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Words Starting with "P"

Proactively
C1adverb
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Proactively

In a way that creates or controls a situation by causing something to happen rather than responding to it after it has happened.

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Process Optimization
C1noun
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Process Optimization

The discipline of adjusting a process so as to optimize some specified set of parameters without violating some constraint.

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Proclamation
C1noun
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Proclamation

An official, formal public announcement, typically dealing with a matter of great importance.

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Prodigious
C1adjective
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Prodigious

Remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree.

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Professional association
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Professional association

A nonprofit organization seeking to further a particular profession, the interests of individuals engaged in that profession, and the public interest.

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Profundity
C1noun
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Profundity

The quality of being intense or deep, especially in thought, meaning, or feeling.

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Prohibition
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Prohibition

The action of forbidding something, especially by law.

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Proliferate
C1verb
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Proliferate

To increase rapidly in number; multiply.

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Propriety
C1noun
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Propriety

The state or quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behavior or morals.

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Prospectus
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Prospectus

A printed document that advertises or describes a school, commercial enterprise, or book in order to attract customers, members, or investors.

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Prosperity
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Prosperity

The state of being prosperous, successful, or flourishing, especially in terms of financial or material well-being.

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Providence
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Providence

The protective care of God or of nature as a spiritual power.

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