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Prose
- noun - matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression
- ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
Prove
- verb - be shown or be found to be; "She proved to be right"; "The medicine turned out to save her life"; "She turned up HIV positive"
- cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread"
- establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"
- increase in volume; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room"
- obtain probate of; "prove a will"
- prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof
- provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"
- take a trial impression of
Prude
- noun - a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
Prune
- noun - cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
- dried plum
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"
Pudge
- noun - a short fat person
Pulse
- noun - (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star"
- drive by or as if by pulsation; "A soft breeze pulsed the air"
- edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants (peas or beans or lentils etc.)
- expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"
- produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses; "pulse waves"; "a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube"
- the rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart"
- Throb
Pupae
- noun - an insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult
Puree
- noun - food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender
- rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender; "puree the vegetables for the baby"
Purge
- noun -
- an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place; "he died in a purge by Stalin"
- an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements
- clear of a charge
- excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body); "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged"
- make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified"
- oust politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime"
- rid of impurities; "purge the water"; "purge your mind"
- rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank"
- the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge