| PROVANTING | • provanting v. Present participle of provant. • PROVANT v. (obsolete) to supply with provisions. |
| PROVECTION | • provection n. (Linguistics) The carrying forward of a final consonant to a following word, as in "nickname" for "an ekename". • provection n. (Celtic linguistics) Devoicing of a voiced obstruent, either inside a word or as an initial consonant mutation. • PROVECTION n. the carrying forward of a sound at the end of a word to the beginning of the next (as 'a newt' from original from 'an ewt'). |
| PROVEDITOR | • proveditor n. One employed to procure supplies, as for an army, a steamer, etc.; a purveyor; one who provides for another. • PROVEDITOR n. a purveyor, also PROVEDITORE, PROVEDOR, PROVEDORE, PROVIDOR, PROVISOR. |
| PROVEDORES | • provedores n. Plural of provedore. • provedores n. Plural of provedor. • PROVEDORE n. a purveyor, also PROVEDITOR, PROVEDITORE, PROVEDOR, PROVIDOR, PROVISOR. |
| PROVENANCE | • provenance n. Place or source of origin. • provenance n. (Archaeology) The place and time of origin of some artifact or other object. See Usage note below. • provenance n. (Art) The history of ownership of a work of art. |
| PROVENCALE | Sorry, definition not available. |
| PROVENDERS | • provenders n. Plural of provender. • PROVENDER v. to supply with provender. |
| PROVERBIAL | • proverbial adj. Of, resembling, or expressed as a proverb, cliché, fable, or fairy tale. • proverbial adj. Not used in a literal sense, but as the subject of a well-known metaphor. • proverbial adj. Widely known; famous; stereotypical. |
| PROVERBING | • proverbing v. Present participle of proverb. • PROVERB v. to speak of proverbially. |
| PROVIDABLE | • providable adj. Capable of being provided. • PROVIDABLE adj. that can be provided. |
| PROVIDENCE | • providence n. (Now rare) Preparation for the future; good governance, foresight. • providence n. The careful governance and guidance of God (Or another deity, nature etc.). • providence n. A manifestation of divine care or direction; an instance of divine intervention. |
| PROVINCIAL | • provincial adj. Of or pertaining to a province. • provincial adj. Constituting a province. • provincial adj. Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province. |
| PROVIRUSES | • proviruses n. Plural of provirus. • PROVIRUS n. the form of a virus when it is integrated into the DNA of the host cell. |
| PROVISIONS | • provisions n. Plural of provision. • provisions v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of provision. • PROVISION n. the act of providing. |
| PROVITAMIN | • provitamin n. (Biochemistry) Any biologically inactive compound that may be converted into a vitamin within an animal organism. • PROVITAMIN n. a pre-vitamin. |
| PROVOCABLE | • provocable adj. That can be provoked. • PROVOCABLE adj. that can be provoked, also PROVOKABLE. |
| PROVOCANTS | • provocants n. Plural of provocant. • PROVOCANT n. one who provokes. |
| PROVOCATOR | • provocator n. One who engages in provocation. • PROVOCATOR n. one who provokes. |
| PROVOKABLE | • provokable adj. That may be provoked. • PROVOKABLE adj. that can be provoked, also PROVOCABLE. |
| PROVOLONES | • provolones n. Plural of provolone. • PROVOLONE n. (Italian) a firm pliant smoked cheese of Italian origin. |