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Principle
- noun - (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature); "the rationale for capital punishment"; "the principles of internal-combustion engines"
- a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct; "their principles of composition characterized all their works"
- a basic truth or law or assumption; "the principles of democracy"
- a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system; "the principle of the conservation of mass"; "the principle of jet propulsion"; "the right-hand rule for inductive fields"
- a rule or standard especially of good behavior; "a man of principle"; "he will not violate his principles"
- rule of personal conduct
- Standards
Proactive
- adjective - (of a policy or person or action) controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens
- descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently; "proactive inhibition"; "proactive interference"
Proscribe
- 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
Pulicidae
- noun - many common fleas attacking humans and domestic animals
Reducible
- adjective - capable of being reduced; "reducible to a set of principles of human nature"- Edmund Wilson
Reductase
- noun - an enzyme that catalyses the biochemical reduction of some specified substance
Reductive
- adjective - characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment; "their views of life were reductive and depreciatory" - R.H.Rovere
Rejective
- adjective - rejecting or tending to reject; "rejective or overcritical attitudes of disappointed parents"
Reluctate
- - To struggle against anything; to resist; to oppose.