Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
practic |
adjective |
Practical., Artful; deceitful; skillful. |
praetor |
noun |
See Pretor. |
prairie |
noun |
An extensive tract of level or rolling land, destitute of trees, covered with coarse grass, and usually characterized by a deep, fertile soil. They abound throughout the Mississippi valley, between the Alleghanies and the Rocky mountains., A meadow or tract of grass; especially, a so called natural meadow. |
praised |
imp. & past participle |
of Praise |
prakrit |
noun |
Any one of the popular dialects descended from, or akin to, Sanskrit; — in distinction from the Sanskrit, which was used as a literary and learned language when no longer spoken by the people. Pali is one of the Prakrit dialects. |
pranced |
imp. & past participle |
of Prance |
prancer |
noun |
A horse which prances. |
prangos |
noun |
A genus of umbelliferous plants, one species of which (P. pabularia), found in Thibet, Cashmere, Afghanistan, etc., has been used as fodder for cattle. It has decompound leaves with very long narrow divisions, and a highly fragrant smell resembling that of new clover hay. |
pranked |
imp. & past participle |
of Prank |
pranker |
noun |
One who dresses showily; a prinker. |
praseo- |
|
A combining form signifying green; as, praseocobalt, a green variety of cobalt. |
prasoid |
adjective |
Resembling prase. |
prating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Prate |
prattle |
verb i. |
To talk much and idly; to prate; hence, to talk lightly and artlessly, like a child; to utter child’s talk., To utter as prattle; to babble; as, to prattle treason., Trifling or childish tattle; empty talk; loquacity on trivial subjects; prate; babble. |
pravity |
noun |
Deterioration; degeneracy; corruption; especially, moral crookedness; moral perversion; perverseness; depravity; as, the pravity of human nature. |
praying |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Pray, a. & n. from Pray, v. |