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Prosimian
- noun - primitive primates having large ears and eyes and characterized by nocturnal habits
Protamine
- noun - a simple protein found in fish sperm; rich in arginine; simpler in composition than globulin or albumin; counteracts the anticoagulant effect of heparin
Proxemics
- noun - the study of spatial distances between individuals in different cultures and situations
Proximate
- adjective - closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects; "news of his proximate arrival"; "interest in proximate rather than ultimate goals"
- very close in space or time; "proximate words"; "proximate houses"
Proximity
- noun - a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) are perceived as belonging together as a unit
- the property of being close together
- the region close around a person or thing
Ptolemaic
- adjective - of or relating to the astronomer Ptolemy
- of or relating to the geocentric Ptolemaic system; "in the Ptolemaic system of planetary motion the earth is fixed as the center of the universe with the sun and moon and planets revolving around it"
Ptolemy I
- noun - the king of Egypt who founded the Macedonian dynasty in Egypt; a close friend and general of Alexander the Great who took charge of Egypt after Alexander died (circa 367-285 BC)
Purgament
- - That which is excreted; excretion.
Quasimodo
- - The first Sunday after Easter; Low Sunday.