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Prisms
- noun - a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms
- optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image
Prizes
- noun - goods or money obtained illegally
- hold dear; "I prize these old photographs"
- regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity"
- something given as a token of victory
- something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery; "the prize was a free trip to Europe"
- to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"
Probes
- noun - a flexible slender surgical instrument with a blunt end that is used to explore wounds or body cavities
- an exploratory action or expedition
- an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities; "there was a congressional probe into the scandal"
- an investigation conducted using a flexible surgical instrument to explore an injury or a body cavity
- examine physically with or as if with a probe; "probe an anthill"
- question or examine thoroughly and closely
Proles
- noun - a member of the working class (not necessarily employed); "workers of the world--unite!"
Prongs
- noun - a pointed projection
Pronks
- verb - jump straight up; "kangaroos pronk"
Proofs
- noun - (printing) an impression made to check for errors
- a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it
- a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume)
- a trial photographic print from a negative
- activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk; "proof yeast"
- any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something; "if you have any proof for what you say, now is the time to produce it"
- knead to reach proper lightness; "proof dough"
- make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset
- make resistant (to harm); "proof the materials against shrinking in the dryer"
- read for errors; "I should proofread my manuscripts"
- the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something
Proses
- noun - matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression
- ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
Proves
- 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
Provos
- noun - a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland