proconsul
— Noun
– English
~ an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power
proconsul
— Noun
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~ an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul
proconsul
— Noun
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~ a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire
proconsular
— Adjective
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~ of or relating to or typical of a proconsul; "proconsular offices"
proconsulate
— Noun
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~ the position of proconsul
proconsulship
— Noun
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~ the position of proconsul
proconvertin
— Noun
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~ a coagulation factor formed in the kidney under the influence of vitamin K
procrastinate
— Verb
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~ postpone or delay needlessly; "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late"
procrastinate
— Verb
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~ postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
procrastination
— Noun
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~ the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time
procrastination
— Noun
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~ slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it
procrastinator
— Noun
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~ someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness)
procreate
— Verb
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~ have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; "The Bible tells people to procreate"; "These bacteria reproduce"
procreation
— Noun
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~ the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
procreative
— Adjective
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~ producing new life or offspring; "the reproductive potential of a species is its relative capacity to reproduce itself under optimal conditions"; "the reproductive or generative organs"
procrustean bed
— Noun
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~ a standard that is enforced uniformly without regard to individuality
procrustean
— Adjective
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~ of or relating to the mythical giant Procrustes or the mode of torture practiced by him
Procrustes
— Noun
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~ (Greek mythology) a mythical giant who was a thief and murderer; he would capture people and tie them to an iron bed, stretching them or hacking off their legs to make them fit; was killed by Theseus