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539 words match “SKILL”

PROFICIENT a.
Well advanced in any branch of knowledge or skill; possessed of considerable acquirements; well-skilled; versed; adept,
PROOF n.
wit or art Could work, he put in proof. Spenser. You shall have many proofs to show your skill. Ford. Formerly, a very rude mode of ascertaining the strength of spirits was practiced, called the proof. Ure.
PROSODIST n.
One skilled in prosody.
PROWESS n.
Distinguished bravery; valor; especially, military bravery and skill; gallantry; intrepidity; fearlessness. Chaucer. Sir P. Sidney. He by his prowess conquered all France. Shak.
PRUDHOMME n.
A trustworthy citizen; a skilled workman. See Citation under 3d Commune, 1.
PUFF v.
latter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly. " Puffed with wonderful skill." Macaulay.
PUISNE a.
Puny; petty; unskilled. [Obs.]
PUISNY a.
Puisne; younger; inferior; petty; unskilled. [R.] A puisny tilter, that spurs his horse but on one side. Shak.
PUNSTER n.
One who puns, or is skilled in, or given to, punning; a quibbler; a low wit.
PUZZLE n.
a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making.
PYROTECHNIST n.
One skilled in pyrotechny; one who manufactures fireworks. Steevens.
QUACK n. 2 definitions
A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner.
QUACKSALVER n.
One who boasts of his skill in medicines and salves, or of the efficacy of his prescriptions; a charlatan; a quack; a mountebank. [Obs.] Burton.
QUAINT a.
Characterized by ingenuity or art; finely fashioned; skillfully wrought; elegant; graceful; nice; neat. [Archaic] " The queynte ring." " His queynte spear." Chaucer. " A shepherd young quaint." Chapman. Every look was coy and wondrous quaint. Spenser. To show bow quaint an orator you are. Shak.
QUALIFY v.
to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character; to furnish with the knowledge, skill, or other accomplishment necessary for a purpose; to make capable, as of an employment or privilege; to supply with legal power or capacity. He had qualified himself for municipal office by taking the oaths to the sovereigns…
QUEENCRAFT n.
Craft or skill in policy on the part of a queen. Elizabeth showed much queencraft in procuring the votes of the nobility. Fuller.
QUICHUAN a.
ative American civilizations, characterized by agricultural, military, and administrative skill rather than by science or literature, although they were adept potters, weavers, and goldsmiths, and preserved by the aid of the mnemonic quipu a body of legendary lore in part written down since the introduction of writing.…
RARELY adv.
Finely; excellently; with rare skill. See 3d Rare, 2. The person who played so rarely on the flageolet. Sir W. Scott. The rest of the spartments are rarely gilded. Evelyn.
RAWLY adv.
In a raw manner; unskillfully; without experience.
RENTER v.
To sew together so that the seam is scarcely visible; to sew up with skill and nicety; to finedraw.
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