| Pronaos |
n. |
The porch or vestibule of a temple. |
| Pronate |
a. |
Somewhat prone; inclined; as, pronate trees. |
| Pronation |
n. |
The act of turning the palm or palmar surface of the forefoot downward. |
| Pronation |
n. |
That motion of the forearm whereby the palm or palmar, surface is turned downward. |
| Pronation |
n. |
The position of the limb resulting from the act of pronation. Opposed to supination. |
| Pronator |
n. |
A muscle which produces pronation. |
| Prone |
a. |
Bending forward; inclined; not erect. |
| Prone |
a. |
Prostrate; flat; esp., lying with the face down;
opposed to supine. |
| Prone |
a. |
Headlong; running downward or headlong. |
| Prone |
a. |
Sloping, with reference to a line or surface; declivous; inclined; not level. |
| Prone |
a. |
Inclined; propense; disposed;
applied to the mind or affections, usually in an ill sense. Followed by to. |
| Pronely |
adv. |
In a prone manner or position. |
| Proneness |
n. |
The quality or state of being prone, or of bending downward; as, the proneness of beasts is opposed to the erectness of man. |
| Proneness |
n. |
The state of lying with the face down;
opposed to supineness. |
| Proneness |
n. |
Descent; declivity; as, the proneness of a hill. |
| Proneness |
n. |
Inclination of mind, heart, or temper; propension; disposition; as, proneness to self-gratification. |
| Pronephric |
a. |
Of or pertaining to the pronephros. |
| Pronephron |
n. |
The head kidney. See under Head. |
| Pronephros |
n. |
Alt. of Pronephron |
| Prong |
n. |
A sharp-pointed instrument. |
| Prong |
n. |
The tine of a fork, or of a similar instrument; as, a fork of two or three prongs. |
| Prong |
n. |
A sharp projection, as of an antler. |
| Prong |
n. |
The fang of a tooth. |
| Prong-hoe |
n. |
A hoe with prongs to break the earth. |
| Prongbuck |
n. |
The springbuck. |
| Prongbuck |
n. |
The pronghorn. |
| Pronged |
a. |
Having prongs or projections like the tines of a fork; as, a three-pronged fork. |
| Pronghorn |
n. |
An American antelope (Antilocapra Americana), native of the plain near the Rocky Mountains. The upper parts are mostly yellowish brown; the under parts, the sides of the head and throat, and the buttocks, are white. The horny sheath of the horns is shed annually. Called also cabree, cabut, prongbuck, and pronghorned antelope. |
| Pronity |
n. |
Proneness; propensity. |
| Pronominal |
a. |
Belonging to, or partaking of the nature of, a pronoun. |
| Pronominalize |
v. t. |
To give the effect of a pronoun to; as, to pronominalize the substantives person, people, etc. |
| Pronominally |
adv. |
In a pronominal manner/ with the nature or office of a pronoun; as a pronoun. |
| Prononce |
a. |
Strongly marked; decided, as in manners, etc. |
| Pronota |
pl. |
of Pronotum |
| Pronotary |
n. |
See Prothonotary. |
| Pronotum |
n. |
The dorsal plate of the prothorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera. |
| Pronoun |
n. |
A word used instead of a noun or name, to avoid the repetition of it. The personal pronouns in English are I, thou or you, he, she, it, we, ye, and they. |
| Pronounce |
v. t. |
To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn to pronounce a foreign language correctly. |
| Pronounce |
v. t. |
To utter officially or solemnly; to deliver, as a decree or sentence; as, to pronounce sentence of death. |
| Pronounce |
v. t. |
To speak or utter rhetorically; to deliver; to recite; as, to pronounce an oration. |
| Pronounce |
v. t. |
To declare or affirm; as, he pronounced the book to be a libel; he pronounced the act to be a fraud. |
| Pronounce |
v. i. |
To give a pronunciation; to articulate; as, to pronounce faultlessly. |
| Pronounce |
v. i. |
To make declaration; to utter on opinion; to speak with confidence. |
| Pronounce |
n. |
Pronouncement; declaration; pronunciation. |
| Pronounceable |
a. |
Capable of being pronounced. |
| Pronounced |
imp. & p. p. |
of Pronounce |
| Pronounced |
a. |
Strongly marked; unequivocal; decided. [A Gallicism] |
| Pronouncement |
n. |
The act of pronouncing; a declaration; a formal announcement. |
| Pronouncer |
n. |
One who pronounces, utters, or declares; also, a pronouncing book. |
| Pronouncing |
a. |
Pertaining to, or indicating, pronunciation; as, a pronouncing dictionary. |
| Pronounging |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Pronounce |
| Pronubial |
a. |
Presiding over marriage. |
| Pronuclei |
pl. |
of Pronucleus |
| Pronucleus |
n. |
One of the two bodies or nuclei (called male and female pronuclei) which unite to form the first segmentation nucleus of an impregnated ovum. |
| Pronuncial |
a. |
Of or pertaining to pronunciation; pronunciative. |
| Pronunciamento |
n. |
A proclamation or manifesto; a formal announcement or declaration. |
| Pronunciamiento |
n. |
See Pronunciamento. |
| Pronunciation |
n. |
The act of uttering with articulation; the act of giving the proper sound and accent; utterance; as, the pronunciation of syllables of words; distinct or indistinct pronunciation. |
| Pronunciation |
n. |
The mode of uttering words or sentences. |
| Pronunciation |
n. |
The art of manner of uttering a discourse publicly with propriety and gracefulness;
now called delivery. |
| Pronunciative |
a. |
Of or pertaining to pronunciation. |
| Pronunciative |
a. |
Uttering confidently; dogmatical. |
| Pronunciator |
n. |
One who pronounces; a pronouncer. |
| Pronunciatory |
a. |
Of or pertaining to pronunciation; that pronounces. |
