grov·el 
(grŏvəl, grŭv-)
(grŏvəl, grŭv-)intr.v. grov·eled, grov·el·ing, grov·els also grov·elled or grov·el·ling
1. To behave in a servile or obsequious manner.
2. To lie or creep in a prostrate position, as in subservience or humility.
3. To give oneself over to base pleasures: "Have we not groveled here long enough, eating and drinking like mere brutes?" (Walt Whitman).
[Back-formation from obsolete groveling, prone, face downward, from Middle English : (on) grufe, face downwards (from Old Norse ā grūfu, from grūfa, to grovel) + -ling, adv. suff.; see -LING2.]
grovel·er n.
- percipient
- Percival
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- Percodan
- percolate
- percolation
- percolator
- per contra
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- percuss
- percussion
- percussion cap
- percussion instrument
- percussionist
- percussive
- percussively
- percussiveness
- percutaneous
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- percutaneously
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- (Percy) Wyndham