| progenitor | (noun) an ancestor in the direct line | Synonyms: primogenitor |
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| progeny | (noun) the immediate descendants of a person | Synonyms: issue, offspring |
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| progeria | (noun) a rare abnormality marked by premature aging (grey hair and wrinkled skin and stooped posture) in a child | - |
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| progestational | (adjective) preceding and favoring gestation; of or relating to physiological changes associated with ovulation and formation of the corpus luteum | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to progesterone (or to a drug with effects like those of progesterone) | - |
| progesterone | (noun) a steroid hormone (trade name Lipo-Lutin) produced in the ovary; prepares and maintains the uterus for pregnancy | Synonyms: Lipo-Lutin |
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| progestin | (noun) any of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone | Synonyms: progestogen |
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| progestogen | (noun) any of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone | Synonyms: progestin |
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| prognathic | (adjective) having a projecting lower jaw | Synonyms: hypognathous, prognathous |
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| prognathism | (noun) the condition of being prognathous; the condition of having a projecting jaw | - |
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| prognathous | (adjective) having a projecting lower jaw | Synonyms: hypognathous, prognathic |
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| prognosis | (noun) a prediction of the course of a disease | Synonyms: medical prognosis, prospect |
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| (noun) a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop | Synonyms: forecast |
| prognostic | (adjective) of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions | Synonyms: predictive, prognosticative |
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| (noun) a sign of something about to happen | Synonyms: omen, portent, presage, prodigy, prognostication |
| prognosticate | (verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance | Synonyms: anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, predict, promise |
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| (verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage |
| prognostication | (noun) knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) | Synonyms: prophecy, vaticination |
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| (noun) a statement made about the future | Synonyms: forecasting, foretelling, prediction |
| (noun) a sign of something about to happen | Synonyms: omen, portent, presage, prodigy, prognostic |
| prognosticative | (adjective) of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions | Synonyms: predictive, prognostic |
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| prognosticator | (noun) someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) | Synonyms: forecaster, predictor, soothsayer |
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| program | (noun) a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation | Synonyms: programme |
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| (noun) a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished | Synonyms: plan, programme |
| (noun) a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need | Synonyms: programme |
| (noun) an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event | Synonyms: programme |
| (noun) a radio or television show | Synonyms: broadcast, programme |
| (noun) (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute | Synonyms: computer program, computer programme, programme |
| (noun) a document stating the aims and principles of a political party | Synonyms: platform, political platform, political program |
| (noun) an integrated course of academic studies | Synonyms: course of study, curriculum, programme, syllabus |
| (verb) arrange a program of or for | Synonyms: programme |
| (verb) write a computer program | Synonyms: programme |
| programing | (noun) creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something | Synonyms: computer programing, computer programming, programming |
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| (noun) setting an order and time for planned events | Synonyms: programming, scheduling |
| programma | (noun) an edict that has been publicly posted | - |
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| programmability | (noun) the abstract capability of being programmable. | - |
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| programme | (noun) a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation | Synonyms: program |
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| (noun) a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished | Synonyms: plan, program |
| (noun) a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need | Synonyms: program |
| (noun) an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event | Synonyms: program |
| (noun) a radio or television show | Synonyms: broadcast, program |
| (noun) (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute | Synonyms: computer program, computer programme, program |
| (noun) an integrated course of academic studies | Synonyms: course of study, curriculum, program, syllabus |
| (verb) arrange a program of or for | Synonyms: program |
| (verb) write a computer program | Synonyms: program |
| programmer | (noun) a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs | Synonyms: coder, computer programmer, software engineer |
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| programming | (noun) creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something | Synonyms: computer programing, computer programming, programing |
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| (noun) setting an order and time for planned events | Synonyms: programing, scheduling |
| progress | (noun) the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) | Synonyms: advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progression |
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| (noun) gradual improvement or growth or development | Synonyms: advancement |
| (noun) a movement forward | Synonyms: advance, progression |
| (verb) develop in a positive way | Synonyms: advance, come along, come on, get along, get on, shape up |
| (verb) form or accumulate steadily | Synonyms: build, build up, work up |
| (verb) move forward, also in the metaphorical sense | Synonyms: advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on |
| progression | (noun) the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) | Synonyms: advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progress |
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| (noun) a movement forward | Synonyms: advance, progress |
| (noun) a series with a definite pattern of advance | Synonyms: patterned advance |
| progressive | (adjective) favoring or promoting progress | - |
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| (adjective) (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases | - |
| (adjective) advancing in severity | - |
| (adjective) gradually advancing in extent | - |
| (adjective) favoring or promoting reform (often by government action) | Synonyms: reform-minded, reformist |
| (adjective) (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position | - |
| (noun) a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties | Synonyms: liberal, liberalist |
| (noun) a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going | Synonyms: continuous tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, progressive tense |
| progressively | (adverb) advancing in amount or intensity | Synonyms: increasingly, more and more |
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| progressiveness | (noun) advancement toward better conditions or policies or methods | Synonyms: progressivity |
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| progressivism | (noun) the political orientation of those who favor progress toward better conditions in government and society | - |
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| progressivity | (noun) advancement toward better conditions or policies or methods | Synonyms: progressiveness |
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| progymnosperm | (noun) an ancestral fossil type from which modern gymnosperms are thought to have derived | - |
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