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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

provide
verb supply means of subsistence; earn a living; `He provides for his large family by working three jobs`; `Women nowadays not only take care of the household but also bring home the bacon`

providence
noun the guardianship and control exercised by a deity; `divine providence`

provident
adjective careful in regard to your own interests; `the prudent use and development of resources`; `wild squirrels are provident`

providential
adjective relating to or characteristic of providence; `assumption that nature operates only according to a providential plan`- M.R.Cohen

providentially
adverb in a providential manner; as determined by providence; `his providentially destined role`

providently
adverb in a provident manner; `providently, he had saved up some money for emergencies`

province
responsibility noun the proper sphere or extent of your activities; `it was his province to take care of himself`

province
noun the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; `his state is in the deep south`

provincial
adjective of or associated with a province; `provincial government`

provincial capital
noun the capital city of a province

provincially
adverb by the province; through the province; `provincially controlled`

proving ground
noun a workplace for testing new equipment or ideas

provision
proviso noun a stipulated condition; `he accepted subject to one provision`

provision
supplying noun the activity of supplying or providing something

provisionally
adverb temporarily and conditionally; `they have agreed provisionally`; `was appointed provisionally`

provisory
adjective subject to a proviso; `a provisory clause`

provitamin
noun vitamin precursor; a substance that is converted into a vitamin in animal tissues

provitamin A
carotene noun an orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants; is converted into vitamin A in the liver

Provo
noun a city in north central Utah settled by Mormons

provocation
noun needed encouragement; `the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation`

provocative
adjective exciting sexual desire; `her gestures and postures became more wanton and provocative`

provocatively
provokingly adverb in a provocative manner; ``Try it,` he said provocatively`

provoker
inciter noun someone who deliberately foments trouble; `she was the instigator of their quarrel`

provost
noun a high-ranking university administrator

provost court
noun a military court for trying people charged with minor offenses in an occupied area

provost guard
noun a detachment under the command of a provost marshall

provost marshal
noun the supervisor of the military police

prowl
noun the act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner)

prowler
noun someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions

proxemics
noun the study of spatial distances between individuals in different cultures and situations

Proxima
Proxima Centauri noun the nearest star to the sun; distance: 4.3 light years

proximal
adjective situated nearest to point of attachment or origin; `the proximal end of a bone`

proximate
adjective very close in space or time; `proximate words`; `proximate houses`

proximity
propinquity noun the property of being close together

proximo
prox adjective in or of the next month after the present; `scheduled for the 6th prox`

proxy
noun a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting

proxy fight
noun a measure used by an acquirer to gain control of a takeover target; acquirer tries to persuade other shareholders that the management of the target should be replaced

proxy war
noun a war instigated by a major power that does not itself participate

prude
noun a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum

prudence
noun discretion in practical affairs

prudent
adjective careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment; `a prudent manager`; `prudent rulers`; `prudent hesitation`; `more prudent to hide than to fight`

prudential
adjective arising from or characterized by prudence especially in business matters; `he abstained partly for prudential reasons`

prudently
adverb in a prudent manner; `I had allotted my own bedroom for necking, prudently removing both the bed and the key, and taken both myself and my typewriter into my son`s bedroom.`

Prudhoe Bay
noun a bay on the northern coast of Alaska where oil was discovered in 1968

prudishly
puritanically adverb in a prudish manner; `she acts prudishly, but I wonder whether she is really all that chaste`

prudishness
prudery noun excessive or affected modesty

Prumnopitys
genus Prumnopitys noun mostly dioecious evergreen conifers; leaves are softer than in Podocarpus

prune
noun dried plum

prune
rationalize verb weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; `We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet`

prune cake
noun moist cake containing prunes that have been made into a puree

prune whip
noun dessert made of prune puree and whipped cream

Prunella
genus Prunella noun type genus of the Prunellidae

Prunellidae
family Prunellidae noun hedge sparrow

pruner
pruning hook noun a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees

pruning
noun the act of trimming a plant

pruning knife
noun a knife with a curved or hooked blade

pruning saw
noun a handsaw used for pruning trees

pruning shears
noun shears with strong blades used for light pruning of woody plants

pruno
noun a liquor concocted from a mixture of ingredients (such as prunes and raisins and milk and sugar) that can be fermented to produce alcohol; made by prison inmates

Prunus
genus Prunus noun a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions

Prunus caroliniana
noun small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States

Prunus cerasus
noun rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit

Prunus laurocerasus
noun frequently cultivated Eurasian evergreen shrub or small tree having showy clusters of white flowers and glossy foliage and yielding oil similar to bitter almond oil

Prunus salicina
noun small tree of China and Japan bearing large yellow to red plums usually somewhat inferior to European plums in flavor

Prunus sieboldii
noun ornamental tree with inedible fruit widely cultivated in many varieties for its pink blossoms

Prunus spinosa
noun a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits

Prunus triloba
noun deciduous Chinese shrub or small tree with often trilobed leaves grown for its pink-white flowers

prurience
pruriency noun feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness

pruriently
adverb in a prurient manner

prurigo
noun chronic inflammatory disease of the skin characterized by blister capped papules and intense itching

pruritus
noun an intense itching sensation that can have various causes (as by allergies or infection or lymphoma or jaundice etc.)

pruritus ani
noun chronic itching of the skin around the anus

pruritus vulvae
noun persistent itching of the external female genitalia

Prussia
Preussen noun a former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland; `in the 19th century Prussia led the economic and political unification of the German states`

Prussian
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Prussia or its inhabitants; `Prussian officers`; `Prussian aristocracy`

Prussian blue
noun a dark greenish-blue color

Prussian blue
noun any of various blue pigments

pryingly
adverb in a curious and prying manner; ``Do you have a boyfriend,` she asked her prospective tenant pryingly`

Przewalski`s horse
Przevalski`s horse noun wild horse of central Asia that resembles an ass; now endangered

PSA blood test
noun a blood test that measures levels of a protein called prostate specific antigen that is manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; men with prostate problems usually have elevated levels of PSA

psalmist
noun a composer of sacred songs; `David is called The Psalmist because he is believed to be the author of the Book of Psalms`

psalmody
hymnody noun the act of singing psalms or hymns

Psalms
Book of Psalms noun an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of 150 Psalms

Psalter
noun a collection of Psalms for liturgical use

psalterium
omasum noun the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant

psaltery
noun an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings

Psaltriparus
genus Psaltriparus noun a genus of Paridae

psammoma
sand tumor noun a tumor derived from fibrous tissue of the meninges or choroid plexus or certain other structures associated with the brain; characterized by sandlike particles

Psenes
genus Psenes noun a genus of Stromateidae

psephologist
noun a sociologist who studies election trends

psephology
noun the branch of sociology that studies election trends (as by opinion polls)

Psephurus
genus Psephurus noun a genus of Polyodontidae

Psetta
genus Psetta noun a genus of Bothidae

Psettichthys
genus Psettichthys noun a genus of Soleidae

Pseudacris
genus Pseudacris noun chorus frogs

Pseudaletia
genus Pseudaletia noun moths whose larvae are armyworms

Pseudechis
genus Pseudechis noun venomous Australian blacksnakes

Pseudemys
genus Pseudemys noun sliders; red-bellied terrapin

Pseudepigrapha
noun 52 texts written between 200 BC and AD 200 but ascribed to various prophets and kings in the Hebrew scriptures; many are apocalyptic in nature

pseudo
adjective (often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of; `a pseudo esthete`; `pseudoclassic`