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Prises
- verb - make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the information out of him"
- regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity"
- 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"
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
Prison
- noun - a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
- a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement
Prissy
- adjective - exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
- excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow"
Pritch
- - A sharp-pointed instrument; also, an eelspear.
Privet
- noun - any of various Old World shrubs having smooth entire leaves and terminal panicles of small white flowers followed by small black berries; many used for hedges
Prized
- verb - hold dear; "I prize these old photographs"
- regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity"
- 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"
Prizer
- - One who estimates or sets the value of a thing; an appraiser.