Words that start with P

The prickly pear is a kind of cactus. When you eat the fruit of the cactus, you have to be very careful to remove the thorns from the fruit. The entire cactus including the fruit is covered in thorns.

Pride is the state of being proud.
Pride as one of the seven deadly sins is taking being proud to excess. You commit the sin of pride when you are vain, and too interested in yourself to the point of not noticing things other people do.

A primate is a type of animal that includes monkeys, apes, and humans. Most primates live in groups.

A princess is the daughter of a king or queen. You can also become a princess by marrying a prince.

A printer is a device that you connect to a computer. Printers turn files that you can only see on the computer's screen into printed images on a piece of paper.

A prison, also called a jail, gaol or penitentiary, is a place where people who have done bad things are locked up as a punishment. Some people can be put in jail for many, many years because they have done something very, very bad.

Something is private if it is only for the use of one person, or a specific group of people, and isn't to be shared with anyone else. For example, a private bathroom or a private club.

The opposite of private is public.

A problem is any question or situation that is difficult or complicated.
The cat in the picture has a problem. It is stuck up a tree and doesn't know how to get down.

A projectile is something that is fired from a weapon at high speed. Anything can be used as a projectile, but most weapons have very specific and effective types of projectiles. Examples of projectiles are bullets and cannon balls.

A prong is any thin, pointy object, particularly a part of an animal's horns or antlers. The end of some tools, like the garden fork in the picture, are also prongs.