English dictionary: words starting with prot - page 8

noun

= protome .

noun

(an informal name for) a hypothetical primitive mammal or a known evolutionary ancestor of the mammals.

noun

The first martyr for a cause, especially the first christian martyr, st stephen.

Usage examples:

St stephen is also known as the protomartyr, the first martyr who imitates most closely the death o…

noun

Originally: a bust. now: a representation of the foremost or upper part of an animal (or occasionally a human) used to decorate a piece of sculpture, pottery, etc.

noun

= promeristem .

noun

In certain gregarine protozoans: a distinct anterior section of the main body. compare "deutomerite", "epimerite".

noun

An original or undeveloped form of something.

adjective

Having the original form or structure; fundamental; primitive, undeveloped.

noun

A stable subatomic particle occurring in all atomic nuclei, with a positive electric charge equal in magnitude to that of an electron.

Usage examples:

Overall, atoms are neutral and the number of protons in their nuclei equals the number of electrons.

verb

Transfer a proton to (a molecule, group, or atom) which forms a coordinate bond to the proton.

Usage examples:

The acid environment favours conversion of these anions to their protonated uncharged form

verb

Transfer a proton to (a molecule, group, or atom) which forms a coordinate bond to the proton.

Usage examples:

The acid environment favours conversion of these anions to their protonated uncharged form

noun

The juvenile form of a bryophyte (usually consisting of a branched filamentous structure, but sometimes flat or platelike), developing on the germination of a spore and producing buds from which the adult plants arise.

adjective

Of or relating to a protonema.

adjective

= protonemal .

adjective

Of or relating to a protonephridium; that is a protonephridium.

noun

A branched, blind-ended nephridium containing flame cells (as in flatworms and nemertines) or solenocytes (as in some annelids); a nephridium of this type found in the larvae of other animal groups.

noun

= pronephros .

noun

A chief clerk in some law courts, originally in the byzantine court.

Usage examples:

Oh, you'll tell me the protonotaries and clerks of the court are writers too.

noun

A stable subatomic particle occurring in all atomic nuclei, with a positive electric charge equal in magnitude to that of an electron.

Usage examples:

Overall, atoms are neutral and the number of protons in their nuclei equals the number of electrons.

noun

The first person or thing of a certain name; something from which another person or thing takes its name.

noun

The first nymphal stage in the life cycle of certain chelicerate arthropods, especially mites and pseudoscorpions.

adjective

Of or relating to a protonymph.

noun

Especially in the byzantine empire: a senior cleric granted jurisdiction over members of the greek orthodox church.

noun

Especially in the byzantine empire: a senior cleric granted jurisdiction over members of the greek orthodox church.

adjective

Relating to or denoting those sensory nerve fibres of the skin which are capable of discriminating only between relatively coarse stimuli, chiefly heat, cold, and pain.

Usage examples:

An alternate explanation for the finding is protopathic bias, which can arise in situations where m…