5-letter words containing pr
- proof — evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth.
- propr — proprietor
- props — a propeller.
- prore — the prow of a ship
- prose — the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- proso — a type of millet, Panicum miliaceum, cultivated as a cereal and forage crop, esp in Asia and N America
- pross — to exhibit pride or haughtiness; put on airs.
- prost — Alain (alɛ̃). born 1955, French motor-racing driver: Formula One world champion 1985, 1986, 1989, and 1993
- prosy — of the nature of or resembling prose.
- prot- — proto-
- prot. — Protestant
- proud — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- prout — Ebenezer. 1835–1909, English musicologist and composer, noted for his editions of works by Handel and J. S. Bach
- prov. — province
- prove — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- provo — a Dutch or German political agitator, especially in the 1960s and 1970s.
- prowl — to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
- prox. — proximo (next month)
- proxy — the agency, function, or power of a person authorized to act as the deputy or substitute for another.
- prude — a person who is excessively proper or modest in speech, conduct, dress, etc.
- prune — a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- prunt — a small mass of glass fused to the body of a glass piece.
- pruta — prutah.
- pryer — a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- repro — Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- sopra — a musical instruction meaning above
- sprag — a young cod.
- sprat — a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- spray — a single, slender shoot, twig, or branch with its leaves, flowers, or berries.
- spree — a river in E Germany, flowing N through Berlin to the Havel River. 220 miles (354 km) long.
- sprig — a small spray of some plant with its leaves, flowers, etc.
- sprit — a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- sprod — a young salmon in its second year
- sprog — offspring, child
- sprue — a chronic disease, occurring chiefly in the tropics, resulting from malabsorption of nutrients from the small intestine and characterized by diarrhea, ulceration of the mucous membrane of the digestive tract, and a smooth, shining tongue; psilosis.
- sprug — a house sparrow
- supra — l.s.c.
- uprun — to run up or ascend
- ypres — a town in W Belgium: battles 1914–18.