English dictionary: words starting with prot - page 7

adjective

Relating to or governed by protocol; formal, ceremonial.

noun

The action or fact of recording, drawing up, or negotiating a protocol.

noun

A person who records protocols; a registrar, a notary; a clerk, a secretary. now chiefly historical.

verb

To record or register (information, etc.); = "protocol".

noun

The action or fact of recording, drawing up, or negotiating a protocol.

noun

The official procedure or system of rules governing affairs of state or diplomatic occasions.

Usage examples:

Protocol forbids the prince from making any public statement in his defence

noun

The embryonic shell in gastropods and certain cephalopods, often retained at the tip of the adult shell.

noun

A cusp on the anterior lingual corner of a mammalian upper molar tooth.

noun

A cusp on the anterior buccal corner of a mammalian lower molar tooth.

noun

A minor cusp between the protocone and the paracone of a mammalian upper molar tooth.

noun

In clubmosses and orchids, which grow in association with mycorrhiza: a tuberous body, with rhizoids, representing the embryonic plant and giving rise to primordial leaves.

noun

A layer of meristematic cells which divide to give rise to the epidermis. compare procambium , "ground-tissue".

adjective

(chiefly with reference to ancient egypt) of, relating to, or designating to the earliest dynasties.

noun

A vast mass of gas from which a galaxy is thought to develop.

Usage examples:

According to current models, that's not enough time to allow for the formation of either the quasar…

adjective

Designating intercellular spaces which are formed in the early stages of growth of a plant.

adjective

Original, primary; of or belonging to the first or earliest stage.

adjective

Designating or relating to a period of ancient greek culture (1050–900 b.c.) immediately preceding the geometric period; specifically designating the pottery of this period, characterized by the decorative use of simple geometric forms.

noun

A variety of granite occurring in the alps, containing chlorite and often having a foliated structure resembling that of gneiss, which was formerly thought to be part of the original crust of the earth.

noun

An original version of a piece of writing, especially a biblical text.

adjective

(of a hermaphrodite flower or animal) having the female reproductive organs come to maturity before the male.

Usage examples:

The pistillate flower of the cyathium develops before the male ones; thus each cyathium is function…

noun

A genus of three-toed quadrupeds related to the ancestors of the modern horse, known from north american fossil remains of the late miocene and early pliocene epochs; (also protohippus) an animal of this genus.

noun

A hypothetical prehistoric primate, resembling humans and thought to be their ancestor, whose profile has been compiled mainly from fossil evidence.

Usage examples:

Fossils found in east africa suggest that protohumans roamed the area more than 20 million years ago.

adjective

Relating to or denoting a protohuman.

Usage examples:

Protohuman hominids

noun

A hypothetical lost parent language from which actual languages are derived.

Usage examples:

His possible answer to this is that ‘the socio-cultural transition from protolanguages to modern la…

adjective

(now disused). designating or relating to the period in the development of human culture during which simple stone tools begin to be used; designating or relating to the earliest part of the stone age.

noun

The type description of a species, genus, etc. in later use: specifically the full details (diagnosis, description, synonymy, distributional data, citation of specimens, etc.) accompanying a name at its first publication.