| PRUDENCE | • prudence n. The quality or state of being prudent. • prudence n. Economy; frugality. • Prudence prop.n. A female given name from English, one of the Puritan virtue names. |
| PRUINOSE | • pruinose adj. (Botany) Having a very fine whitish powder (bloom) on a surface. • pruinose adj. (Zoology, entomology) Covered with a very fine whitish layer of wax particles. • PRUINOSE adj. having a powdery covering. |
| PRUNABLE | • prunable adj. Capable of being pruned. • PRUNABLE adj. able to be pruned. |
| PRUNELLA | • prunella n. (Botany) A member of the genus Prunella of herbaceous plants, the allheals. • prunella n. (Obsolete, medicine) Any of various diseases characterised by inflammation of the mouth or throat. • prunella n. (Now rare, historical) A smooth worsted or silk fabric, generally black, formerly used for making shoes… |
| PRUNELLE | • prunelle n. A kind of small and very acid French plum, especially when stoned and dried, from Prunus spinosa (blackthorn, sloe). • PRUNELLE n. (French) a strong silk or woollen material, formerly used for academic and clerical gowns and women's shoes, also PRUNELLA. |
| PRUNELLO | • prunello n. A species of dried plum; a prunelle. • prunello n. Alternative form of prunella (woollen material). • PRUNELLO n. (Italian) a fine kind of prune, esp. one made from a greengage. |
| PRUNIEST | • PRUNEY adj. resembling a prune. |
| PRUNINGS | • prunings n. Plural of pruning. • PRUNING n. the act of pruning. |
| PRUNUSES | • PRUNUS n. (Latin) a genus of tree including plum. |
| PRURIENT | • prurient adj. Uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lascivious anxiety or propensity; lustful. • prurient adj. Arousing or appealing to sexual desire. • prurient adj. Curious, especially inappropriately so. |
| PRURIGOS | • prurigos n. Plural of prurigo. • PRURIGO n. (Latin) a chronic skin condition characterized by itching and the presence of small pale pimples. |
| PRURITIC | • pruritic adj. (Medicine) Intensely itchy. • PRURITIC adj. of or like pruritus, itching of the skin. |
| PRURITUS | • pruritus n. (Medicine) severe itching, especially of undamaged skin; caused by allergy, infection, lymphoma etc. • PRURITUS n. (Latin) intense itching. |
| PRUSIKED | • prusiked v. Simple past tense and past participle of prusik. • PRUSIK v. (German) to climb using mountaineering slings. |
| PRUSSIAN | • Prussian adj. Of, from, or pertaining to Prussia. • Prussian prop.n. The Prussian language; see Old Prussian and New Prussian. • Prussian n. A native or inhabitant of the geographical region of Prussia. |