Words That Start With: PROT

• shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage

• use tariffs to favor domestic industry

• genus of chiefly tropical American trees having fragrant wood and yielding gum elemi

• a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career

• a formal and solemn declaration of objection

• the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent

• the act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval

• utter words of protest

• express opposition through action or words

• affirm or avow formally or solemnly

• any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes