English dictionary: words starting with prop - page 2

verb

Drive or push something forwards.

Usage examples:

The boat is propelled by using a very long paddle

noun

A mechanical device for propelling a boat or aircraft, consisting of a revolving shaft with two or more broad, angled blades attached to it.

Usage examples:

One engine on the top of the aircraft is attached to large propellers that produce lift, much like …

noun

The action of propelling; propulsion.

verb

Drive or push something forwards.

Usage examples:

The boat is propelled by using a very long paddle

verb

To have an inclination or propensity; to tend to or towards something; to be disposed to do something.

verb

To have an inclination or propensity; to tend to or towards something; to be disposed to do something.

adjective

Hanging or pointing forwards, outwards, or downwards. in later use chiefly botany.

verb

To have an inclination or propensity; to tend to or towards something; to be disposed to do something.

verb

To have an inclination or propensity; to tend to or towards something; to be disposed to do something.

noun

Another term for propylene.

adjective

Chiefly predicative. that has an inclination to or towards a particular action, habit, quality, etc.; that has a propensity to do something; disposed, inclined.

noun

An inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way.

Usage examples:

His propensity for violence

noun

Inclination, tendency, or propensity to or towards a person or thing. compare "propensity". archaic and humorous in later use.

noun

An inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way.

Usage examples:

His propensity for violence

noun

The degree to which people will change how much they save in relation to a change in income

noun

Either of two isomeric unsaturated hydrocarbon radicals related to propene. usually attributive or a formative element in chemical names.

adjective

Denoting something that is truly what it is said or regarded to be; genuine.

Usage examples:

She's never had a proper job

adverb

Satisfactorily or correctly.

Usage examples:

My eyes were all blurry and i couldn't see proper

noun

The part of a church service that varies with the season or feast.

Usage examples:

We go to the high mass, with plainsong propers sung by the ritual choir

Marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness

noun

A protein present in the blood, involved in the body's response to certain kinds of infection.

Usage examples:

It has developed proprietary monoclonal antibodies to properdin that are potent in vitro and in viv…

adjective

= properispomenon .

noun

A word having a circumflex accent on the penultimate syllable.

adjective

Having a circumflex accent on the penultimate syllable.

adverb

Correctly or satisfactorily.

Usage examples:

Ensuring the work is carried out properly

noun

The part of a church service that varies with the season or feast.

Usage examples:

We go to the high mass, with plainsong propers sung by the ritual choir

adjective

Denoting something that is truly what it is said or regarded to be; genuine.

Usage examples:

She's never had a proper job

adverb

Satisfactorily or correctly.

Usage examples:

My eyes were all blurry and i couldn't see proper

adjective

(of a person or group) owning property and land, especially in large amounts.

Usage examples:

A propertied country gentleman

noun

A thing or things belonging to someone; possessions collectively.

Usage examples:

She wanted oliver and his property out of her flat

noun

A thing or things belonging to someone; possessions collectively.

Usage examples:

She wanted oliver and his property out of her flat