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Pricker
- noun - a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws
Pricket
- noun - a sharp metal spike to hold a candle
- male deer in his second year
Prickle
- noun - a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- cause a prickling sensation
- cause a stinging or tingling sensation
- irritation
- make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn; "The nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample"
Prickly
- adjective - having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"
- very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues"
Proceed
- verb - continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"
- continue talking; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"
- follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?"
- follow a procedure or take a course; "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels"
- Initiate a legal action or proceeding
- move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"
Process
- noun - (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking"; "the cognitive operation of remembering"
- a mental process that you are not directly aware of; "the process of denial"
- a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process"
- a particular course of action intended to achieve a result; "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error"
- a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states; "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls"
- a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant
- deal with in a routine way; "I'll handle that one"; "process a loan"; "process the applican
Procris
- - Any species of small moths of the genus Procris. The larv
Proctor
- noun - someone who supervises (an examination)
- watch over (students taking an exam, to prevent cheating)
Procure
- verb - Acquire, get hold of
- arrange for sexual partners for others
- get by special effort; "He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed"