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| PROTOPLASM | | n. Material comprising the living part of a cell, consisting of a nucleus in membrane-enclosed cytoplasm. protoplasmic adj. [greek: related to *proto-, *plasma] | |
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| PROTRACTOR | | n. Instrument for measuring angles, usu. In the form of a graduated semicircle. | |
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| PROVENANCE | | n. Origin or place of origin; history. [french provenir from latin] | |
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| PROVERBIAL | | adj. - (esp. Of a characteristic) well known; notorious (his proverbial honesty).
- of or referred to in a proverb (proverbial ill wind). proverbially adv. [latin: related to *proverb] | |
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| PROVIDENCE | | n. - protective care of god or nature.
- (providence) god in this aspect.
- foresight; thrift. [latin: related to *provide] | |
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| PROVINCIAL | | —adj. - of a province or provinces.
- unsophisticated or uncultured. —n. - inhabitant of a province or the provinces.
- unsophisticated or uncultured person. provincialism n. | |
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| PRUDENTIAL | | adj. Of or showing prudence. prudentially adv. | |
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| PSEPHOLOGY | | n. The statistical study of voting etc. psephologist n. [greek psephos pebble, vote] | |
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| PSYCHIATRY | | n. The study and treatment of mental disease. psychiatric adj. Psychiatrist n. [from *psycho-, greek iatros physician] | |
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| PSYCHOLOGY | | n. (pl. -ies) 1 the study of the human mind.
- treatise on or theory of this.
- a mental characteristics etc. Of a person or group. B mental aspects of an activity, situation, etc. (psychology of crime). psychologist n. | |
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