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protector |
A defender. |
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protege |
One specially cared for and favored by another usually older person. |
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Protestant |
A Christian who denies the authority of the Pope and holds the right of special judgment. |
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protomartyr |
The earliest victim in any cause. |
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protocol |
A declaration or memorandum of agreement less solemn and formal than a treaty. |
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protoplasm |
The substance that forms the principal portion of an animal or vegetable cell. |
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prototype |
A work, original in character, afterward imitated in form or spirit. |
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protract |
To prolong. |
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protrude |
To push out or thrust forth. |
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protrusion |
The act of protruding. |
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protuberance |
Something that swells out from a surrounding surface. |
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protuberant |
Bulging. |
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protuberate |
To swell or bulge beyond the surrounding surface. |
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proverb |
A brief, pithy saying, condensing in witty or striking form the wisdom of experience. |
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provident |
Anticipating and making ready for future wants or emergencies. |
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providential |
Effected by divine guidance. |
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provincial |
Uncultured in thought and manner. |
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proviso |
A clause in a contract, will, etc., by which its operation is rendered conditional. |
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provocation |
An action or mode of conduct that excites resentment. |
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prowess |
Strength, skill, and intrepidity in battle. |
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proximately |
Immediately. |
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proxy |
A person who is empowered by another to represent him or her in a given matter. |
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prudence |
Caution. |
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prudential |
Proceeding or marked by caution. |
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prudery |
An undue display of modesty or delicacy. |
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prurient |
Inclined to lascivious thoughts and desires. |
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pseudapostle |
A pretended or false apostle. |
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pseudonym |
A fictitious name, especially when assumed by a writer. |
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pseudonymity |
The state or character of using a fictitious name. |
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psychiatry |
The branch of medicine that relates to mental disease. |
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psychic |
Pertaining to the mind or soul. |
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psychopathic |
Morally irresponsible. |
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psychotherapy |
The treatment of mental disease. |
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pudgy |
Small and fat. |
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puerile |
Childish. |
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pugnacious |
Quarrelsome. |
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puissant |
Possessing strength. |
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pulmonary |
Pertaining to the lungs. |
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punctilious |
Strictly observant of the rules or forms prescribed by law or custom. |
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punctual |
Observant and exact in points of time. |
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pungent |
Affecting the sense of smell. |
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pungency |
The quality of affecting the sense of smell. |
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punitive |
Pertaining to punishment. |
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pupilage |
The state or period of being a student. |
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purgatory |
An intermediate state where souls are made fit for paradise or heaven by expiatory suffering. |
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purl |
To cause to whirl, as in an eddy. |
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purloin |
To steal. |
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purport |
Intent. |
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purveyor |
one who supplies |
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pusillanimous |
Without spirit or bravery. |
