5-letter words starting with pr
- primy — prime
- prink — to deck or dress for show.
- print — to produce (a text, picture, etc.) by applying inked types, plates, blocks, or the like, to paper or other material either by direct pressure or indirectly by offsetting an image onto an intermediate roller.
- prion — a tiny proteinaceous particle, likened to viruses and viroids, but having no genetic component, thought to be an infectious agent in bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and similar encephalopathies.
- prior — preceding in time or in order; earlier or former; previous: A prior agreement prevents me from accepting this.
- prise — pry2 .
- prism — Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
- priss — a prissy person.
- prius — (in prescriptions) before; former.
- priv. — private
- privy — participating in the knowledge of something private or secret (usually followed by to): Many persons were privy to the plot.
- prize — leverage.
- prob. — probable
- probe — to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely: to probe one's conscience.
- proc. — procedure
- prodd — a crossbow for hurling stones or balls: used for sport.
- prodi — Romano (rəˈmɑːnəʊ). born 1939, Italian politician; prime minister (1996–98; 2006–08); president of the European Commission (1999–2004)
- proem — an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- prof. — Prof. is a written abbreviation for professor.
- profs — Professional Office System
- proin — a prune, or dried plum
- proke — to poke
- prole — a member of the proletariat.
- proll — to rob (someone)
- prome — a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- promo — promotion (def 5).
- pron. — pronominal
- prone — having a natural inclination or tendency to something; disposed; liable: to be prone to anger.
- prong — one of the pointed tines of a fork.
- pronk — a display leap performed by springbok and other antelope
- proof — evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth.
- propr — proprietor
- props — a propeller.
- prore — the prow of a ship
- prose — the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- proso — a type of millet, Panicum miliaceum, cultivated as a cereal and forage crop, esp in Asia and N America
- pross — to exhibit pride or haughtiness; put on airs.
- prost — Alain (alɛ̃). born 1955, French motor-racing driver: Formula One world champion 1985, 1986, 1989, and 1993
- prosy — of the nature of or resembling prose.
- prot- — proto-
- prot. — Protestant
- proud — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- prout — Ebenezer. 1835–1909, English musicologist and composer, noted for his editions of works by Handel and J. S. Bach
- prov. — province
- prove — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- provo — a Dutch or German political agitator, especially in the 1960s and 1970s.
- prowl — to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
- prox. — proximo (next month)
- proxy — the agency, function, or power of a person authorized to act as the deputy or substitute for another.
- prude — a person who is excessively proper or modest in speech, conduct, dress, etc.