pelt.noun,.plural.pelts
the skin of an animal with the fur or hair still on it; a stripped animal skin ready for tanning

pelt, pelted, pelting, pelts.verbs
transitive verb use.to strike or assail.repeatedly with or as if with blows or flying objects; bombard (pelted each other with snowballs; children who pelted stones to skim across the water); to strike repeatedly (hailstones pelted the tent)
intransitive verb use.to beat or strike heavily and repeatedly
pelt.noun,.plural.pelts
a sharp blow; a whack
pelter.noun,.plural.pelters

prickle.noun,.plural.prickles
a small sharp point, spine or thorn; a tingling or pricking sensation
prickle, prickled, prickling, prickles.verbs
transitive verb use.to prick as if with a thorn; to cause a tingling or pricking sensation in
intransitive verb use.to feel a tingling or pricking sensation

prick.noun,.plural.pricks
the act of piercing or pricking; the sensation of being pierced or pricked; a small, sharp, local pain, such as that made by a needle or a bee sting; a small mark or tiny hole made by a pointed object; a pointed object, such as an ice pick, a goad or a thorn
prick, pricked, pricking, pricks.verbs
transitive verb use.to lightly make a hole in something; to cause to stand erect or point upward (the dogs pricked their ears when they heard a sound)
intransitive verb use.to pierce or puncture something or cause a pricking feeling; to stand erect; point upward
prickly, pricklier, prickliest.adjectives
having prickles; noticeable by prickling or tingling or smarting (a prickly sensation in my foot)
prickliness.noun

prelude.noun,.plural.preludes
you can describe an event as a prelude to an event when it happens before it and acts as an introduction to it; an introductory performance, event or action preceding another generally more important one; a preliminary or preface
prelude, preluded, preluding, preludes.verbs
transitive verb use.to serve as a prelude to; to introduce with or as if with a prelude
intransitive verb use.to serve as a prelude or an introduction
preludial.adjective
prelusive.adjective
of or serving as a prelude; introductory
prelusively.adverb
prelusion.noun,.plural.prelusions
a prelude or an introduction 
preluder.noun,.plural.preluders
Music:.a prelude is a short piece of music for the piano or organ (the famous E minor prelude of Chopin); the first or opening section of a suite; the overture to an oratorio, opera or act of an opera; a piece played before a church service

pitiless.adjective
having no pity; someone or something that is pitiless shows no pity or kindness; merciless
pitilessly.adverb
pitilessness.noun

pigheaded.adjective
stupidly.obstinate
pigheadedly.adverb
pigheadedness.noun

pry, pried, prying, pries.intransitive verbs
to look or inquire.closely, curiously or inquisitively, often in a furtive.manner; snoop (always prying into the affairs of others); pry.noun,.plural.pries
the act of prying; an inquisitive person who gathers.information which is often.used for gossiping; a snoop
pryingly.adverb

pry, pried, prying, pries.transitive verbs
to raise, move or force open with a lever; to obtain with effort or difficulty (we had to really dig to pry information out, which they wanted to keep hidden)
pry.noun,.plural.pries
something, such as a crowbar, that is used to apply leverage

pushy, pushier, pushiest.adjectives
disagreeably.aggressive or forward; if you describe someone as pushy, you mean that they try in a forceful way to get things done as they would like or to increase their status or influence (she was a confident and pushy young woman)
pushily.adverb
pushiness.noun
push, pushed, pushing, pushes.verbs
transitive verb use.to apply pressure.against for the purpose of moving (push a shopping cart through the aisles of a market); to move an object by exerting.force.against it; thrust or shove; to force one's way (we pushed our way through the crowd); to exert downward pressure on a button or keyboard for example; to press
intransitive verb use.to exert outward pressure or force against something; to advance.despite.difficulty or opposition; press forward; to expend.great or vigorous.effort (she steered and we pushed the car out of the snow)
push.noun,.plural.pushes
the act of pushing; thrust (gave the door a swift push); a vigorous or insistent effort toward an end; a provocation to action; a stimulus (teenagers sometimes need three alarm clocks to get them out of bed on time to start the day)
push around.phrasal verb
to treat or threaten to treat roughly; intimidate (bullies are a scourge of living in a area of low consciousness people)
push paper.idiom
to have one's time taken up by administrative, often.seemingly.petty, paperwork (she spent the afternoon pushing paper for her boss)
when push comes to shove.or.if push comes to shove.idioms
at a point when or if all else has been taken into account and matters must be confronted, one way or another

press, pressed, pressing, presses.verbs
transitive verb use.to exert.steady.weight or force.against; bear down on; to squeeze the juice or other contents from; to extract juice, for example, by squeezing or compressing; to iron clothing, for example; importune or entreat (they pressed upon her not to go on the road in blizzard.conditions); to urge; to make a phonograph record from a mold or matrix; to lift a weight to a position above the head without moving the legs
intransitive verb use.to exert force or pressure; to weigh heavily, as on the mind (he needed time alone to deal with.concerns that pressed on his mind); to iron clothes or other material; to raise or lift a weight in an action that's called 'a press'
press.noun,.plural.presses
any of various.machines or devices that apply pressure; any of various machines used for printing; a printing press; a place or an establishment where matter is printed; the collecting and publishing or broadcasting of news; the entirety of media and agencies that collect, publish, transmit or broadcast the news; the people involved in the media, as news reporters, photographers, publishers and broadcasters

pottage.noun,.plural.pottages
a thick soup or stew of vegetables and sometimes meat; porridge

porridge.noun,.plural.porridges
soft food made by boiling oatmeal or another meal in water and/or with a preferred milk type (they ground up organic oats and barley for making porridge for breakfast); the word porridge is an alteration of pottage influenced by the obsolete 'porray', meaning vegetable soup, as from Middle English porreie and from Old French 'poree', meaning leek soup, from por, meaning just leek
porridgy.adjective