Glossary

(prə fesh nəl or prə fe shə nəl): (noun) A person who has specialized knowledge and often long and intensive academic preparation in a particular area.

(prō ə bi shən): An order forbidding something.

(prə jekt): (verb) To plan, figure, or estimate for the future.

(prä pə gyül): A structure (such as a cutting, a seed, or a spore) that reproduces a plant.

(prə pȯr shən): The size, number, or amount of one thing or group as compared to the size, number, or amount of another.

(prǝ pǝl shǝn): The process of driving or propelling forward.

(prō tə kȯl): A detailed plan of a scientific or medical experiment, treatment, or procedure.

(prə vīd): To supply something that is useful or needed.

(prak si mǝ tē): The quality or state of being physically close.

(präk sē): A person authorized to act or speak for another.

(prün): To cut off or cut back parts of for better shape or more fruitful growth.

(sī kä lǝ gē): The science of mind and behavior.

(pə blik): Accessible to or shared by all members of the community.

(pǝ blik land): Land owned by a government.

(pǝ bli klē): By the people generally or by a government.

(pəlp): A material prepared by chemical or mechanical means from various materials (such as wood) for use in making paper products.

(pyü pə): (plural "pupae") A stage of an insect (as a bee, moth, or beetle) having complete metamorphosis that occurs between the larva and the adult, is usually enclosed in a cocoon or case, and goes through changes inside by which structures of the larva are replaced by those of the adult.

(pig mē): Something very small for its kind.

(kwä drət): A usually rectangular plot used for ecological or population studies.

(kwä lǝ tē): A basic characteristic.