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priceless
priceless
adj : having incalculable monetary worth [syn: {invaluable}]


prickle
prickle
n : a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf [syn: {spine}, {thorn},
{pricker}, {sticker}]
v 1: cause a prickling sensation [syn: {prick}]
2: cause a stinging or tingling sensation [syn: {tingle}]
3: make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn; "The
nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample" [syn:
{prick}]


prickleback
prickleback
n 1: small elongate fishes of shallow northern seas; a long
dorsal fin consists entirely of spines
2: small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed
fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having
elaborate courtship; subjects of much research [syn: {stickleback}]


prickliest
prickly
adj 1: very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House
and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful";
"witty and waspish about his colleagues" [syn: {bristly},
{splenetic}, {waspish}]
2: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines
or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly
mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous
whiskers" [syn: {barbed}, {barbellate}, {briary}, {briery},
{bristled}, {bristly}, {burred}, {burry}, {setose}, {setaceous},
{spiny}, {thorny}]
[also: {prickliest}, {pricklier}]

prickliest
See {prickly}


prickteaser
prickteaser
n : a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
[syn: {coquette}, {flirt}, {vamp}, {vamper}, {minx}, {tease}]


reckless
reckless
adj 1: marked by unthinking boldness; with defiant disregard for
danger or consequences; "foolhardy enough to try to
seize the gun from the hijacker"; "became the fiercest
and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless
driver"; "a rash attempt to climb the World Trade
Center" [syn: {foolhardy}, {rash}]
2: characterized by careless unconcerned; "the heedless
generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used
to large fortunes"- Edith Wharton; "reckless squandering
of public funds" [syn: {heedless}]


riskless
riskless
adj : thought to be devoid of risk [syn: {risk-free}, {unhazardous}]


trackless
trackless
adj 1: having no tracks; "a trackless trolley"; "the trackless
snowy meadow" [ant: {tracked}]
2: lacking pathways; "trackless wilderness"; "roadless areas"
[syn: {pathless}, {roadless}, {untracked}, {untrod}, {untrodden}]

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