When the new patient was settled comfortably on the couch, the physiatrist began his therapy session,
"I’m not aware of your problem," the doctor said. "So perhaps, you should start at the very beginning."
"Of course." replied the patient. "In the beginning, I created the Heavens and the Earth…"
n. - way of acting or advancing, esp. In business or legal action.
- way of performing a task.
- series of actions conducted in a certain order or manner. procedural adj. [french: related to *proceed]
PROCESSOR
n. Machine that processes things, esp.: 1 = *central processor.
- = *food processor.
PROCREATE
v. (-ting) (often absol.) Produce (offspring) naturally. procreation n. Procreative adj. [latin: related to *create]
PROFANITY
n. (pl. -ies) 1 profane act or language; blasphemy.
- swear-word.
PROFESSED
adj. - self-acknowledged (professed christian).
- alleged, ostensible. professedly adv.
PROFESSOR
n. - a (often as a title) highest-ranking academic teaching in a university department; holder of a university chair. B us university teacher.
- person who professes a religion etc. professorial adj. Professorship n.
PROFITEER
—v. Make or seek excessive profits, esp. Illegally or on the black market. —n. Person who profiteers.
PROGNOSIS
n. (pl. -noses) forecast, esp. Of the course of a disease. [greek gignosko know]
PROGRAMME
(us program) —n. - list of events, performers, etc. At a public function etc.
- radio or television broadcast.
- plan of events (programme is dinner and an early night).
- course or series of studies, lectures, etc.
- (usu. Program) series of coded instructions for a computer etc. —v. (-mm-; us -m-) 1 make a programme of.
- (usu. Program) express (a problem) or instruct (a computer) by means of a program. programmable adj. Programmatic adj. Programmer n. (in sense 5 of n.). [greek grapho write]
PROJECTOR
n. Apparatus for projecting slides or film on to a screen.
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Every night, wasps bite into the stem of a plant, lock their mandibles (jaws) into position, stretch out at right angles to the stem, and, with legs dangling, fall asleep.