| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| probe | verb t. | To examine, as a wound, an ulcer, or some cavity of the body, with a probe., Fig.: to search to the bottom; to scrutinize or examine thoroughly., An instrument for examining the depth or other circumstances of a wound, ulcer, or cavity, or the direction of a sinus, of for exploring for bullets, for stones in the bladder, etc. |
| prodd | noun | A crossbow. See Prod, 3. |
| proem | noun | Preface; introduction; preliminary observations; prelude., To preface. |
| proin | verb t. | To lop; to trim; to prune; to adorn., To employed in pruning. |
| proke | verb i. | To poke; to thrust. |
| proll | verb t. | To search or prowl after; to rob; to plunder., To prowl about; to rob. |
| promt | superl. | Ready and quick to act as occasion demands; meeting requirements readily; not slow, dilatory, or hesitating in decision or action; responding on the instant; immediate; as, prompt in obedience or compliance; — said of persons., Done or rendered quickly, readily, or immediately; given without delay or hesitation; — said of conduct; as, prompt assistance., Easy; unobstructed. |
| prone | adjective | Bending forward; inclined; not erect., Prostrate; flat; esp., lying with the face down; — opposed to supine., Headlong; running downward or headlong., Sloping, with reference to a line or surface; declivous; inclined; not level., Inclined; propense; disposed; — applied to the mind or affections, usually in an ill sense. Followed by to. |
| prong | noun | A sharp-pointed instrument., The tine of a fork, or of a similar instrument; as, a fork of two or three prongs., A sharp projection, as of an antler., The fang of a tooth. |
| proof | noun | Any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial., That degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments that induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration., The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness that resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies., Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken., A trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination; — called also proof sheet., A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Cf. Prove, v. t., 5., Armor of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armor of proof., Used in proving or testing; as, a proof load, or proof charge., Firm or successful in resisting; as, proof against harm; waterproof; bombproof., Being of a certain standard as to strength; — said of alcoholic liquors. |
| props | noun pl. | A game of chance, in which four sea shells, each called a prop, are used instead of dice. |
| prore | noun | The prow or fore part of a ship. |
| prose | noun | The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; — contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition., Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse., A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See Sequence., Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as, prose composition., Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life., To write in prose., To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way., To write prose. |
| prosy | superl. | Of or pertaining to prose; like prose., Dull and tedious in discourse or writing; prosaic. |
| proud | superl. | Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense, Possessing or showing too great self-esteem; overrating one’s excellences; hence, arrogant; haughty; lordly; presumptuous., Having a feeling of high self-respect or self-esteem; exulting (in); elated; — often with of; as, proud of one’s country., Giving reason or occasion for pride or self-gratulation; worthy of admiration; grand; splendid; magnificent; admirable; ostentatious., Excited by sexual desire; — applied particularly to the females of some animals. |
| prove | verb t. | To try or to ascertain by an experiment, or by a test or standard; to test; as, to prove the strength of gunpowder or of ordnance; to prove the contents of a vessel by a standard measure., To evince, establish, or ascertain, as truth, reality, or fact, by argument, testimony, or other evidence., To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify; as, to prove a will., To gain experience of the good or evil of; to know by trial; to experience; to suffer., To test, evince, ascertain, or verify, as the correctness of any operation or result; thus, in subtraction, if the difference between two numbers, added to the lesser number, makes a sum equal to the greater, the correctness of the subtraction is proved., To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of; as, to prove a page., To make trial; to essay., To be found by experience, trial, or result; to turn out to be; as, a medicine proves salutary; the report proves false., To succeed; to turn out as expected. |
| prowl | verb t. | To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; esp., to search in, as for prey or booty., To collect by plunder; as, to prowl money., To rove or wander stealthily, esp. for prey, as a wild beast; hence, to prey; to plunder., The act of prowling. |
| proxy | noun | The agency for another who acts through the agent; authority to act for another, esp. to vote in a legislative or corporate capacity., The person who is substituted or deputed to act or vote for another., A writing by which one person authorizes another to vote in his stead, as in a corporation meeting., The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts., See Procuration., To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another. |