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Pro- :: Pro- () A prefix signifying before, in front, forth, for, in behalf of, in place of, according to; as, propose, to place before; proceed, to go before or forward; project, to throw forward; prologue, part spoken before (the main piece); propel, prognathous; provide, to look out for; pronoun, a word instead of a noun; proconsul, a person acting in place of a consul; proportion, arrangement according to parts..

Symmetrical :: Symmetrical (a.) Involving or exhibiting symmetry; proportional in parts; having its parts in due proportion as to dimensions; as, a symmetrical body or building..

Firmer-chisel :: Firmer-chisel (n.) A chisel, thin in proportion to its width. It has a tang to enter the handle instead of a socket for receiving it..

Periodide :: Periodide (n.) An iodide containing a higher proportion of iodine than any other iodide of the same substance or series.

Rate :: Rate (n.) That which is established as a measure or criterion; degree; standard; rank; proportion; ratio; as, a slow rate of movement; rate of interest is the ratio of the interest to the principal, per annum..

Period :: Period (n.) A complete sentence, from one full stop to another; esp., a well-proportioned, harmonious sentence..

Taste :: Taste (n.) The power of perceiving and relishing excellence in human performances; the faculty of discerning beauty, order, congruity, proportion, symmetry, or whatever constitutes excellence, particularly in the fine arts and belles-letters; critical judgment; discernment..

Anamorphosis :: Anamorphosis (n.) A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image..

Violet :: Violet (n.) In art, a color produced by a combination of red and blue in equal proportions; a bluish purple color..

Tetra- :: Tetra- () A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting four proportional or combining parts of the substance or ingredient denoted by the term to which it is prefixed, as in tetra-chloride, tetroxide..

Tower :: Tower (n.) A structure appended to a larger edifice for a special purpose, as for a belfry, and then usually high in proportion to its width and to the height of the rest of the edifice; as, a church tower..

Harmonize :: Harmonize (v. t.) To adjust in fit proportions; to cause to agree; to show the agreement of; to reconcile the apparent contradiction of.

Isologous :: Isologous (a.) Having similar proportions, similar relations, or similar differences of composition; -- said specifically of groups or series which differ by a constant difference; as, ethane, ethylene, and acetylene, or their analogous compounds, form an isologous series..

Tower :: Tower (n.) A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion..

Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) An undue or unnatural temper, or disproportionate mixture of parts..

Consolidated :: Consolidated (p. p. & a.) Having a small surface in proportion to bulk, as in the cactus..

Tretys :: Tretys (a.) Long and well-proportioned; nicely made; pretty.

Temper :: Temper (n.) Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy..

Dose :: Dose (n.) To proportion properly (a medicine), with reference to the patient or the disease; to form into suitable doses..

Genus :: Genus (n.) An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they may receive a common substantive name. A genus is not necessarily the lowest definable group of species, for it may often be divided into several subgenera. In proportion as its definition is exact, it is natural genus; if its definition can not be made clear, it is more or less an artificial genus..

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