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Little Explorers Picture Dictionary Organized by the Sound at the Beginning of the Word

long a

b

hard c + k

ch

d

long e

f+ph

hard g

h

long i

j + soft g

l

long o

short o

p

s + soft c

sh

t

th

long u

v

y

short a

short e

pl

sk

sl

sp

st

sph

short u

w

air

aw

bl

cl

cr

qu

dr

eer

fl

gl

short i

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pr

skr

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Words that Start with the "PR" Sound

prairie chicken The prairie chicken is a bird that lives in grasslands of North America.

prairie dog The prairie dog is a ground squirrel; it is not a dog.

praying mantid The praying mantid (also called the praying mantis) is a predatory insect that eats garden pests.

precipitation Precipitation is rain, snow, hail, or sleet.

preposition A preposition is a word that shows the spatial (space), temporal (time), or logical relationship of its object to the rest of the sentence. The words above, near, at, by, after, with and from are prepositions.

present A present is a gift, something you give to someone.

president A president is the elected leader of a country or organization. George Washington was the first President of the United States.

pretzel Pretzels are salty, knotted snacks.

2,3,5,7,11,13,17... prime number A prime number is a positive number that has exactly two factors, 1 and itself. Alternatively, you can think of a prime number as a number that is not the product of two smaller numbers. For example, 13 is a prime number because it can only be divided evenly by 1 and 13. For another example, 14 is not a prime number because it can be divided evenly by 1, 2, 7, and 14. The number one is not a prime number becuase it has only one factor, 1 itself.

prince A prince is the son of a king or queen.

princess A princess is the daughter of a king or queen.

projects A project is a task that accomplishes something. Crafts projects are fun to make.

pronghorn Pronghorns are the fastest moving mammals in North America.

I, me, she, her, he, you pronoun A pronoun is a substitute for a noun. Some pronouns include: I, me, she, her, he, him, it, you, they, them, etc.

propeller A propeller is a device with blades that is turned by an engine; it makes boats (and some airplanes) move.

proper noun A proper noun denotes a specific person, place, or thing that has a name and is capitalized (like Tom, Delaware, or the Titanic).

Protoceratops Protoceratops was a small, frilled, plant-eating dinosaur.

protractor A protractor is a device that measures angles.

"Haste makes waste." proverb A proverb is a short saying that tells a commonly-known truth.

prow The prow is front part of a ship.

prune A prune is a dried plum.

Little Explorers Picture Dictionary Organized by the Sound at the Beginning of the Word

long a

b

hard c + k

ch

d

long e

f+ph

hard g

h

long i

j + soft g

l

long o

short o

p

s + soft c

sh

t

th

long u

v

y

short a

short e

pl

sk

sl

sp

st

sph

short u

w

air

aw

bl

cl

cr

qu

dr

eer

fl

gl

short i

m

or

ow

pr

skr

sm

spl

str

sw

shr

tr

thr

ur

wh

z

ar

br

fr

gr

n

oy

r

squ

sn

spr

tw

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