Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
protractor
protrude
protrusile
protrusion
protrusive
protuberance
protuberant
protuberate
protyle
proud
proustite
Prov.
prov.
prove
proven
provenance
Provençal
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

protyle
pro·tyle [ prṓ tl ]


noun 
Definition:
 
imaginary substance: an imaginary substance from which the chemical elements were supposed to have been formed
[Late 19th century. <proto- + Greek hulē "matter"]
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft