Nouns starting with P

• progressive emphysematous necrosis — Noun – English ～ (pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death; can be used as a bioweapon
• progressive aspect — Noun – English ～ the aspect of a verb that expresses its on-going action
• progressive — Noun – English ～ a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
• present progressive — Noun – English ～ a tense used to express action that is on-going at the time of utterance
• past progressive — Noun – English ～ a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past; "`I had been running' is an example of the past progressive"
• progressiveness — Noun – English ～ advancement toward better conditions or policies or methods
• progressivism — Noun – English ～ the political orientation of those who favor progress toward better conditions in government and society
• progressivity — Noun – English ～ advancement toward better conditions or policies or methods
• progymnosperm — Noun – English ～ an ancestral fossil type from which modern gymnosperms are thought to have derived
• prohibition — Noun – English ～ the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof); "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance"
• prohibition era — Noun – English ～ the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
• prohibition — Noun – English ～ a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages; "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US"
• prohibition — Noun – English ～ the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
• prohibition — Noun – English ～ a decree that prohibits something
• Prohibition Party — Noun – English ～ a political party in the United States; formed in 1869 to oppose the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages
• prohibition — Noun – English ～ refusal to approve or assent to
• prohibitionist — Noun – English ～ a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
• project — Noun – English ～ a planned undertaking
• pilot project — Noun – English ～ activity planned as a test or trial; "they funded a pilot project in six states"
• project — Noun – English ～ any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings"

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