English dictionary: words starting with procr

verb

Delay or postpone action; put off doing something.

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The temptation will be to procrastinate until the power struggle plays itself out

verb

Delay or postpone action; put off doing something.

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The temptation will be to procrastinate until the power struggle plays itself out

verb

Delay or postpone action; put off doing something.

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The temptation will be to procrastinate until the power struggle plays itself out

verb

Delay or postpone action; put off doing something.

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The temptation will be to procrastinate until the power struggle plays itself out

noun

The action of delaying or postponing something.

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Your first tip is to avoid procrastination

noun

A person who habitually puts off doing things.

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I'm a chronic procrastinator

noun

A person who habitually puts off doing things.

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I'm a chronic procrastinator

adjective

Relating to reproduction.

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The procreant urge of the world

verb

(of people or animals) produce young; reproduce.

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Species that procreate by copulation

verb

(of people or animals) produce young; reproduce.

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Species that procreate by copulation

verb

(of people or animals) produce young; reproduce.

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Species that procreate by copulation

verb

(of people or animals) produce young; reproduce.

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Species that procreate by copulation

noun

The production of offspring; reproduction.

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In general animals copulate purely for the purpose of procreation

adjective

Connected with or related to producing young animals or babies

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Sex of course has a procreative function., it was argued that the purpose of marriage laws is to re…

adjective

Of or tending to procreation; procreative.

noun

A female procreator, a mother.

noun

= procreatress .

adjective

(especially of a framework or system) enforcing uniformity or conformity without regard to natural variation or individuality.

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A fixed procrustean rule

noun

Procrustean nature or character; procrustean methods or principles.

verb

To enforce uniformity or conformity without regard to natural variation or individuality; to stretch or contract unnaturally.

proper noun

A robber who forced travellers to lie on a bed and made them fit it by stretching their limbs or cutting off the appropriate length of leg. theseus killed him in like manner.

noun

Procryptic colouring or marking.

adjective

Designating, relating to, or exhibiting colouring or marking in animals that protects them from predators by concealing them against the background environment. contrasted with "anticryptic".