Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 105

Prad (n.) A horse.

Prae- () A prefix. See Pre-.

Praecava (n.) The superior vena cava.

Praecipe (n.) A writ commanding something to be done, or requiring a reason for neglecting it.

Praecipe (n.) A paper containing the particulars of a writ, lodged in the office out of which the writ is to be issued.

Praecoces (n. pl.) A division of birds including those whose young are able to run about when first hatched.

Praecocial (a.) Of or pertaining to the Praecoces.

Praecognita (n. pl.) This previously known, or which should be known in order to understand something else.

Praecommissure (n.) A transverse commissure in the anterior part of the third ventricle of the brain; the anterior cerebral commissure.

Praecoracoid (n.) See Precoracoid.

Praecordia (n.) The front part of the thoracic region; the epigastrium.

Praecordial (a.) Same as Precordial.

Praecornua (pl. ) of Praecornu

Praecornu (n.) The anterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.

Praedial (a.) See Predial.

Praefloration (n.) Same as Prefloration.

Praefoliation (n.) Same as Prefoliation.

Praemaxilla (n.) See Premaxilla.

Praemolar (a.) See Premolar.

Praemorse (a.) Same as Premorse.

Praemunire (n.) The offense of introducing foreign authority into England, the penalties for which were originally intended to depress the civil power of the pope in the kingdom.

Praemunire (n.) The writ grounded on that offense.

Praemunire (n.) The penalty ascribed for the offense of praemunire.

Praemnire (v. t.) The subject to the penalties of praemunire.

Praemunitory (a.) See Premunitory.

Praenares (n. pl.) The anterior nares. See Nares.

Praenasal (a.) Same as Prenasal.

Praenomina (pl. ) of Praenomen

Praenomen (n.) The first name of a person, by which individuals of the same family were distinguished, answering to our Christian name, as Caius, Lucius, Marcus, etc.

Praenominical (a.) Of or pertaining to a praenomen.

Praeoperculum (n.) Same as Preoperculum.

Praesternum (n.) Same as Preoral, Prepubis, Prescapula, etc.

Praeter- () A prefix. See Preter-.

Praeterist (n.) See Preterist.

Praetermit (v. t.) See Pretermit.

Praetextae (pl. ) of Praetexta

Praetextas (pl. ) of Praetexta

Praetexta (n.) A white robe with a purple border, worn by a Roman boy before he was entitled to wear the toga virilis, or until about the completion of his fourteenth year, and by girls until their marriage. It was also worn by magistrates and priests.

Praetor (n.) See Pretor.

Praetores (n. pl.) A division of butterflies including the satyrs.

Praetorian (a.) See Pretorian.

Praetorium (n.) See Pretorium.

Praezygapophysis (n.) Same as Prezygapophysis.

Pragmatic (a.) Alt. of Pragmatical

Pragmatical (a.) Of or pertaining to business or to affairs; of the nature of business; practical; material; businesslike in habit or manner.

Pragmatical (a.) Busy; specifically, busy in an objectionable way; officious; fussy and positive; meddlesome.

Pragmatical (a.) Philosophical; dealing with causes, reasons, and effects, rather than with details and circumstances; -- said of literature.

Pragmatic (n.) One skilled in affairs.

Pragmatic (n.) A solemn public ordinance or decree.

Pragmatically (adv.) In a pragmatical manner.

Pragmaticalness (n.) The quality or state of being pragmatical.

Pragmatism (n.) The quality or state of being pragmatic; in literature, the pragmatic, or philosophical, method.

Pragmatist (n.) One who is pragmatic.

Pragmatize (v. t.) To consider, represent, or embody (something unreal) as fact; to materialize.

Prairial (n.) The ninth month of the French Republican calendar, which dated from September 22, 1792. It began May, 20, and ended June 18. See Vendemiaire.

Prairie (n.) 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.

Prairie (n.) A meadow or tract of grass; especially, a so called natural meadow.

Praisable (a.) Fit to be praised; praise-worthy; laudable; commendable.

Praisably (adv.) In a praisable manner.

Praised (imp. & p. p.) of Praise

Praising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Praise

Praise (v.) To commend; to applaud; to express approbation of; to laud; -- applied to a person or his acts.

Praise (v.) To extol in words or song; to magnify; to glorify on account of perfections or excellent works; to do honor to; to display the excellence of; -- applied especially to the Divine Being.

Praise (v.) To value; to appraise.

Praise (v.) Commendation for worth; approval expressed; honor rendered because of excellence or worth; laudation; approbation.

Praise (v.) Especially, the joyful tribute of gratitude or homage rendered to the Divine Being; the act of glorifying or extolling the Creator; worship, particularly worship by song, distinction from prayer and other acts of worship; as, a service of praise.

Praise (v.) The object, ground, or reason of praise.

Praiseful (a.) Praiseworthy.

Praiseful (a.) Praiseworthy.

Praiseless (a.) Without praise or approbation.

Praise-meeting (n.) A religious service mainly in song.

Praisement (n.) Appraisement.

Praiseer (n.) One who praises.

Praiseer (n.) An appraiser; a valuator.

Praiseworthily (adv.) In a praiseworthy manner.

Praiseworthiness (n.) The quality or state of being praiseworthy.

Praiseworthy (a.) Worthy of praise or applause; commendable; as, praiseworthy action; he was praiseworthy.

Prakrit (n.) 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.

Prakritic (a.) Pertaining to Prakrit.

Pram (n.) Alt. of Prame

Prame (n.) See Praam.

Pranced (imp. & p. p.) of Prance

Prancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prance

Prance (v. i.) To spring or bound, as a horse in high mettle.

Prance (v. i.) To ride on a prancing horse; to ride in an ostentatious manner.

Prance (v. i.) To walk or strut about in a pompous, showy manner, or with warlike parade.

Prancer (n.) A horse which prances.

Prandial (a.) Of or pertaining to a repast, especially to dinner.

Prangos (n.) 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. & p. p.) of Prank

Pranking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prank

Prank (v. t.) To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously; -- often followed by up; as, to prank up the body. See Prink.

Prank (v. i.) To make ostentatious show.

Prank (n.) A gay or sportive action; a ludicrous, merry, or mischievous trick; a caper; a frolic.

Prank (a.) Full of gambols or tricks.

Pranker (n.) One who dresses showily; a prinker.

Prankish (a.) Full of pranks; frolicsome.

Prase (n.) A variety of cryptocrystalline of a leek-green color.

Praseo- () A combining form signifying green; as, praseocobalt, a green variety of cobalt.

Praseodymium (n.) An elementary substance, one of the constituents of didymium; -- so called from the green color of its salts. Symbol Ps. Atomic weight 143.6.

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