English words starting with prom

Meanings of Promammalian:

adjective

Relating to or designating a group of (actual or hypothetical) animals representing the ancestors of mammals, or the most primitive form of mammal.

Meanings of Promazine:

noun

A drug of the phenothiazine class, used as a tranquillizer and antipsychotic.

Meanings of Promenade:

noun

A paved public walk, typically one along the seafront at a resort.

Usage examples:

The walk along the promenade to the more genteel frinton-on-sea is lined with beach huts, and the w…

verb

Archaic term for prom (sense 2 of the noun).

Meanings of Promenaded:

verb

Take a leisurely public walk, ride, or drive so as to meet or be seen by others.

Usage examples:

They promenaded along the waterfront

noun

A paved public walk, typically one along the seafront at a resort.

Usage examples:

The walk along the promenade to the more genteel frinton-on-sea is lined with beach huts, and the w…

Meanings of Promenader:

noun

A person who takes a leisurely walk, ride, or drive in public.

Usage examples:

The two houses that were built along it today stand out like a baby's first teeth and the only prom…

Meanings of Promenades:

noun

A paved public walk, typically one along the seafront at a resort.

Usage examples:

The walk along the promenade to the more genteel frinton-on-sea is lined with beach huts, and the w…

verb

Archaic term for prom (sense 2 of the noun).

Meanings of Promenading:

verb

Take a leisurely public walk, ride, or drive so as to meet or be seen by others.

Usage examples:

They promenaded along the waterfront

noun

A paved public walk, typically one along the seafront at a resort.

Usage examples:

The walk along the promenade to the more genteel frinton-on-sea is lined with beach huts, and the w…

Meanings of Promeristem:

noun

An apical meristem; specifically the region of a meristem comprising cells that have not yet undergone any of the changes associated with tissue differentiation.

Meanings of Promerops:

noun

Either of two southern african songbirds constituting the genus promerops, now usually placed in their own family (promeropidae); a sugarbird; (formerly also) †any of various similar slender-billed birds formerly included in this genus, such as certain birds of paradise and sunbirds (obsolete). now only (in form promerops) as a genus name.

Meanings of Promethazine:

noun

A synthetic antihistamine drug derived from phenothiazine, used chiefly to treat the symptoms of allergies and motion sickness.

Usage examples:

Causative medications are droperidol, diphenhydramine, meperidine, promethazine, atropine, and scop…

Meanings of Promethea:

noun

In full "promethea moth". a large north american saturniid silk moth, callosamia promethea, the male of which has dark brown wings with pale margins.

Meanings of Promethean:

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the demigod prometheus, especially in being rebelliously creative and innovative.

Usage examples:

The promethean scientist who unlocked the mysteries of the cosmos

Meanings of Prometheus:

proper noun

A demigod, one of the titans, who was worshipped by craftsmen. when zeus hid fire away from man prometheus stole it by trickery and returned it to earth. as punishment zeus chained him to a rock where an eagle fed each day on his liver, which grew again each night; he was rescued by hercules.

noun

In greek mythology (= ancient stories), a demigod (= someone who is part human and part god) who stole fire from mount olympus

Usage examples:

Prometheus was a titan, the class of immortals who were around long before zeus., some believe that…

Meanings of Promethium:

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 61, a radioactive metal of the lanthanide series. it was first produced artificially in a nuclear reactor and occurs in nature in traces as a product of uranium fission.

Usage examples:

Finally in 1945, scientists isolated promethium from uranium fission products purified by ion-excha…

Meanings of Prominence:

noun

The state of being important, famous, or noticeable.

Usage examples:

She came to prominence as an artist in the 1960s

Meanings of Prominences:

noun

The fact or state of projecting from something.

Usage examples:

Radiographs showed enlargement of the right heart with prominence of the pulmonary outflow tract

Meanings of Prominent:

adjective

Important; famous.

Usage examples:

She was a prominent member of the city council

noun

A stout drab-coloured moth with tufts on the forewings which stick up while at rest, the caterpillars of which typically have fleshy growths on the back.

Meanings of Prominently:

adverb

With an important role; to a large extent.

Usage examples:

The actor is to figure prominently in the marketing campaign

Meanings of Promisable:

adjective

That can be promised.

Meanings of Promiscuity:

noun

The fact or state of being promiscuous.

Usage examples:

Some fear this will lead to greater sexual promiscuity amongst teens

Meanings of Promiscuous:

adjective

Having or characterized by many transient sexual relationships.

Usage examples:

Promiscuous teenagers

Meanings of Promiscuously:

adverb

In a way that involves a lot of different sexual partners or sexual relationships

Usage examples:

Some people enjoy promiscuously casual sex in later life., they spread their genes around by having…

Meanings of Promise:

noun

A declaration or assurance that one will do something or that a particular thing will happen.

Usage examples:

What happened to all those firm promises of support?

verb

Assure someone that one will definitely do something or that something will happen.

Usage examples:

He promised to forward my mail

Meanings of Promised:

verb

Assure someone that one will definitely do something or that something will happen.

Usage examples:

He promised to forward my mail

noun

A declaration or assurance that one will do something or that a particular thing will happen.

Usage examples:

What happened to all those firm promises of support?

Meanings of Promised land:

idiom

Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

noun

(in the bible) the land of canaan, that was promised to abraham and his descendants (gen. 12:7).

Usage examples:

Italy is the promised land for any musician