| prosaic | (adjective) not challenging; dull and lacking excitement | Synonyms: commonplace, humdrum, unglamorous, unglamourous |
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| (adjective) lacking wit or imagination | Synonyms: earthbound, pedestrian, prosy |
| (adjective) not fanciful or imaginative | Synonyms: matter-of-fact |
| prosaically | (adverb) in a matter-of-fact manner | Synonyms: unimaginatively |
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| prosaicness | (noun) commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting | Synonyms: prosiness |
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| proscenium | (noun) the wall that separates the stage from the auditorium in a modern theater | Synonyms: proscenium wall |
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| (noun) the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain) | Synonyms: apron, forestage |
| prosciutto | (noun) Italian salt-cured ham usually sliced paper thin | - |
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| proscribe | (verb) command against | Synonyms: disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, veto |
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| proscribed | (adjective) excluded from use or mention | Synonyms: forbidden, out, prohibited, taboo, tabu, verboten |
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| proscription | (noun) rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone | Synonyms: banishment |
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| (noun) a decree that prohibits something | Synonyms: ban, prohibition |
| prose | (noun) ordinary writing as distinguished from verse | - |
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| (noun) matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression | - |
| prosecute | (verb) bring a criminal action against (in a trial) | - |
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| (verb) conduct a prosecution in a court of law | - |
| (verb) carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in | Synonyms: engage, pursue |
| prosecution | (noun) the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior | Synonyms: criminal prosecution |
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| (noun) the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion | Synonyms: pursuance |
| (noun) the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant | - |
| prosecutor | (noun) a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state | Synonyms: prosecuting attorney, prosecuting officer, public prosecutor |
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| proselyte | (noun) a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism | - |
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| proselytise | (verb) convert to another faith or religion | Synonyms: proselytize |
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| proselytism | (noun) the state of being a proselyte; spiritual rebirth resulting from the zeal of crusading advocacy of the gospel | - |
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| (noun) the practice of proselytizing | - |
| proselytize | (verb) convert to another faith or religion | Synonyms: proselytise |
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| proseminar | (noun) a course of study like a graduate seminar but often open to advanced undergraduates. | - |
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| prosencephalon | (noun) the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube | Synonyms: forebrain |
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| prosily | (adverb) in a prosy manner | - |
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| prosimian | (noun) primitive primates having large ears and eyes and characterized by nocturnal habits | - |
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| prosiness | (noun) commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting | Synonyms: prosaicness |
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| prosociality | (noun) The quality of being beneficial to all parties and consistent with community laws and mores. | - |
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| prosodic | (adjective) of or relating to the rhythmic aspect of language or to the suprasegmental phonemes of pitch and stress and juncture and nasalization and voicing | - |
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| prosodion | (noun) religious music used in a procession | Synonyms: processional |
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| prosody | (noun) the study of poetic meter and the art of versification | Synonyms: metrics |
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| (noun) the patterns of stress and intonation in a language | Synonyms: inflection |
| (noun) (prosody) a system of versification | Synonyms: poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern |
| prosopopoeia | (noun) representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature | Synonyms: personification |
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| prospect | (noun) a prediction of the course of a disease | Synonyms: medical prognosis, prognosis |
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| (noun) the visual percept of a region | Synonyms: aspect, panorama, scene, view, vista |
| (noun) belief about (or mental picture of) the future | Synonyms: expectation, outlook |
| (noun) someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.) | Synonyms: candidate |
| (noun) the possibility of future success | Synonyms: chance |
| (verb) explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals | - |
| (verb) search for something desirable | - |
| prospective | (adjective) of or concerned with or related to the future | - |
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| prospectiveness | (noun) The quality of relating to or furnishing a future prospect. | - |
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| prospector | (noun) someone who explores an area for mineral deposits | - |
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| prospectus | (noun) a catalog listing the courses offered by a college or university | Synonyms: course catalog, course catalogue |
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| (noun) a formal written offer to sell securities (filed with the SEC) that sets forth a plan for a (proposed) business enterprise | - |
| prosper | (verb) make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance | Synonyms: flourish, fly high, thrive |
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| prospering | (adjective) very lively and profitable | Synonyms: booming, burgeoning, flourishing, palmy, prosperous, roaring, thriving |
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| prosperity | (noun) the condition of prospering; having good fortune | Synonyms: successfulness |
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| (noun) an economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment | - |
| prosperous | (adjective) marked by peace and prosperity | Synonyms: golden, halcyon |
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| (adjective) presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome | Synonyms: favorable, favourable, golden, lucky |
| (adjective) in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich | Synonyms: comfortable, easy, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated, well-to-do |
| (adjective) very lively and profitable | Synonyms: booming, burgeoning, flourishing, palmy, prospering, roaring, thriving |
| prosperously | (adverb) in the manner of prosperous people | - |
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| prospicience | (noun) seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing | Synonyms: farsightedness, foresight, prevision |
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| prospicient | (adjective) planning prudently for the future | Synonyms: farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, long, longsighted |
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| prostaglandin | (noun) a potent substance that acts like a hormone and is found in many bodily tissues (and especially in semen); produced in response to trauma and may affect blood pressure and metabolism and smooth muscle activity | - |
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| prostate | (adjective) relating to the prostate gland | Synonyms: prostatic |
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| (noun) a firm partly muscular chestnut sized gland in males at the neck of the urethra; produces a viscid secretion that is the fluid part of semen | Synonyms: prostate gland |
| prostatectomy | (noun) surgical removal of part or all of the prostate gland | - |
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| prostatic | (adjective) relating to the prostate gland | Synonyms: prostate |
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| prostatitis | (noun) inflammation of the prostate gland characterized by perineal pain and irregular urination and (if severe) chills and fever | - |
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| prostheon | (noun) craniometric point that is the most anterior point in the midline on the alveolar process of the maxilla | Synonyms: alveolar point, prosthion |
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| prosthesis | (noun) corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body | Synonyms: prosthetic device |
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| prosthetic | (adjective) relating to or serving as a prosthesis | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to prosthetics | - |
| prosthetics | (noun) the branch of medicine dealing with the production and use of artificial body parts | - |
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| prosthetist | (noun) an expert in prosthetics | - |
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| prosthion | (noun) craniometric point that is the most anterior point in the midline on the alveolar process of the maxilla | Synonyms: alveolar point, prostheon |
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| prosthodontia | (noun) the branch of dentistry dealing with the replacement of teeth and related mouth or jaw structures by artificial devices | Synonyms: prosthodontics |
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| prosthodontic | (adjective) of or relating to prosthodontics | - |
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| prosthodontics | (noun) the branch of dentistry dealing with the replacement of teeth and related mouth or jaw structures by artificial devices | Synonyms: prosthodontia |
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| prosthodontist | (noun) a dentist who is expert in prosthodontics | - |
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| prostitute | (noun) a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money | Synonyms: bawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, sporting lady, tart, whore, woman of the street, working girl |
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| (verb) sell one's body; exchange sex for money | - |
| prostitution | (noun) offering sexual intercourse for pay | Synonyms: harlotry, whoredom |
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| prostrate | (adjective) stretched out and lying at full length along the ground | Synonyms: flat |
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| (adjective) lying face downward | Synonyms: prone |
| (verb) render helpless or defenseless | - |
| (verb) throw down flat, as on the ground | - |
| (verb) get into a prostrate position, as in submission | Synonyms: bow down |
| prostration | (noun) the act of assuming a prostrate position | - |
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| (noun) abject submission; the emotional equivalent of prostrating your body | - |
| (noun) an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion | Synonyms: collapse |
| prostyle | (adjective) marked by columniation having free columns in a portico only across the opening to the structure | Synonyms: pseudoprostyle |
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| prosy | (adjective) lacking wit or imagination | Synonyms: earthbound, pedestrian, prosaic |
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