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Protective
- adjective - (usually followed by `of') solicitously caring or mindful; "protective of his reputation"
- intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind; "a protective covering"; "the use of protective masks and equipment"; "protective coatings"; "kept the drunken sailor in protective custody"; "animals with protective coloring"; "protective tariffs"
- showing care; "a protective mother"
Protension
- - A drawing out; extension.
Proteomics
- noun - the branch of genetics that studies the full set of proteins encoded by a genome
Protervity
- - Peevishness; petulance.
Protesting
- verb - affirm or avow formally or solemnly; "The suspect protested his innocence"
- express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country"
- utter words of protest
Protoctist
- noun - any of the unicellular protists
Protruding
- verb - bulge outward; "His eyes popped"
- extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff"
- extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; "the jutting limb of a tree"; "massive projected buttresses"; "his protruding ribs"; "a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck"
- swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal"
Protrusile
- adjective - capable of being thrust forward, as the tongue
Protrusion
- noun - something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"
- the act of projecting out from something