prickle /prikˈl/

1. A sharp point growing from the epidermis of a plant or from the skin of an animal
2. A prickling sensation
3. A little prick

To prick slightly

To have a prickly feeling

prickˈliness noun

prickˈling noun and adjective

prickˈly adjective

1. Full of or covered with prickles
2. Tingling as if prickled
3. Easily annoyed, irritable, thin-skinned
4. Potentially controversial

prickˈleback noun

The stickleback

prickly ash noun

The toothache tree (genus Xanthoxylum)

prickly heat noun

A skin disease, inflammation of the sweat glands with intense irritation

prickly pear noun

1. A cactaceous genus (Opuntia) with clusters of prickles
2. Its pear-shaped fruit

prickly poppy noun

A flowering plant of the poppy family with prickly leaves (genus Argemone)

• carbonara
• carbonaras
• carbon arc
• carbon arcs
• Carbonari
• Carbonarism
• carbonate
• carbonated
• carbonates
• carbonating
• carbonation
• carbonations
• carbonatite
• carbonatites
• carbon black
• carbon capture and storage
• carbon-copied
• carbon copies
• carbon-copies
• carbon copy
• carbon-copy
• carbon-copying
• carbon credit
• carbon cycle
• carbon cycles