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Prostrating
- verb - get into a prostrate position, as in submission
- render helpless or defenseless; "They prostrated the enemy"
- throw down flat, as on the ground; "She prostrated herself with frustration"
Prostration
- noun - abject submission; the emotional equivalent of prostrating your body
- an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion; "the commander's prostration demoralized his men"
- the act of assuming a prostrate position
Prosylogism
- - A syllogism preliminary or logically essential to another syllogism; the conclusion of such a syllogism, which becomes a premise of the following syllogism.
Protactinia
- noun - a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead
Protagonism
- noun - active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something
Protagonist
- noun - a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"
- the principal character in a work of fiction
Proteaceous
- - Of or pertaining to the Proteace, an order of apetalous evergreen shrubs, mostly natives of the Cape of Good Hope or of Australia.
Protections
- noun - a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury; "they had no protection from the fallout"; "wax provided protection for the floors"
- defense against financial failure; financial independence; "his pension gave him security in his old age"; "insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness"
- kindly endorsement and guidance; "the tournament was held under the auspices of the city council"
- payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence; "every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection"
- the activity of protecting someone or something; "the witnesses demanded police protection"
- the condition of being protected; "they were huddled together for protection"; "he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home"
- the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition; "he made trade protection a plank in the party platform"
Protectoral
- - Of or pertaining to a protector; protectorial; as, protectoral power.