Index of English words, starting with "pr"

(1) - Pronucleus (n.) One of the two bodies or nuclei (called male and female pronuclei) which unite to form the first segmentation nucleus of an impregnated ovum.

(1) - Pronunciamento (n.) A proclamation or manifesto; a formal announcement or declaration.

(1) - Pronunciation (n.) The art of manner of uttering a discourse publicly with propriety and gracefulness; -- now called delivery.
(2) - Pronunciation (n.) The mode of uttering words or sentences.
(3) - Pronunciation (n.) The act of uttering with articulation; the act of giving the proper sound and accent; utterance; as, the pronunciation of syllables of words; distinct or indistinct pronunciation.

(1) - Proof (a.) Being of a certain standard as to strength; -- said of alcoholic liquors.
(2) - Proof (a.) Firm or successful in resisting; as, proof against harm; waterproof; bombproof.
(3) - Proof (a.) Used in proving or testing; as, a proof load, or proof charge.
(4) - Proof (v. t.) Armor of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armor of proof.
(5) - Proof (n.) A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Cf. Prove, v. t., 5.
(6) - Proof (n.) A trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination; -- called also proof sheet.
(7) - Proof (n.) Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.
(8) - Proof (n.) 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.
(9) - Proof (n.) 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.
(10) - Proof (n.) Any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.