PRIAPUS

Name Report For First Name PRIAPUS:

First name PRIAPUS's origin is Greek. PRIAPUS means "myth name (god of fertility)". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with PRIAPUS below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of priapus.(Brown names are of the same origin (Greek) with PRIAPUS and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with PRIAPUS - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming PRIAPUS

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES PR�APUS AS A WHOLE:

NAMES RHYMING WITH PR�APUS (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 6 Letters (riapus) - Names That Ends with riapus:

Rhyming Names According to Last 5 Letters (iapus) - Names That Ends with iapus:

Rhyming Names According to Last 4 Letters (apus) - Names That Ends with apus:

senapus

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (pus) - Names That Ends with pus:

asopus ctesippus hippocampus melampus melanippus oedipus plexippus

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (us) - Names That Ends with us:

el-nefous enygeus caeneus cestus iasius lotus negus maccus dabbous dassous fanous abdul-quddus boulus butrus yunus dryhus thaddeus bagdemagus brademagus isdernus peredurus britomartus luxovious nemausus ondrus argus ambrosius batholomeus basilius bonifacius cecilius clementius egidius eugenius eustatius theodorus darius horus aldous brutus cassibellaunus guiderius lorineus ferragus marsilius brus marcus seorus alemannus klaus abderus absyrtus acastus achelous aconteus acrisius admetus adrastus aeacus aegeus aegisthus aegyptus aeolus aesculapius alcinous alcyoneus aloeus alpheus amphiaraus amycus anastasius ancaeus androgeus antaeus antilochus antinous archemorus aristaeus ascalaphus atreus autolycus avernus boethius briareus cadmus capaneus celeus cephalus cepheus cerberus cetus claus

NAMES RHYMING WITH PR�APUS (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 6 Letters (priapu) - Names That Begins with priapu:

Rhyming Names According to First 5 Letters (priap) - Names That Begins with priap:

Rhyming Names According to First 4 Letters (pria) - Names That Begins with pria:

priam

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (pri) - Names That Begins with pri:

pridwyn priest priestly primavera primeiro prince princeton prior priour priscilla priyana priyanka

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (pr) - Names That Begins with pr:

pramlocha pranav pranay prasutagus pratham praza prentice prentiss preost preostcot preostu preruet prescot prescott presley pressley prestin preston prewitt procne procrustes proinsias prokopios prometheus promyse prospero protesilaus proteus prudencia pruet pruie pruitt prunella prunellie pryderi prydwyn pryor

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH PR�APUS:

First Names which starts with 'pri' and ends with 'pus':

First Names which starts with 'pr' and ends with 'us':

First Names which starts with 'p' and ends with 's':

palamedes palomydes palsmedes panagiotis pancratius pandareos pandarus paris parkins parmis parthenios patroclus pegasus peisistratus peleus pelias pelleas pelles pelops peneus pentheus peredwus pericles perkins perris perseus persis persius petrus phantasos phelps phemius pheobus philips phillips phillis philoctetes philoetius phineas phinees phineus phorbas phorbus phorcys phrixus phylis phyllis piaras piers pinochos pirithous pittheus pityocamptes pius plutus polites polydamas polydeuces polydorus polyeidus polynices polyphemus pontus pslomydes psusennes pules pylades pyramus pyrrhus

English Words Rhyming PRIAPUS

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES PR�APUS AS A WHOLE:

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH PR�APUS (According to last letters):

Rhyming Words According to Last 6 Letters (riapus) - English Words That Ends with riapus:

Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (iapus) - English Words That Ends with iapus:

Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (apus) - English Words That Ends with apus:

apus

noun (n.) A genus of fresh-water phyllopod crustaceans. See Phyllopod.

napus

noun (n.) A kind of turnip. See Navew.

scapus

noun (n.) See 1st Scape.

Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (pus) - English Words That Ends with pus:

campus

noun (n.) The principal grounds of a college or school, between the buildings or within the main inclosure; as, the college campus.

canopus

noun (n.) A star of the first magnitude in the southern constellation Argo.

carpus

noun (n.) The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of eight short bones disposed in two rows.

chorepiscopus

noun (n.) A "country" or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district.

cippus

noun (n.) A small, low pillar, square or round, commonly having an inscription, used by the ancients for various purposes, as for indicating the distances of places, for a landmark, for sepulchral inscriptions, etc.

corpus

noun (n.) A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing.

dipterocarpus

noun (n.) A genus of trees found in the East Indies, some species of which produce a fragrant resin, other species wood oil. The fruit has two long wings.

encarpus

noun (n.) An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc.

eumolpus

noun (n.) A genus of small beetles, one species of which (E. viti) is very injurious to the vines in the wine countries of Europe.

euripus

noun (n.) A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient fright of this name between Eubaea and Baeotia. Hence, a flux and reflux.

grampus	noun (n.) A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus Grampus, esp. G. griseus of Europe and America, which is valued for its oil. It grows to be fifteen to twenty feet long; its color is gray with white streaks. Called also cowfish. The California grampus is G. Stearnsii.
	noun (n.) A kind of tongs used in a bloomery.

hippocampus	noun (n.) A fabulous monster, with the head and fore quarters of a horse joined to the tail of a dolphin or other fish (Hippocampus brevirostris), -- seen in Pompeian paintings, attached to the chariot of Neptune.
	noun (n.) A genus of lophobranch fishes of several species in which the head and neck have some resemblance to those of a horse; -- called also sea horse.
	noun (n.) A name applied to either of two ridges of white matter in each lateral ventricle of the brain. The larger is called hippocampus major or simply hippocampus. The smaller, hippocampus minor, is called also ergot and calcar.

labipalpus

noun (n.) One of the labial palpi of an insect. See Illust. under Labium.

lupus	noun (n.) A cutaneous disease occurring under two distinct forms.
	noun (n.) The Wolf, a constellation situated south of Scorpio.

macropus

noun (n.) genus of marsupials including the common kangaroo.

mesohippus

noun (n.) An extinct mammal of the Horse family, but not larger than a sheep, and having three toes on each foot.

metacarpus

noun (n.) That part of the skeleton of the hand or forefoot between the carpus and phalanges. In man it consists of five bones. See Illust. of Artiodactyla.

miohippus

noun (n.) An extinct Miocene mammal of the Horse family, closely related to the genus Anhithecrium, and having three usable hoofs on each foot.

mopus

noun (n.) A mope; a drone.

octopus

noun (n.) A genus of eight-armed cephalopods, including numerous species, some of them of large size. See Devilfish,

opus

noun (n.) A work; specif. (Mus.), a musical composition.

orohippus

noun (n.) A genus of American Eocene mammals allied to the horse, but having four toes in front and three behind.

palpus

noun (n.) A feeler; especially, one of the jointed sense organs attached to the mouth organs of insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and annelids; as, the mandibular palpi, maxillary palpi, and labial palpi. The palpi of male spiders serve as sexual organs. Called also palp. See Illust. of Arthrogastra and Orthoptera.

pappus

noun (n.) The hairy or feathery appendage of the achenes of thistles, dandelions, and most other plants of the order Compositae; also, the scales, awns, or bristles which represent the calyx in other plants of the same order.

pedipalpus

noun (n.) One of the second pair of mouth organs of arachnids. In some they are leglike, but in others, as the scorpion, they terminate in a claw.

platypus

noun (n.) The duck mole. See under Duck.

pliohippus

noun (n.) An extinct genus of horses from the Pliocene deposits. Each foot had a single toe (or hoof), as in the common horse.

polypus	noun (n.) Same as Polyp.
	noun (n.) A tumor, usually with a narrow base, somewhat resembling a pear, -- found in the nose, uterus, etc., and produced by hypertrophy of some portion of the mucous membrane.

porpus

noun (n.) A porpoise.

protohippus

noun (n.) A genus of fossil horses from the Lower Pliocene. They had three toes on each foot, the lateral ones being small.

pus

adjective (a.) The yellowish white opaque creamy matter produced by the process of suppuration. It consists of innumerable white nucleated cells floating in a clear liquid.

pithecanthropus	noun (n.) A hypothetical genus of primates intermediate between man and the anthropoid apes.
	noun (n.) A genus consisting of an primate (P. erectus) apparently intermediate between man and the existing anthropoid apes, known from bones of a single individual found in Java (hence called Java man) in 1891-92. These bones include a thigh bone of the human type, two molar teeth intermediate between those of man and the anthropoids, and the calvaria of the skull, indicating a brain capacity of about 900 cubic centimeters, and resembling in form that of the Neanderthal man.
	noun (n.) an animal of this genus.

rumpus

noun (n.) A disturbance; noise and confusion; a quarrel.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH PR�APUS (According to first letters):

Rhyming Words According to First 6 Letters (priapu) - Words That Begins with priapu:

priapulacea

noun (n. pl.) A suborder of Gephyraea, having a cylindrical body with a terminal anal opening, and usually with one or two caudal gills.

Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (priap) - Words That Begins with priap:

priapean

noun (n.) A species of hexameter verse so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each, having generally a trochee in the first and the fourth foot, and an amphimacer in the third; -- applied also to a regular hexameter verse when so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each.

priapism

noun (n.) More or less permanent erection and rigidity of the penis, with or without sexual desire.

Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (pria) - Words That Begins with pria:

prial

noun (n.) A corruption of pair royal. See under Pair, n.

prian

noun (n.) A fine, white, somewhat friable clay; also, the ore contained in a mixture of clay and pebbles.

Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (pri) - Words That Begins with pri:

prigidity	noun (n.) The condition or quality of being frigid; coldness; want of warmth.
	noun (n.) Want of ardor, animation, vivacity, etc.; coldness of affection or of manner; dullness; stiffness and formality; as, frigidity of a reception, of a bow, etc.
	noun (n.) Want of heat or vigor; as, the frigidity of old age.

pricasour

noun (n.) A hard rider.

price	noun (n. & v.) The sum or amount of money at which a thing is valued, or the value which a seller sets on his goods in market; that for which something is bought or sold, or offered for sale; equivalent in money or other means of exchange; current value or rate paid or demanded in market or in barter; cost.
	noun (n. & v.) Value; estimation; excellence; worth.
	noun (n. & v.) Reward; recompense; as, the price of industry.
	verb (v. t.) To pay the price of.
	verb (v. t.) To set a price on; to value. See Prize.
	verb (v. t.) To ask the price of; as, to price eggs.

pricing

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Price

priced	adjective (a.) Rated in price; valued; as, high-priced goods; low-priced labor.
	(imp. & p. p.) of Price

priceite

noun (n.) A hydrous borate of lime, from Oregon.

priceless	adjective (a.) Too valuable to admit of being appraised; of inestimable worth; invaluable.
	adjective (a.) Of no value; worthless.

pricking	noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prick
	noun (n.) The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
	noun (n.) The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.
	noun (n.) Same as Nicking.
	noun (n.) A sensation of being pricked.
	noun (n.) The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick; also, the act of tracing a hare by its footmarks.
	noun (n.) Dressing one's self for show; prinking.

prick	noun (n.) To pierce slightly with a sharp-pointed instrument or substance; to make a puncture in, or to make by puncturing; to drive a fine point into; as, to prick one with a pin, needle, etc.; to prick a card; to prick holes in paper.
	noun (n.) To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board.
	noun (n.) To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off.
	noun (n.) To mark the outline of by puncturing; to trace or form by pricking; to mark by punctured dots; as, to prick a pattern for embroidery; to prick the notes of a musical composition.
	noun (n.) To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite; to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off.
	noun (n.) To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
	noun (n.) To make sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; -- said especially of the ears of an animal, as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up; -- hence, to prick up the ears, to listen sharply; to have the attention and interest strongly engaged.
	noun (n.) To render acid or pungent.
	noun (n.) To dress; to prink; -- usually with up.
	noun (n.) To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail.
	noun (n.) To trace on a chart, as a ship's course.
	noun (n.) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.
	noun (n.) To nick.
	verb (v.) That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer.
	verb (v.) The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse.
	verb (v.) A mark made by a pointed instrument; a puncture; a point.
	verb (v.) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour.
	verb (v.) The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.
	verb (v.) A mark denoting degree; degree; pitch.
	verb (v.) A mathematical point; -- regularly used in old English translations of Euclid.
	verb (v.) The footprint of a hare.
	verb (v.) A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco.
	verb (v. i.) To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a sore finger pricks.
	verb (v. i.) To spur onward; to ride on horseback.
	verb (v. i.) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
	verb (v. i.) To aim at a point or mark.

pricker	noun (n.) One who, or that which, pricks; a pointed instrument; a sharp point; a prickle.
	noun (n.) One who spurs forward; a light horseman.
	noun (n.) A priming wire; a priming needle, -- used in blasting and gunnery.
	noun (n.) A small marline spike having generally a wooden handle, -- used in sailmaking.

pricket

noun (n.) A buck in his second year. See Note under 3d Buck.

prickle	noun (n.) A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc.; a spine.
	noun (n.) A kind of willow basket; -- a term still used in some branches of trade.
	noun (n.) A sieve of filberts, -- about fifty pounds.
	verb (v. t.) To prick slightly, as with prickles, or fine, sharp points.

prickleback

noun (n.) Alt. of Pricklefish

pricklefish

noun (n.) The stickleback.

prickliness

noun (n.) The quality of being prickly, or of having many prickles.

prickling

adjective (a.) Prickly.

pricklouse

noun (n.) A tailor; -- so called in contempt.

prickly

adjective (a.) Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub.

prickmadam

noun (n.) A name given to several species of stonecrop, used as ingredients of vermifuge medicines. See Stonecrop.

prickpunch

noun (n.) A pointed steel punch, to prick a mark on metal.

prickshaft

noun (n.) An arrow.

prickwood

noun (n.) A shrub (Euonymus Europaeus); -- so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also spindle tree.

pricky

adjective (a.) Stiff and sharp; prickly.

pride	noun (n.) A small European lamprey (Petromyzon branchialis); -- called also prid, and sandpiper.
	noun (n.) The quality or state of being proud; inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank, etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and often in contempt of others.
	noun (n.) A sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; proud delight; -- in a good sense.
	noun (n.) Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain.
	noun (n.) That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-gratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc.
	noun (n.) Show; ostentation; glory.
	noun (n.) Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory; as, to be in the pride of one's life.
	noun (n.) Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness; hence, lust; sexual desire; esp., an excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast.
	verb (v. t.) To indulge in pride, or self-esteem; to rate highly; to plume; -- used reflexively.
	verb (v. i.) To be proud; to glory.

priding

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pride

prideful

adjective (a.) Full of pride; haughty.

prideless

adjective (a.) Without pride.

pridian

adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the day before, or yesterday.

prie	noun (n.) The plant privet.
	verb (v. i.) To pry.

priedieu

noun (n.) A kneeling desk for prayers.

prief

noun (n.) Proof.

prier

noun (n.) One who pries; one who inquires narrowly and searches, or is inquisitive.

priest	noun (n.) A presbyter elder; a minister
	noun (n.) One who is authorized to consecrate the host and to say Mass; but especially, one of the lowest order possessing this power.
	noun (n.) A presbyter; one who belongs to the intermediate order between bishop and deacon. He is authorized to perform all ministerial services except those of ordination and confirmation.
	noun (n.) One who officiates at the altar, or performs the rites of sacrifice; one who acts as a mediator between men and the divinity or the gods in any form of religion; as, Buddhist priests.
	verb (v. t.) To ordain as priest.

priestcap

noun (n.) A form of redan, so named from its shape; -- called also swallowtail.

priestcraft

noun (n.) Priestly policy; the policy of a priesthood; esp., in an ill sense, fraud or imposition in religious concerns; management by priests to gain wealth and power by working upon the religious motives or credulity of others.

priestery

noun (n.) Priests, collectively; the priesthood; -- so called in contempt.

priestess

noun (n.) A woman who officiated in sacred rites among pagans.

priesthood	noun (n.) The office or character of a priest; the priestly function.
	noun (n.) Priests, taken collectively; the order of men set apart for sacred offices; the order of priests.

priesting

noun (n.) The office of a priest.

priestism

noun (n.) The influence, doctrines, principles, etc., of priests or the priesthood.

priestless

adjective (a.) Without a priest.

priestlike

adjective (a.) Priestly.

priestliness

noun (n.) The quality or state of being priestly.

priestly

adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a priest or the priesthood; sacerdotal; befitting or becoming a priest; as, the priestly office; a priestly farewell.

prigging

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prig

prig	noun (n.) A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow.
	noun (n.) A thief; a filcher.
	verb (v. i.) To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard.
	verb (v. t.) To cheapen.
	verb (v. t.) To filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief.

priggery

noun (n.) Priggism.

priggish

adjective (a.) Like a prig; conceited; pragmatical.

priggism	noun (n.) The quality or state of being priggish; the manners of a prig.
	noun (n.) Roguery; thievery.

prill	noun (n.) The brill.
	noun (n.) A stream.
	noun (n.) A nugget of virgin metal.
	noun (n.) Ore selected for excellence.
	noun (n.) The button of metal from an assay.
	verb (v. i.) To flow.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH PR�APUS:

English Words which starts with 'pri' and ends with 'pus':

English Words which starts with 'pr' and ends with 'us':

prasinous

adjective (a.) Grass-green; clear, lively green, without any mixture.

preambulous

noun (n.) See Perambulatory.

precarious	adjective (a.) Depending on the will or pleasure of another; held by courtesy; liable to be changed or lost at the pleasure of another; as, precarious privileges.
	adjective (a.) Held by a doubtful tenure; depending on unknown causes or events; exposed to constant risk; not to be depended on for certainty or stability; uncertain; as, a precarious state of health; precarious fortunes.

precautious

adjective (a.) Taking or using precaution; precautionary.

precedaneous

adjective (a.) Preceding; antecedent; previous.

precious	adjective (a.) Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone.
	adjective (a.) Of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed; dear; beloved; as, precious recollections.
	adjective (a.) Particular; fastidious; overnice.
	adjective (a.) Particular; fastidious; overnice; overrefined. Cf. Precieuse, Preciosity.

precipitious

adjective (a.) Precipitous.

precipitous	adjective (a.) Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.
	adjective (a.) Headlong; as, precipitous fall.
	adjective (a.) Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts.

precocious	adjective (a.) Ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early or prematurely ripe or developed; as, precocious trees.
	adjective (a.) Developed more than is natural or usual at a given age; exceeding what is to be expected of one's years; too forward; -- used especially of mental forwardness; as, a precocious child; precocious talents.

preconscious

adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a state before consciousness.

predaceous

adjective (a.) Living by prey; predatory.

preludious

adjective (a.) Preludial.

premious

adjective (a.) Rich in gifts.

prenuncious

adjective (a.) Announcing beforehand; presaging.

preposterous	adjective (a.) Having that first which ought to be last; inverted in order.
	adjective (a.) Contrary to nature or reason; not adapted to the end; utterly and glaringly foolish; unreasonably absurd; perverted.

presagious

adjective (a.) Foreboding; ominous.

presentaneous

adjective (a.) Ready; quick; immediate in effect; as, presentaneous poison.

prestigious

adjective (a.) Practicing tricks; juggling.

presumptuous	adjective (a.) Full of presumption; presuming; overconfident or venturesome; audacious; rash; taking liberties unduly; arrogant; insolent; as, a presumptuous commander; presumptuous conduct.
	adjective (a.) Founded on presumption; as, a presumptuous idea.
	adjective (a.) Done with hold design, rash confidence, or in violation of known duty; willful.

pretentious

adjective (a.) Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming.

previous

adjective (a.) Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness.

primevous

adjective (a.) Primeval.

primigenious

adjective (a.) Alt. of Primigenous

primigenous

adjective (a.) First formed or generated; original; primigenial.

primiparous

adjective (a.) Belonging to a first birth; bearing young for the first time.

primulaceous

adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to an order of herbaceous plants (Primulaceae), of which the primrose is the type, and the pimpernel, the cyclamen, and the water violet are other examples.

primus

noun (n.) One of the bishops of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, who presides at the meetings of the bishops, and has certain privileges but no metropolitan authority.

procacious

adjective (a.) Pert; petulant; forward; saucy.

procellous

adjective (a.) Stormy.

prociduous

adjective (a.) Falling from its proper place.

proclivous	adjective (a.) Inclined; tending by nature.
	adjective (a.) Having the incisor teeth directed forward.

procoelous

adjective (a.) Same as Procoelian.

prodigious	adjective (a.) Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful; portentous.
	adjective (a.) Extraordinary in bulk, extent, quantity, or degree; very great; vast; huge; immense; as, a prodigious mountain; a prodigious creature; a prodigious blunder.

proditorious	adjective (a.) Treacherous; perfidious; traitorous.
	adjective (a.) Apt to make unexpected revelations.

prodromous

adjective (a.) Precursory.

prodromus	noun (n.) A prodrome.
	noun (n.) A preliminary course or publication; -- used esp. in the titles of elementary works.

productus

noun (n.) An extinct genus of brachiopods, very characteristic of the Carboniferous rocks.

profectitious

adjective (a.) Proceeding from, as from a parent; derived, as from an ancestor.

proficuous

adjective (a.) Profitable; advantageous; useful.

prognathous

adjective (a.) Having the jaws projecting beyond the upper part of the face; -- opposed to orthognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic.

prolapsus

noun (n.) Prolapse.

proletaneous

adjective (a.) Having a numerous offspring.

proliferous	adjective (a.) Bearing offspring; -- applied to a flower from within which another is produced, or to a branch or frond from which another rises, or to a plant which is reproduced by buds or gemmae.
	adjective (a.) Producing young by budding.
	adjective (a.) Producing sexual zooids by budding; -- said of the blastostyle of a hydroid.
	adjective (a.) Producing a cluster of branchlets from a larger branch; -- said of corals.

prolixious

adjective (a.) Dilatory; tedious; superfluous.

prometheus

noun (n.) The son of Iapetus (one of the Titans) and Clymene, fabled by the poets to have surpassed all mankind in knowledge, and to have formed men of clay to whom he gave life by means of fire stolen from heaven. Jupiter, being angry at this, sent Mercury to bind Prometheus to Mount Caucasus, where a vulture preyed upon his liver.

promiscuous	adjective (a.) Consisting of individuals united in a body or mass without order; mingled; confused; undistinguished; as, a promiscuous crowd or mass.
	adjective (a.) Distributed or applied without order or discrimination; not restricted to an individual; common; indiscriminate; as, promiscuous love or intercourse.

pronucleus

noun (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.

propithecus

noun (n.) A genus including the long-tailed, or diadem, indris. See Indris.

propitious	adjective (a.) Convenient; auspicious; favorable; kind; as, a propitious season; a propitious breeze.
	adjective (a.) Hence, kind; gracious; merciful; helpful; -- said of a person or a divinity.

prospectus

noun (n.) A summary, plan, or scheme of something proposed, affording a prospect of its nature; especially, an exposition of the scheme of an unpublished literary work.

prosperous	adjective (a.) Tending to prosperity; favoring; favorable; helpful.
	adjective (a.) Being prospered; advancing in the pursuit of anything desirable; making gain, or increase; thriving; successful; as, a prosperous voyage; a prosperous undertaking; a prosperous man or nation.

prostibulous

adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to prostitutes or prostitution; meretricious.

protandrous

adjective (a.) Proterandrous.

proteaceous

adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Proteaceae, an order of apetalous evergreen shrubs, mostly natives of the Cape of Good Hope or of Australia.

proteinaceous

adjective (a.) Of or related to protein; albuminous; proteid.

proteinous

adjective (a.) Proteinaceuos.

proterandrous

adjective (a.) Having the stamens come to maturity before the pistil; -- opposed to proterogynous.

proteranthous

adjective (a.) Having flowers appearing before the leaves; -- said of certain plants.

proterogynous

adjective (a.) Having the pistil come to maturity before the stamens; protogynous; -- opposed to proterandrous.

proterosaurus

noun (n.) An extinct genus of reptiles of the Permian period. Called also Protosaurus.

proteus	noun (n.) A sea god in the service of Neptune who assumed different shapes at will. Hence, one who easily changes his appearance or principles.
	noun (n.) A genus of aquatic eel-shaped amphibians found in caves in Austria. They have permanent external gills as well as lungs. The eyes are small and the legs are weak.
	noun (n.) A changeable protozoan; an amoeba.

prothallus

noun (n.) The minute primary growth from the spore of ferns and other Pteridophyta, which bears the true sexual organs; the oophoric generation of ferns, etc.

protococcus

noun (n.) A genus of minute unicellular algae including the red snow plant (Protococcus nivalis).

protogynous

adjective (a.) Same as Proterogynous.

protopterus

noun (n.) See Komtok.

protuberous

adjective (a.) Protuberant.

proventriulus

noun (n.) The glandular stomach of birds, situated just above the crop.

proximious

adjective (a.) Proximate.

pruinous

adjective (a.) Frosty; pruinose.

pruniferous

adjective (a.) Bearing plums.

prunus

noun (n.) A genus of trees with perigynous rosaceous flowers, and a single two-ovuled carpel which usually becomes a drupe in ripening.

pruriginous

adjective (a.) Tending to, or caused by, prurigo; affected by, or of the nature of, prurigo.

pruritus

noun (n.) Itching.

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