotiator; a factor, especially one who negotiates marriages. Proxima Centauri A red dwarf star, part of the Alpha Centauri system and the nearest star to Earth's solar system. pruinose Having a very fine whitish powder (bloom) on a surface. pruniferous Bearing plums. pruniform Shaped like a plum. pruriginous related to, affected by, or resembling, prurigo. prurigo A skin condition, characterized by itching of papules as the main symptom. prurition itching prussic derived from Prussian blue psephisma A psephism. pseudocyesis A false pregnancy: the appearance of signs and symptoms associated with pregnancy when the person or animal is not pregnant. pseudologia fantastica compulsive lying (telling of falsehoods) pseudologue A pathological liar pseudonavicula One of the minute spindle-shaped embryos of gregarines and some other Protozoa. psittac- Parrot. psittacism Mechanical, repetitive words used without understanding or consideration. psoric Of or pertaining to psora. puberulent Covered in soft, downy hairs. publicate To publish or make publicly known. pubo- pubes pudency Modesty. pudenda muliebria Vagina; female genitals. pudendo- External genitals. pudendum External genital organs in a human; especially a woman's vulva. pudendum muliebre A woman's pudendum; the vulva. pudendum virile A part of the male pudenda; the principal male organ of intromission and micturition; the penis. puella publica A female prostitute.