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Propane

A heavy gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H8, of the paraffin series, occurring naturally dissolved in crude petroleum, and also made artificially; -- called also propyl hydride.

Proparoxytone

A word which has the acute accent on the antepenult.

Propel

To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder.

Propend

To lean toward a thing; to be favorably inclined or disposed; to incline; to tend.

Propense

Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness.

Propension

The quality or state of being propense; propensity.

Propensity

The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency.

Propenyl

A hypothetical hydrocarbon radical, C3H5, isomeric with allyl and glyceryl, and regarded as the essential residue of glycerin. Cf. Allyl, and Glyceryl.

Propeptone

A product of gastric digestion intermediate between albumin and peptone, identical with hemialbumose.

Proper

Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper good.

Propertied

Possessing property; holding real estate, or other investments of money.

Prophasis

Foreknowledge of a disease; prognosis.

Prophecy

A declaration of something to come; a foretelling; a prediction; esp., an inspired foretelling.

Prophesy

To foretell; to predict; to prognosticate.

Prophetical Prophetic

Containing, or pertaining to, prophecy; foretelling events; as, prophetic writings; prophetic dreams; -- used with of before the thing foretold.

Propheticalness

The quality or state of being prophetical; power or capacity to foretell.

Prophetize

To give predictions; to foreshow events; to prophesy.

Prophragma

An internal dorsal chitinous process between the first two divisions of the thorax of insects.

Prophylactic

A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive.

Prophylaxis

The art of preserving from, or of preventing, disease; the observance of the rules necessary for the preservation of health; preservative or preventive treatment.

Propidene

The unsymmetrical hypothetical hydrocarbon radical, CH3.CH2.CH, analogous to ethylidene, and regarded as the type of certain derivatives of propane; -- called also propylidene.

Propination

The act of pledging, or drinking first, and then offering the cup to another.

Propinyl

A hydrocarbon radical regarded as an essential residue of propine and allied compounds.

Propiolic

Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (called also propargylic acid) of the acetylene or tetrolic series, analogous to propionic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance.

Propione

The ketone of propionic acid, obtained as a colorless fragrant liquid.

Propionic

Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an organic acid which is produced in the distillation of wood, in the fermentation of various organic substances, as glycerin, calcium lactate, etc., and is obtained as a colorless liquid having a sharp, pungent odor. Propionic acid is so called because it is the first or lowest member of the fatty acid series whose salts have a fatty feel.

Propionyl

The hypothetical radical C3H5O, regarded as the essential residue of propionic acid and certain related compounds.

Propithecus

A genus including the long-tailed, or diadem, indris. See Indris.

Propitiatory

The mercy seat; -- so called because a symbol of the propitiated Jehovah.

Propodial

Of or pertaining to the propodialia, or the parts of the limbs to which they belong.

Propodiale

The bone of either the upper arm or the thing, the propodialia being the humerus and femur.

Propodite

The sixth joint of a typical leg of a crustacean; usually, the penultimate joint.

Propodium

The anterior portion of the foot of a mollusk. The segment which forms the posterior part of the thorax of a hymenopterous insect.

Propone

To propose; to bring forward.

Proportion

To adjust in a suitable proportion, as one thing or one part to another; as, to proportion the size of a building to its height; to proportion our expenditures to our income.

Proportionable

Capable of being proportioned, or made proportional; also, proportional; proportionate.

Proportional

Any number or quantity in a proportion; as, a mean proportional.

Proportionally

In proportion; in due degree; adapted relatively; as, all parts of the building are proportionally large.

Proportionate

To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate, or to due comparative relation; to proportion; as, to proportionate punishment to crimes.

Proportionately

In a proportionate manner; with due proportion; proportionally.

Proposal

That which is proposed, or propounded for consideration or acceptance; a scheme or design; terms or conditions proposed; offer; as, to make proposals for a treaty of peace; to offer proposals for erecting a building; to make proposals of marriage.

Proposer

One who proposes or offers anything for consideration or adoption.

Proposition

The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering.

Propositional

Pertaining to, or in the nature of, a proposition; considered as a proposition; as, a propositional sense.

Propound

To offer for consideration; to exhibit; to propose; as, to propound a question; to propound an argument.

Propounder

One who propounds, proposes, or offers for consideration.

Propretor

A magistrate who, having been pretor at home, was appointed to the government of a province.

Proprietary

Belonging, or pertaining, to a proprietor; considered as property; owned; as, proprietary medicine.

Proprietor

One who has the legal right or exclusive title to anything, whether in possession or not; an owner; as, the proprietor of farm or of a mill.

Proprietorial

Of or pertaining to ownership; proprietary; as, proprietorial rights.

Propriety

Individual right to hold property; ownership by personal title; property.

Props

A game of chance, in which four sea shells, each called a prop, are used instead of dice.

Propterygium

The anterior of three principal cartilages in the fins of some fishes.

Propugn

To contend for; to defend; to vindicate.

Propulsation

The act of driving away or repelling; a keeping at a distance.

Propulsion

The act driving forward or away; the act or process of propelling; as, steam propulsion.

Propulsive

Tending, or having power, to propel; driving on; urging.

Propyl

The hypothetical radical C3H7, regarded as the essential residue of propane and related compounds.

Propylaeum

Any court or vestibule before a building or leading into any inclosure.

Propylene

A colorless gaseous hydrocarbon (C3H6) of the ethylene series, having a garlic odor. It occurs in coal gas, and is produced artificially in various ways. Called also propene.

Propylic

Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, propyl; as, propylic alcohol.

Propylon

The porch, vestibule, or entrance of an edifice.

Proratable

Capable of being prorated, or divided proportionately.

Prorate

To divide or distribute proportionally; to assess pro rata.

Prore

The prow or fore part of a ship.

Prorector

An officer who presides over the academic senate of a German university.

Prorhinal

Situated in front of the nasal chambers.

Prorogation

The act of counting in duration; prolongation.

Prorogue

To protract; to prolong; to extend.

Proruption

The act or state of bursting forth; a bursting out.

Prosaical Prosaic

Of or pertaining to prose; resembling prose; in the form of prose; unpoetical; writing or using prose; as, a prosaic composition.

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