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Prospection
- - The act of looking forward, or of providing for future wants; foresight.
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
Prothrombin
- noun - a protein in blood plasma that is the inactive precursor of thrombin
Protraction
- noun - the act of prolonging something; "there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks"
- the consequence of being lengthened in duration
Provocation
- noun - needed encouragement; "the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation"
- something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
- unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
Psilophyton
- noun - any plant or fossil of the genus Psilophyton
Publication
- noun - a copy of a printed work offered for distribution
- the act of issuing printed materials
- the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution
- the communication of something to the public; making information generally known
Pullulation
- noun - a rapid and abundant increase
- asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual
Pulmonarian
- - Any arachnid that breathes by lunglike organs, as the spiders and scorpions. Also used adjectively.
Pump Action
- noun - action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun; a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round