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Protege
- noun - a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career
Proteid
- - An older, imprecise term replaced by protein.
Protein
- noun - any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes; "a diet high in protein"
Protend
- - To hold out; to stretch forth.
Protest
- noun - a formal and solemn declaration of objection; "they finished the game under protest to the league president"; "the senator rose to register his protest"; "the many protestations did not stay the execution"
- affirm or avow formally or solemnly; "The suspect protested his innocence"
- express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country"
- the act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval; "he shouted his protests at the umpire"; "a shower of protest was heard from the rear of the hall"
- the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
- utter words of protest
Proteus
- noun - (Greek mythology) a prophetic god who served Poseidon; was capable of changing his shape at will
- type genus of the Proteidae
Protist
- noun - free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes
Protium
- noun - genus of chiefly tropical American trees having fragrant wood and yielding gum elemi
Protons
- noun - a stable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron
Protura
- noun - minute wingless arthropods: telsontails