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31 Words That Contain PRU

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Word Definitions Synonyms
antipruritic (noun) a substance that relieves or prevents itching
imprudence (noun) a lack of caution in practical affairs
imprudent (adjective) not prudent or wise
(adjective) lacking wise self-restraint
imprudently (adverb) in an imprudent manner
jurisprudence (noun) the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do Synonyms: law, legal philosophy
(noun) the collection of rules imposed by authority Synonyms: law
jurisprudential (adjective) relating to the science or philosophy of law or a system of laws
jurisprudentially (adverb) in respect to jurisprudence or the science or philosophy of law
prude (noun) a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum Synonyms: puritan
prudence (noun) discretion in practical affairs
(noun) knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress Synonyms: circumspection, discreetness, discretion
prudent (adjective) careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment
prudential (adjective) arising from or characterized by prudence especially in business matters
prudently (adverb) in a prudent manner Synonyms: providentially
prudery (noun) excessive or affected modesty Synonyms: Grundyism, primness, prudishness
prudish (adjective) exaggeratedly proper Synonyms: priggish, prim, prissy, puritanical, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian
prudishly (adverb) in a prudish manner Synonyms: puritanically
prudishness (noun) excessive or affected modesty Synonyms: Grundyism, primness, prudery
prune (noun) dried plum
(verb) weed out unwanted or unnecessary things Synonyms: cut, rationalise, rationalize
(verb) cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of Synonyms: clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, snip, trim
pruner (noun) a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees Synonyms: lopper, pruning hook
(noun) a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs Synonyms: trimmer
pruning (noun) the act of trimming a plant
(noun) something that has been pruned off of a plant
pruno (noun) a liquor concocted from a mixture of ingredients (such as prunes and raisins and milk and sugar) that can be fermented to produce alcohol; made by prison inmates
prurience (noun) feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness Synonyms: carnality, lasciviousness, lubricity, pruriency
pruriency (noun) feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness Synonyms: carnality, lasciviousness, lubricity, prurience
prurient (adjective) characterized by lust Synonyms: lubricious, lustful, salacious
pruriently (adverb) in a prurient manner
prurigo (noun) chronic inflammatory disease of the skin characterized by blister capped papules and intense itching
pruritus (noun) an intense itching sensation that can have various causes (as by allergies or infection or lymphoma or jaundice etc.)
sheeprun (noun) farm devoted to raising sheep Synonyms: sheepwalk
spruce (adjective) marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners Synonyms: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, snappy, spiffy
(noun) any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
(noun) light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork
(verb) dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion Synonyms: slick up, smarten up, spruce up
(verb) make neat, smart, or trim Synonyms: slick up, smarten up, spiff up, spruce up, titivate, tittivate
sprucely (adverb) in a fashionable manner Synonyms: modishly, smartly
spruceness (noun) the state of being neat and smart and trim Synonyms: neatness
sprue (noun) a chronic disorder that occurs in tropical and non-tropical forms and in both children and adults; nutrients are not absorbed; symptoms include foul-smelling diarrhea and emaciation Synonyms: psilosis, tropical sprue

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