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Situated in front of the tibia.

Situated immediately in front, or on the ventral side, of the vertebral column; prespinal.

imitive streak. It is not connected with the medullary groove, which appears later and in front of it. -- Primitive plane (Spherical Projection), the plane upon which the projections are made, generally coinciding with some principal circle of the sphere, as the equator or a meridian. -- Primitive rocks (Geol.), prim…

ing. See under Block. -- Printing frame (Photog.), a shallow box, usually having a glass front, in which prints are made by exposure to light. -- Printing house, a printing office. -- Printing ink, ink used in printing books, newspapers, etc. It is composed of lampblack or ivory black mingled with linseed or nut oil…

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 vertebral rudiment in front of the atlas in some reptiles.

Pertaining to, or forming, the front of the head. Procephalic lobe (Zoöl.), that part of the head of an invertebrate animal which is in front of the mouth.

Situated in front of the notochord; -- applied especially to parts of the cartilaginous rudiments in the base of the skull.

including the true crocodiles and alligators, in which the dorsal vertebræ are concave in front.

Concave in front; as, procoelian vertebræ, which have the anterior end of the centra concave and the posterior convex.

In front of the auditory capsule; -- applied especially to a bone, or center of ossification, in the periotic capsule. -- n.

Situated in front of the nasal chambers.

The part of the stage in front of the curtain; sometimes, the curtain and its framework. proscenium arch, the framework around the front of the stage.

Relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face; relative aspect. And their prospect was toward the south. Ezek. xl. 44.

That portion of the head of an annelid situated in front of the mouth. -- Pro*sto"mi*al, a.

Having columns in front. -- n.

One of the rudimentary front wings of certain insects (Stylops). They resemble the halteres, or rudimentary hind wings, of Diptera.

k of the orbit, where the great wing of the sphenoid, the temporal, the parietal, and the frontal hones approach each other.

r suffer without recompense, punishment, or resentment; as, to put up with an injury or affront.

l form, and flanking an ancient Egyptian gateway. Massive pylons adorned with obelisks in front. J. W. Draper.