English dictionary: words starting with proa

noun

A type of sailing boat originating in malaysia and indonesia that may be sailed with either end at the front, typically having a large triangular sail and an outrigger.

Usage examples:

The early fishers were malays, also known as macassans, from the indonesian islands, and it seems t…

noun

A clotting factor (factor v) that is a glycoprotein whose activated form participates in the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin.

verb

To approach, come near.

verb

To take proactive measures; to act in advance, to anticipate.

adjective

(of a person or action) creating or controlling a situation rather than just responding to it after it has happened.

Usage examples:

Employers must take a proactive approach to equal pay

noun

Practical deliberation or reasoning leading to choice; the power to choose or make a decision.

noun

Practical deliberation or reasoning leading to choice; the power to choose or make a decision.

adjective

Characterized by or involving movement from back to front, especially of the lower jaw in mastication. contrasted with palinal.

noun

In many vertebrate embryos: an area of blastoderm, located at the cephalic end, in which there is no mesoderm separating the ectoderm and endoderm.

adjective

Of, relating to, or derived from the proamnion.

noun

A type of sailing boat originating in malaysia and indonesia that may be sailed with either end at the front, typically having a large triangular sail and an outrigger.

Usage examples:

The early fishers were malays, also known as macassans, from the indonesian islands, and it seems t…

noun

A vertebral element located between the base of the skull and the atlas vertebra which fuses with the skull during embryonic development in most vertebrates, but persists as a distinct element in some, especially as a pair of small, v-shaped bones anterior to the neural arch of the atlas in certain reptiles (e.g. chameleons and tuataras).

noun

A vestibule or forecourt in a church or temple; specifically a portico or colonnade opening into the narthex.

adjective

Of or relating to a hypothetical animal forming an evolutionary link between fossil reptiles and fossil birds.

noun

A proavian animal. compare earlier proavis , and protobird .

noun

= proavian .