9-letter words starting with PRO
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter PRO. This section showcases how PRO at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with PRO, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| professor | 14 | someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university | - |
| procedure | 14 | a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work | - |
| protected | 14 | guarded from injury or destruction | - |
| promotion | 13 | a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution | - |
| programme | 16 | an integrated course of academic studies | - |
| promising | 14 | likely to turn out well in the future | the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career |
| pronounce | 13 | speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way | She pronounces French words in a funny way |
| probation | 13 | a trial period during which an offender has time to redeem himself or herself | - |
| producing | 15 | - | - |
| providing | 16 | - | - |
| processed | 14 | freed from impurities by processing | - |
| protector | 13 | a person who cares for persons or property | - |
| proposing | 14 | - | - |
| prototype | 16 | a standard or typical example | he is the prototype of good breeding |
| prominent | 13 | conspicuous in position or importance | a prominent citizen |
| promoting | 14 | - | - |
| projector | 20 | an optical device for projecting a beam of light | - |
| prosecute | 13 | carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in | - |
| provoking | 19 | causing or tending to cause anger or resentment | a provoking delay at the airport |
| proximity | 23 | a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) are perceived as belonging together as a unit | - |
| prolonged | 13 | relatively long in duration; tediously protracted | a prolonged and bitter struggle |
| propeller | 13 | a mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water | - |
| projected | 21 | extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary | massive projected buttresses |
| provision | 14 | supply with provisions | - |
| processor | 13 | (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing | - |
| profiling | 15 | recording a person's behavior and analyzing psychological characteristics in order to predict or assess their ability in a certain sphere or to identify a particular group of people | - |
| prognosis | 12 | a prediction of the course of a disease | - |
| promenade | 14 | a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year | - |
| profanity | 17 | vulgar or irreverent speech or action | - |
| proactive | 16 | descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently | proactive inhibition |
| propelled | 14 | - | - |
| procreate | 13 | have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant | The Bible tells people to procreate |
| prophetic | 18 | foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention | prophetic writings |
| propriety | 16 | correct or appropriate behavior | - |
| profusely | 17 | in an abundant manner | he thanked her profusely |
| prostrate | 11 | get into a prostrate position, as in submission | - |
| propagate | 14 | become distributed or widespread | - |
| professed | 15 | openly declared as such | her professed love of everything about that country |
| prompting | 16 | persuasion formulated as a suggestion | - |
| procuring | 14 | - | - |
| provident | 15 | careful in regard to your own interests | wild squirrels are provident |
| proboscis | 15 | a long flexible snout as of an elephant | - |
| proponent | 13 | a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea | - |
| protester | 11 | a person who dissents from some established policy | - |
| proofread | 15 | read for errors | I should proofread my manuscripts |
| profiteer | 14 | make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods | - |
| probative | 16 | tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation | evidence should only be excluded if its probative value was outweighed by its prejudicial effect |
| profusion | 14 | the property of being extremely abundant | the profusion of detail |
| provolone | 14 | - | - |
| proximate | 20 | closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects | news of his proximate arrival |
| proconsul | 13 | an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul | - |
| procuress | 13 | a woman pimp | - |
| prothesis | 14 | - | - |
| proudness | 12 | - | - |
| propylene | 16 | a flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum; used in organic synthesis | - |
| prostatic | 13 | relating to the prostate gland | - |
| profaning | 15 | - | - |
| programed | 15 | - | - |
| prolactin | 13 | gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition | - |
| protruded | 13 | - | - |
| provender | 15 | food for domestic livestock | - |
| proaction | 13 | - | - |
| probables | 15 | - | - |
| probating | 14 | - | - |
| probatory | 16 | tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation | - |
| probeable | 15 | - | - |
| probingly | 17 | - | - |
| probiotic | 15 | a beneficial bacterium found in the intestinal tract of healthy mammals; often considered to be a plant | - |
| probities | 13 | - | - |
| procacity | 18 | - | - |
| procaines | 13 | - | - |
| procambia | 17 | - | - |
| procaryon | 16 | - | - |
| proceeded | 15 | - | - |
| proceeder | 14 | - | - |
| procerity | 16 | - | - |
| processer | 13 | - | - |
| processes | 13 | - | - |
| prochoice | 18 | - | - |
| prochurch | 21 | - | - |
| procident | 14 | - | - |
| procincts | 15 | - | - |
| proclaims | 15 | - | - |
| proclises | 13 | - | - |
| proclisis | 13 | - | - |
| proclitic | 15 | - | - |
| procreant | 13 | - | - |
| proctitis | 13 | inflammation of the rectum; marked by bloody stools and a frequent urge to defecate; frequently associated with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis | - |
| proctodea | 14 | - | - |
| proctored | 14 | - | - |
| procuracy | 18 | - | - |
| procurals | 13 | - | - |
| procurers | 13 | - | - |
| procureur | 13 | - | - |
| procyonid | 17 | plantigrade carnivorous mammals | - |
| proddings | 14 | - | - |
| prodigals | 13 | - | - |
| prodigies | 13 | - | - |
| proditors | 12 | - | - |
| proditory | 15 | - | - |
| prodnosed | 13 | - | - |
| prodnoses | 12 | - | - |
| prodromal | 14 | symptomatic of the onset of an attack or a disease | - |
| prodromes | 14 | - | - |
| prodromic | 16 | symptomatic of the onset of an attack or a disease | - |
| prodromus | 14 | - | - |
| producers | 14 | - | - |
| proembryo | 18 | - | - |
| proenzyme | 25 | any of a group of compounds that are inactive precursors of enzymes and require some change (such as the hydrolysis of a fragment that masks an active enzyme) to become active | - |
| proestrus | 11 | - | - |
| profamily | 19 | - | - |
| profanely | 17 | with curses | muttering profanely |
| profaners | 14 | - | - |
| professes | 14 | - | - |
| proffered | 18 | - | - |
| profferer | 17 | - | - |
| profilers | 14 | - | - |
| profilist | 14 | - | - |
| profiters | 14 | - | - |
| profiting | 15 | - | - |
| profluent | 14 | - | - |
| proformas | 16 | - | - |
| profounds | 15 | - | - |
| profusers | 14 | - | - |
| profusive | 17 | - | - |
| progenies | 12 | - | - |
| progerias | 12 | - | - |
| progestin | 12 | any of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone | - |
| prognosed | 13 | - | - |
| prognoses | 12 | - | - |
| prograded | 14 | - | - |
| progrades | 13 | - | - |
| programer | 14 | - | - |
| prohibits | 16 | - | - |
| proigning | 13 | - | - |
| prokaryon | 18 | - | - |
| prokaryot | 18 | - | - |
| prolabour | 13 | - | - |
| prolamine | 13 | a simple protein found in plants | - |
| prolamins | 13 | - | - |
| prolapsed | 14 | - | - |
| prolapses | 13 | - | - |
| prolapsus | 13 | the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus) | - |
| prolately | 14 | - | - |
| prolating | 12 | - | - |
| prolation | 11 | - | - |
| prolative | 14 | - | - |
| prolepses | 13 | - | - |
| prolepsis | 13 | anticipating and answering objections in advance | - |
| proleptic | 15 | - | - |
| proletary | 14 | - | - |
| prolicide | 14 | - | - |
| prolixity | 21 | boring verbosity | - |
| prologing | 13 | - | - |
| prologise | 12 | write or speak a prologue | - |
| prologist | 12 | - | - |
| prologize | 21 | write or speak a prologue | - |
| prologued | 13 | - | - |
| prologues | 12 | - | - |
| prolonger | 12 | - | - |
| prolonges | 12 | - | - |
| prolusion | 11 | a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book | - |
| prolusory | 14 | of or relating to or having the character of a prolusion | - |
| promachos | 18 | - | - |
| prometals | 13 | - | - |
| prometric | 15 | - | - |
| promisees | 13 | - | - |
| promisers | 13 | - | - |
| promisors | 13 | - | - |
| promissor | 13 | - | - |
| promodern | 14 | - | - |
| promoters | 13 | - | - |
| promotive | 16 | tending to further or encourage | - |
| promotors | 13 | - | - |
| prompters | 15 | - | - |
| promptest | 15 | - | - |
| prompture | 15 | - | - |
| promulged | 15 | - | - |
| promulges | 14 | - | - |
| promusces | 15 | - | - |
| promuscis | 15 | - | - |
| pronating | 12 | - | - |
| pronation | 11 | rotation of the hands and forearms so that the palms face downward | - |
| pronators | 11 | - | - |
| proneness | 11 | being disposed to do something | accident proneness |
| pronephra | 16 | - | - |
| prongbuck | 20 | fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns | - |
| pronghorn | 15 | fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns | - |
| pronkings | 16 | - | - |
| pronuclei | 13 | - | - |
| pronuncio | 13 | - | - |
| prooemion | 13 | - | - |
| prooemium | 15 | - | - |
| proofings | 15 | - | - |
| proofless | 14 | - | - |
| proofroom | 16 | - | - |
| propaging | 15 | - | - |
| propagula | 14 | - | - |
| propagule | 14 | - | - |
| propaling | 14 | - | - |
| propanoic | 15 | - | - |
| propanols | 13 | - | - |
| propanone | 13 | the simplest ketone; a highly flammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics | - |
| propellor | 13 | a mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water | - |
| propenals | 13 | - | - |
| propended | 15 | - | - |
| propenoic | 15 | - | - |
| propenols | 13 | - | - |
| propenyls | 16 | - | - |
| properdin | 14 | - | - |
| properest | 13 | - | - |
| prophages | 17 | - | - |
| prophases | 16 | - | - |
| prophasic | 18 | - | - |
| prophylls | 19 | - | - |
| propining | 14 | - | - |
| propionic | 15 | - | - |
| propodeon | 14 | - | - |
| propodeum | 16 | - | - |
| proponing | 14 | - | - |
| proposals | 13 | - | - |
| proposers | 13 | - | - |
| proposita | 13 | - | - |
| propositi | 13 | - | - |
| propounds | 14 | - | - |
| proppants | 15 | - | - |
| propretor | 13 | - | - |
| proptoses | 13 | - | - |
| proptosis | 13 | - | - |
| propulsor | 13 | - | - |
| propylaea | 16 | - | - |
| propylite | 16 | - | - |
| propylons | 16 | - | - |
| prorating | 12 | - | - |
| proration | 11 | the proportional limitation of production or distribution of something (e.g. crude oil or natural gas) to some fractional part of the total capacity of each producer | - |
| prorector | 13 | - | - |
| proreform | 16 | - | - |
| prorogate | 12 | - | - |
| prorogued | 13 | - | - |
| prorogues | 12 | - | - |
| prosaical | 13 | - | - |
| prosaisms | 13 | - | - |
| prosaists | 11 | - | - |
| prosateur | 11 | - | - |
| proscenia | 13 | - | - |
| proscribe | 15 | command against | - |
| proscript | 15 | - | - |
| proseccos | 15 | - | - |
| prosected | 14 | - | - |
| prosector | 13 | - | - |
| proselike | 15 | - | - |
| proselyte | 14 | a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism | - |
| proseucha | 16 | - | - |
| proseuche | 16 | - | - |
| prosified | 15 | - | - |
| prosifies | 14 | - | - |
| prosimian | 13 | primitive primates having large ears and eyes and characterized by nocturnal habits | - |
| prosiness | 11 | commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting | - |
| prosocial | 13 | - | - |
| prosodial | 12 | - | - |
| prosodian | 12 | - | - |
| prosodies | 12 | - | - |
| prosodist | 12 | - | - |
| prosomata | 13 | - | - |
| prosopons | 13 | - | - |
| prospects | 15 | - | - |
| prospered | 14 | - | - |
| prostates | 11 | - | - |
| prosterna | 11 | - | - |
| prostomia | 13 | - | - |
| prostyles | 14 | - | - |
| prosumers | 13 | - | - |
| protamine | 13 | a simple protein found in fish sperm; rich in arginine; simpler in composition than globulin or albumin; counteracts the anticoagulant effect of heparin | - |
| protamins | 13 | - | - |
| protandry | 15 | - | - |
| protanope | 13 | - | - |
| proteases | 11 | - | - |
| protecter | 13 | - | - |
| protegees | 12 | - | - |
| proteides | 12 | - | - |
| proteinic | 13 | - | - |
| protended | 13 | - | - |
| protenses | 11 | - | - |
| proteomes | 13 | - | - |
| proteomic | 15 | - | - |
| proteoses | 11 | - | - |
| protested | 12 | - | - |
| protestor | 11 | - | - |
| proteuses | 11 | - | - |
| prothalli | 14 | - | - |
| protheses | 14 | - | - |
| prothetic | 16 | - | - |
| prothorax | 21 | the anterior part of an insect's thorax; bears the first pair of legs | - |
| protistan | 11 | free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes | - |
| protistic | 13 | - | - |
| protoavis | 14 | most primitive avian type known; extinct bird of the Triassic having bird-like jaw and hollow limbs and breastbone with dinosaur-like tail and hind limbs | - |
| protocols | 13 | - | - |
| protoderm | 14 | - | - |
| protogine | 12 | - | - |
| protogyny | 18 | - | - |
| protonate | 11 | - | - |
| protonema | 13 | - | - |
| protopods | 14 | - | - |
| protostar | 11 | - | - |
| protoxide | 19 | - | - |
| protoxids | 19 | - | - |
| protozoal | 20 | of or relating to the Protozoa | - |
| protozoan | 20 | any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic | - |
| protozoic | 22 | of or relating to the Protozoa | - |
| protozoon | 20 | any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic | - |
| protracts | 13 | - | - |
| protrudes | 12 | - | - |
| proturans | 11 | - | - |
| proustite | 11 | - | - |
| provanted | 15 | - | - |
| proveable | 16 | - | - |
| proveably | 19 | - | - |
| provedore | 15 | - | - |
| provedors | 15 | - | - |
| proverbed | 17 | - | - |
| proviants | 14 | - | - |
| providers | 15 | - | - |
| providors | 15 | - | - |
| provinces | 16 | - | - |
| provining | 15 | - | - |
| provisoes | 14 | - | - |
| provisors | 14 | - | - |
| provisory | 17 | subject to a proviso | a provisory clause |
| provocant | 16 | - | - |
| provokers | 18 | - | - |
| provostry | 17 | - | - |
| prowessed | 15 | - | - |
| prowesses | 14 | - | - |
| prowlings | 15 | - | - |
| proxemics | 22 | the study of spatial distances between individuals in different cultures and situations | - |
| prozymite | 25 | - | - |
