| prop | (noun) a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling | - |
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| (noun) a propeller that rotates to push against air | Synonyms: airplane propeller, airscrew |
| (noun) any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie | Synonyms: property |
| (verb) support by placing against something solid or rigid | Synonyms: prop up, shore, shore up |
| propaedeutic | (adjective) preceding and preparing for something | Synonyms: preparative, preparatory |
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| (noun) a course that provides an introduction to an art or science (or to more advanced study generally) | Synonyms: propaedeutics |
| propaedeutics | (noun) a course that provides an introduction to an art or science (or to more advanced study generally) | Synonyms: propaedeutic |
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| propaganda | (noun) information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause | - |
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| propagandise | (verb) spread by propaganda | Synonyms: propagandize |
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| (verb) subject to propaganda | Synonyms: propagandize |
| propagandist | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by propaganda | Synonyms: propagandistic |
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| (noun) a person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government | - |
| propagandistic | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by propaganda | Synonyms: propagandist |
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| propagandize | (verb) spread by propaganda | Synonyms: propagandise |
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| (verb) subject to propaganda | Synonyms: propagandise |
| propagate | (verb) multiply sexually or asexually | - |
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| (verb) cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering | - |
| (verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, spread |
| (verb) transmit | - |
| (verb) transmit or cause to broaden or spread | - |
| (verb) become distributed or widespread | Synonyms: spread |
| (verb) travel through the air | - |
| (verb) transmit from one generation to the next | - |
| propagation | (noun) the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production | Synonyms: generation, multiplication |
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| (noun) the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions | Synonyms: extension |
| (noun) the movement of a wave through a medium | - |
| propagative | (adjective) characterized by propagation or relating to propagation | - |
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| propagator | (noun) someone who spreads the news | Synonyms: disseminator |
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| (noun) someone who propagates plants (as under glass) | - |
| propanal | (noun) a colorless liquid aldehyde | Synonyms: propionaldehyde |
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| propanamide | (noun) the amide of propionic acid (C2H5CONH2) | Synonyms: proprionamide |
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| propane | (noun) colorless gas found in natural gas and petroleum; used as a fuel | - |
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| propanediol | (noun) a sweet colorless, viscous, hygroscopic liquid used as an antifreeze and in brake fluid and also as a humectant in cosmetics and personal care items although it can be absorbed through the skin with harmful effects | Synonyms: propylene glycol |
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| propanol | (noun) a clear colorless volatile liquid (alcohol) used as a solvent and antiseptic | Synonyms: propyl alcohol |
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| propanone | (noun) the simplest ketone; a highly flammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics | Synonyms: acetone, dimethyl ketone |
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| proparoxytone | (noun) word having stress or acute accent on the antepenult | - |
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| propel | (verb) cause to move forward with force | Synonyms: impel |
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| (verb) give an incentive for action | Synonyms: actuate, incite, motivate, move, prompt |
| propellant | (adjective) tending to or capable of propelling | Synonyms: propellent, propelling, propulsive |
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| (noun) any substance that propels | Synonyms: propellent |
| propellent | (adjective) tending to or capable of propelling | Synonyms: propellant, propelling, propulsive |
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| (noun) any substance that propels | Synonyms: propellant |
| propeller | (noun) a mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water | Synonyms: propellor |
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| propelling | (adjective) tending to or capable of propelling | Synonyms: propellant, propellent, propulsive |
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| propellor | (noun) a mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water | Synonyms: propeller |
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| propenal | (noun) a pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene | Synonyms: acrolein |
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| propene | (noun) a flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum; used in organic synthesis | Synonyms: propylene |
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| propenoate | (noun) a salt or ester of propenoic acid | Synonyms: acrylate |
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| propenonitrile | (noun) a colorless liquid unsaturated nitrile made from propene | Synonyms: acrylonitrile, vinyl cyanide |
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| propensity | (noun) a disposition to behave in a certain way | Synonyms: aptness |
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| (noun) a natural inclination | Synonyms: leaning, proclivity |
| (noun) an inclination to do something | Synonyms: leaning, tendency |
| proper | (adjective) marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness | - |
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| (adjective) appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs | Synonyms: right |
| (adjective) having all the qualities typical of the thing specified | - |
| (adjective) limited to the thing specified | - |
| properly | (adverb) in the right manner; correctly; suitably | Synonyms: decent, decently, right |
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| (adverb) in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances | Synonyms: appropriately, befittingly, duly, fitly, fittingly, suitably |
| (adverb) indicating exactness or preciseness | Synonyms: exactly, just, precisely |
| properness | (noun) correct or appropriate behavior | Synonyms: correctitude, propriety |
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| propertied | (adjective) owning land or securities as a principal source of revenue | Synonyms: property-owning |
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| property | (noun) any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie | Synonyms: prop |
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| (noun) a basic or essential property shared by all members of a class | - |
| (noun) a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished | Synonyms: attribute, dimension |
| (noun) any area set aside for a particular purpose | Synonyms: place |
| (noun) something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone | Synonyms: belongings, holding |
| propertyless | (adjective) of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers | Synonyms: blue-collar, wage-earning, working-class |
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| prophase | (noun) the first stage of mitosis | - |
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| (noun) the first stage of meiosis | - |
| prophecy | (noun) knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) | Synonyms: prognostication, vaticination |
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| (noun) a prediction uttered under divine inspiration | Synonyms: divination |
| prophesier | (noun) an authoritative person who divines the future | Synonyms: oracle, prophet, seer, vaticinator |
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| prophesy | (verb) predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration | Synonyms: vaticinate |
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| (verb) deliver a sermon | Synonyms: preach |
| prophet | (noun) an authoritative person who divines the future | Synonyms: oracle, prophesier, seer, vaticinator |
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| (noun) someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God | - |
| prophetess | (noun) a woman prophet | - |
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| prophetic | (adjective) foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention | Synonyms: prophetical |
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| prophetical | (adjective) foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention | Synonyms: prophetic |
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| prophetically | (adverb) in a prophetic manner | - |
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| prophylactic | (adjective) preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease | Synonyms: preventative, preventive |
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| (adjective) warding off | Synonyms: cautionary |
| (adjective) capable of preventing conception or impregnation | Synonyms: antifertility, contraceptive |
| (noun) contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse | Synonyms: condom, rubber, safe, safety |
| (noun) remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease | Synonyms: preventative, preventive |
| prophylaxis | (noun) the prevention of disease | - |
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| prophyll | (noun) a plant structure resembling a leaf | - |
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| propinquity | (noun) the property of being close together | Synonyms: proximity |
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| propionaldehyde | (noun) a colorless liquid aldehyde | Synonyms: propanal |
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| propitiate | (verb) make peace with | Synonyms: appease |
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| propitiation | (noun) the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity | Synonyms: conciliation, placation |
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| (noun) the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity) | Synonyms: atonement, expiation |
| propitiative | (adjective) intended to reconcile or appease | Synonyms: propitiatory |
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| propitiatory | (adjective) having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation | Synonyms: expiative, expiatory |
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| (adjective) intended to reconcile or appease | Synonyms: propitiative |
| propitious | (adjective) presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success | - |
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| propitiously | (adverb) in an auspicious manner | Synonyms: auspiciously |
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| propitiousness | (noun) the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result | Synonyms: auspiciousness |
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| propjet | (noun) an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine | Synonyms: turbo-propeller plane, turboprop |
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| propman | (noun) member of the stage crew in charge of properties | Synonyms: property man, property master |
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| proponent | (noun) a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea | Synonyms: advocate, advocator, exponent |
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| proportion | (noun) magnitude or extent | Synonyms: dimension |
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| (noun) harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design) | Synonyms: balance, proportionality |
| (noun) the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole | - |
| (noun) the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree | Synonyms: ratio |
| (noun) balance among the parts of something | Synonyms: symmetry |
| (verb) adjust in size relative to other things | - |
| (verb) give pleasant proportions to | - |
| proportionable | (adjective) proportionate | - |
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| proportional | (adjective) properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to' | Synonyms: relative |
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| (adjective) having a constant ratio | - |
| (noun) one of the quantities in a mathematical proportion | - |
| proportionality | (noun) harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design) | Synonyms: balance, proportion |
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| (noun) a ratio of two quantities that is constant | - |
| proportionally | (adverb) to a proportionate degree | Synonyms: proportionately |
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| proportionate | (adjective) being in due proportion | - |
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| (adjective) exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities | Synonyms: harmonious, symmetrical |
| (adjective) agreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree | - |
| proportionately | (adverb) to a proportionate degree | Synonyms: proportionally |
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| (adverb) in a way that is in correspondence among the constituents of another entity | - |
| (adverb) in a way that agrees in amount, magnitude or degree | Synonyms: pro rata |
| proportionateness | (noun) the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount | Synonyms: commensurateness, correspondence |
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| proposal | (noun) something proposed (such as a plan or assumption) | - |
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| (noun) the act of making a proposal | Synonyms: proposition |
| (noun) an offer of marriage | Synonyms: marriage offer, marriage proposal, proposal of marriage |
| propose | (verb) present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc. | Synonyms: project |
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| (verb) propose or intend | Synonyms: aim, purport, purpose |
| (verb) make a proposal, declare a plan for something | Synonyms: advise, suggest |
| (verb) ask (someone) to marry you | Synonyms: declare oneself, offer, pop the question |
| (verb) put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position | Synonyms: nominate |
| proposer | (noun) (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion | Synonyms: mover |
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| (noun) someone who advances a suggestion or proposal | Synonyms: suggester |
| proposition | (noun) a task to be dealt with | - |
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| (noun) (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false | - |
| (noun) a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection | Synonyms: proffer, suggestion |
| (noun) the act of making a proposal | Synonyms: proposal |
| (noun) an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors) | - |
| (verb) suggest sex to | - |
| propositus | (noun) the person immediately affected by or concerned with an action | - |
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| propound | (verb) put forward, as of an idea | - |
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| propoxyphene | (noun) a mildly narcotic analgesic drug (trade name Darvon) related to methadone but less addictive | Synonyms: Darvon, propoxyphene hydrochloride |
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| propranolol | (noun) the first beta blocker (trade name Inderal) used in treating hypertension and angina pectoris and essential tremor | Synonyms: Inderal |
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| proprietary | (adjective) protected by trademark or patent or copyright; made or produced or distributed by one having exclusive rights | - |
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| (noun) an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits | Synonyms: proprietorship |
| proprietor | (noun) (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business | Synonyms: owner |
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| proprietorship | (noun) an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits | Synonyms: proprietary |
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| proprietress | (noun) a woman proprietor | - |
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| propriety | (noun) correct or appropriate behavior | Synonyms: correctitude, properness |
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| proprioception | (noun) the ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts | - |
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| proprioceptive | (adjective) of or relating to proprioception | - |
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| proprioceptor | (noun) special nerve endings in the muscles and tendons and other organs that respond to stimuli regarding the position and movement of the body | - |
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| proprionamide | (noun) the amide of propionic acid (C2H5CONH2) | Synonyms: propanamide |
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| props | (noun) proper respect | - |
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| propulsion | (noun) the act of propelling | Synonyms: actuation |
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| (noun) a propelling force | - |
| propulsive | (adjective) having the power to propel | - |
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| (adjective) tending to or capable of propelling | Synonyms: propellant, propellent, propelling |
| propyl | (noun) the monovalent organic group C3H7- obtained from propane | Synonyms: propyl group, propyl radical |
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| propylene | (noun) a flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum; used in organic synthesis | Synonyms: propene |
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| propylthiouracil | (noun) a crystalline compound used as an antithyroid drug in the treatment of goiter | - |
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