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Proportions
- noun - adjust in size relative to other things
- balance among the parts of something
- give pleasant proportions to; "harmonize a building with those surrounding it"
- harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin
- magnitude or extent; "a building of vast proportions"
- the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
- the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree; "an inordinate proportion of the book is given over to quotations"; "a dry martini has a large proportion of gin"
Proscribing
- verb - command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"
- To forbid, especially by law
Prostrating
- verb - get into a prostrate position, as in submission
- render helpless or defenseless; "They prostrated the enemy"
- throw down flat, as on the ground; "She prostrated herself with frustration"
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
Proterandry
- - The condition of being proterandrous.
Proterozoic
- adjective - formed in the later of two divisions of the Precambrian era; "proterozoic life forms"
- from 2,500 to 544 million years ago; bacteria and fungi; primitive multicellular organisms
Prothrombin
- noun - a protein in blood plasma that is the inactive precursor of thrombin
Protirelins
- noun - hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary
Pulchritude
- noun - physical beauty (especially of a woman)
Pulverising
- verb - become powder or dust; "When it was blown up, the building powderized"
- destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand"
- make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; "pulverize the grains"