| PROTECTOR | • protector n. Someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative. • protector n. A device or mechanism which is designed to protect. • protector n. One who prevents interference. (Can we add an example for this sense?) |
| PROTECTORS | • protectors n. Plural of protector. • PROTECTOR n. one who protects, also PROTECTER. |
| PROTECTORY | • protectory n. A charitable institution dedicated to the support and protection of orphans or vulnerable children. • protectory adj. Acting as a protector; protective. • PROTECTORY n. an institution for destitute or delinquent children. |
| GEOTECTONIC | • geotectonic adj. Of or pertaining to geotectonics. • GEOTECTONIC adj. relating to the structure of rock masses of the earth's crust resulting from folding or faulting. |
| PROTECTORAL | • protectoral adj. Of or pertaining to a protector; protectorial. • PROTECTORAL adj. of or relating to a protector or protectorate. |
| GEOTECTONICS | • geotectonics n. Tectonics, structural geology; the study of the structure of the Earth, especially of the formation… • GEOTECTONICS n. structural geology. |
| PROTECTORATE | • protectorate n. Government by a protector; especially, the government of England, Scotland, and Ireland by Oliver Cromwell. • protectorate n. The authority assumed by a superior power over an inferior or a dependent one, whereby the former protects… • protectorate n. An autonomous territory that is protected diplomatically or militarily against third parties by a stronger… |
| PROTECTORIAL | • protectorial adj. Alternative form of protectoral. • PROTECTORIAL adj. of or like a protectorate. |
| PROTECTORIES | • protectories n. Plural of protectory. • PROTECTORY n. an institution for destitute or delinquent children. |
| PROTECTORATES | • protectorates n. Plural of protectorate. • PROTECTORATE n. an area governed by a protector. |
| PROTECTORLESS | • protectorless adj. Having no protector; unprotected. • PROTECTORLESS adj. without a protector. |
| PROTECTORSHIP | • protectorship n. The office of a protector or regent; protectorate. • PROTECTORSHIP n. the office of protector. |
| PROTECTORSHIPS | • protectorships n. Plural of protectorship. • PROTECTORSHIP n. the office of protector. |
| GEOTECTONICALLY | • geotectonically adv. In terms of geotectonics. • GEOTECTONIC adv. relating to the structure of rock masses of the earth's crust resulting from folding or faulting. |